The Annihilation of Fish

Overview

A Jamaican widower recently released from a mental institution and a former housewife with an imagined lover in the form of 19th-century composer Giacomo Puccini become the unlikely tenants of an eccentric widow in Los Angeles.

Directed by Charles Burnett

Top cast

James Earl Jones

Fish

Lynn Redgrave

Poinsettia

Margot Kidder

Mrs. Muldroone

Sarah Benoit

Reno Minister's Wife

A

Andy Garza

Wedding Groom

Tommy Redmond Hicks

New York City Minister

R

Ronald F. Hoiseck

Reno Minister

Shannon Wilcox

Hippie Preacher's Wife

V

Victoria Prismantas

Young Hippie Woman

P

Paul M. Heller

Mailman

David Kagen

Social Worker

A

Arlene Albertson

Woman at Bus Station

D

Dale Franzen

Opera Performer 1

G

Gary Bachlund

Opera Performer 2

P

Phillip Kako

Hippie Preacher

Hoyt Richards

Man in Bar

L

Linden Chiles

Doctor

I

Ismael Gallegos

Mariachi Player

J

Juan Lopez

Tango Dancer

Anthony Guidera

Gun Seller

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