The Tender Bar

Synopsis

JR is a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie, is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father figures. As the boy’s determined mother struggles to provide her son with opportunities denied to her — and leave the dilapidated home of her outrageous if begrudgingly supportive father — JR begins to gamely, if not always gracefully, pursue his romantic and professional dreams, with one foot persistently placed in Uncle Charlie’s bar.

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Cast

Ben Affleck

Charlie Maguire

Tye Sheridan

JR Maguire

Daniel Ranieri

Young JR Maguire

Lily Rabe

Dorothy Maguire

Christopher Lloyd

Grandpa Maguire

Max Martini

The Voice, JR's father

Rhenzy Feliz

Wesley

Briana Middleton

Sidney

Max Casella

Chief

Sondra James

Grandma Maguire

Michael Braun

Bobo

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Matthew Delamater

Joey D

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Ivan Leung

Jimmy

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Danielle Ranieri

Aunt Ruth

Kate Avallone

Kathy

Mark Boyett

Sidney's Dad

Quincy Tyler Bernstine

Sidney's Mom

Ezra Knight

Professor Van Dyke

David Carl

School Psychologist

Shannon Collis

Pat

Crew

Art

• Kalina Ivanov Production Design
• Melissa M. Levander Set Decoration
• Bryan Felty Art Direction

Camera

• Martin Ruhe Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Trish Seeney Makeup Department Head
• Dana Pacheco Costume Supervisor
• Jenny Eagan Costume Design

Directing

• George Clooney Director
• David Webb First Assistant Director

Editing

• Tanya Swerling Editor

Production

• J.R. Moehringer Executive Producer
• Barbara A. Hall Executive Producer
• Rachel Tenner Casting
• George Clooney Producer
• Grant Heslov Producer
• Ted Hope Producer

Sound

• Dara Taylor Original Music Composer
• Linda Cohen Music Supervisor
• Todd Beckett Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Jon Title Sound Designer
• Nancy Nugent Title Supervising Sound Editor
• Julian Slater Supervising Sound Editor

Visual Effects

• Matt Kasmir Visual Effects Supervisor

Writing

• William Monahan Screenplay
• J.R. Moehringer Book

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