 | Marlon Brando als Self (archive footage) |
 | Elton John als Self (archive footage) |
 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus als Self (archive footage) |
 | Adolf Hitler als Self (archive footage) |
 | Bill Clinton als Self (archive footage) |
 | Fidel Castro als Self (archive footage) |
 | Martin Luther King Jr. als Self (archive footage) |
 | Ronald Reagan als Self (archive footage) |
 | Paul McCartney als Self (archive footage) |
 | Ringo Starr als Self (archive footage) |
 | George Harrison als Self (archive footage) |
 | John Lennon als Self (archive footage) |
 | Mao Zedong als Self (archive footage) |
 | Vladimir Lenin als Self (archive footage) |
| Godfrey Reggio | Author |
| Godfrey Reggio | Director |
| Philip Glass | Music |
| Lawrence Taub | Producer |
| Godfrey Reggio | Producer |
| Russell Lee Fine | Director of Photography |
| Steve Boeddeker | Sound Designer |
| Joe Beirne | Producer |
| Jon Kane | Editor |
| Steven Soderbergh | Executive Producer |
| Jon Kane | Second Unit Director |
| Lauren Feeney | Associate Producer |
| Steve Goldin | Associate Producer |
| Mel Lawrence | Co-Producer |
| Federico Negri | Line Producer |
| Sanja Milic | Makeup Department Head |
| Martin Czembor | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| John Bailey | Camera Operator |
| Christopher Bottoms | Assistant Camera |
| John Clemens | First Assistant Camera |
| Michael J. Conner | Electrician |
| Jesse Cory | Grip |
| Timothy Housel | Camera Operator |
| Jason Vandermer | Second Assistant Camera |
| Gil Kanat | Video Assist Operator |
| Yo-Yo Ma | Musician |
