Directed by Paul Schrader   Written by Joseph Dougherty   Cast Dennis Hopper ... H. Phillip Lovecraft Penelope Ann Miller ... Kim Hudson Eric Bogosian ... Sen. Larson Crockett Sheryl Lee Ralph ... Hypolyta Kropotkin Julian Sands ... Finn Macha Valerie Mahaffey ... Trudy John Epperson ... Vivian Dart (as Lypsinka) Debi Mazar ... The Manicurist Alan Rosenberg ... N.J. Gottlieb Christopher John Fields ... Lt. Morris Bradbury John Durbin ... Brackett Gregory Bell ... Shakespeare Terry Camilleri ... Minister Christopher Darga ... G-man #1 (as Chris Darga) Stanley DeSantis ... Sidney Victoria Duffy ... Maid Zaid Farid ... Felix Ellen Gerstein ... Sidney's wife Clifton Collins Jr. ... Tyrone (as Clifton Gonzalez Gonzalez) Robert Goolrick ... Malcolm Purdy Mark Habit ... Mark Twain James Harper ... Winston Aaron Heyman ... Mr. Skinner Kristin Kahler ... Cherie Nancy Linehan Charles ... Bea J. Patrick McCormack ... Mr. Brown Julianne Morris ... Tracy Pinkem Dennis Paladino ... Loud dresser Jill Pierce ... Marie Alan Poul ... Senator's aide Phil Reeves ... Sen. Trumble Steve Susskind ... Towel head Michael Taliferro ... Zombie (as Michael 'Bear' Taliferro) Lynn Tufeld ... Gottlieb's secretary Steve Vaught ... Police photographer Uncredited Cast Joseph Pilato ... Stand in Ronald Reagan ... Self - Testifying before HUAC (archive footage) Produced by Betsy Beers   Joseph Dougherty   David Gale   Gale Anne Hurd   Michael R. Joyce   Original Music by Angelo Badalamenti

Additional Info Premiere: December 10, 1994 Country: Distributor: HBO Studios Websites: Alternate Titles Magic Murder Production Companies Home Box Office (HBO) Pacific Western Distributors Home Box Office (HBO)   (1994) (USA) (TV) (original airing) Home Box Office Home Video (HBO)   (1998) (USA) (VHS) Rating Stats Overall Rating 5.5 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #7,924 / 21,260 Site Ranking #7,920 Spare Parts (2020) #7,921 Richard Pryor: Omit The Logic (2013) #7,922 Transmorphers: Fall Of Man (2009) #7,923 Ned Rifle (2014) #7,924 Witch Hunt (1994) #7,925 Black Panther (2010) #7,926 Fast & Furious: Spy Racers: Season 1 (2019) #7,927 Fast & Furious: Spy Racers: Season 2 (2020) #7,928 Fast & Furious: Spy Racers: Season 3 (2020)