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Why does Clare Danes get top billing?


How peculiar.

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She gets top billing because her last name starts with a "D" and this is an ensemble piece.

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Ensemble casts need not be ordered alphabetically. Diane Keaton is the star of the film, and she also had the biggest profile coming into the film.

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I noticed Danes was listed first also, but as hairymusclez states the cast is listed alphabetically...at least the top 7 members. It doesn't have to be alphabetized, it just is.

Danes
Keaton
McAdams
Mulroney
Nelson
Parker
Wilson

The next cast member is Ty Giordano (Thad). Most people would recognize all of those names.

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I thought the same thing, but then saw it was alphabetical.

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