Costner plays Roy "Tin Cup" McAvoy, a Picasso with a wedge and
General Custer when the odds are long and a difficult shot can be transformed
into an impossible one. Coming off the epic "Waterworld," Costner
re-teams with Ron Shelton, for whom he previously starred in "Bull
Durham." Costner has also recently starred in "A Perfect World"
with Clint Eastwood and in the title role of Lawrence Kasdan's "Wyatt
Earp." The Oscar-winning producer-director and star of "Dances
With Wolves" recently produced and hosted the television mini-series
"500 Nations." His other major film roles include "Field
of Dreams," "The Untouchables," "Robin Hood: Prince
of Thieves," "JFK" and "The Bodyguard."
Rene Russo plays Dr. Molly Griswold, a neophyte psychologist who believes
she can help Roy get his game together -- until she learns that the aim
of his "game" is getting together with her. Russo can currently
be seen starring in "Get Shorty" with Danny DeVito and John Travolta,
after starring with Dustin Hoffman and Morgan Freeman in the box-office
hit "Outbreak." She has also starred in "Lethal Weapon 3,"
"In the Line of Fire" and "Major League."
Don Johnson stars as Tin Cup's longtime rival, David Simms, a PGA hotshot
who represents everything Tin Cup detests -- including, perhaps, success.
Johnson gained fame on television's "Miami Vice" and has starred
in the features "Born Yesterday" and "Guilty As Sin."
Among his other films are "The Hot Spot," "Dead-Bang,"
"Sweethearts Dance" and "Paradise." Johnson also currently
stars in the title role of the new television series "Nash Bridges."
Cheech Marin stars as Romeo Posar, caddie, yes-man and guru to Tin Cup.
Marin who starred in a series of movies with former comedy partner Tommy
Chong, recently completed filming "The Great White Hype" (co-written
by Ron Shelton) and co-starred in the 1995 release "Desperado."
His other credits include "Born in East L.A." and Martin Scorsese's
"After Hours."
Linda Hart co-stars as Doreen, proprietor of The Golden Tassell, Tin Cup's
ex- girlfriend and new owner of his driving range. Hart recently completed
filming "Get Shorty" with Rene Russo and previously appeared in
"A Perfect World" with Kevin Costner.
Director Ron Shelton received critical praise for "Cobb," starring
Tommy Lee Jones and Robert WuhI, which he directed from his original script.
He also wrote and directed "Bull Durham" (receiving a Best Original
Screenplay Oscar nomination) , as well as the comedy hit "White Men
Can't Jump" and the bawdy, biographical "Blaze.
Producer Gary Foster's initial venture through his Gary Foster Productions
was the 1993 blockbuster comedy "Sleepless in Seattle," starring
Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Foster's other credits as producer include "The
Amazing Panda Adventure," "Just Cause," "Short Circuit,"
"Short Circuit 2," "Loverboy" and "Big Bully."
His next project will be the drama "Desperate Measures," directed
by Barbet Schroeder.
Producer David Lester began his association with Shelton on "Bull Durham"
and also worked with him on "Blaze" and "White Men Can't
Jump." He has served as producer of "Sibling Rivalry," co-producer
of "Lord of the Flies" and executive producer of "The Shawshank
Redemption," all for Castle Rock Entertainment. Among Lester's credits
as production manager are "In the Line of Fire," "Broadcast
News" and "Gardens of Stone."
Executive producer Arnon Milchan is an international entrepreneur who heads
Regency Enterprises, one of the motion-picture industry's most prominent
production entities.
Milchan began his entertainment-industry career producing such films as
"The King of Comedy," "Brazil" "Once Upon a Time
in America," "Pretty Woman" and "The War of the Roses."
Since forming New Regency Productions and establishing a distribution agreement
with Warner Bros., his productions have included "JFK," "Heaven
and Earth," "Natural Born Killers," "The War of the
Roses," "Q&A," "Pretty Woman," "Falling
Down," "Guilty by Suspicion," "The Mambo Kings,"
"Under Siege," "Sommersby," "Made in America,"
"Free Willy," "The Client," "Cobb," "Boys
on the Side"" Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home," "Under
Siege 2: Dark Territory" and "Copycat." New Regency's upcoming
releases include "Bogus," "The Sunchaser," "North
Star," "Carpool" and "A Time to Kill."
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