Nim's Island (2008) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin.

Cast

• Abigail Breslin as Nim Rusoe
• Jodie Foster as Alexandra Rover
• Gerard Butler as Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover
• Michael Carman as Captain
• Maddison Joyce as Edmund
• Christopher James Baker as Ensign
• Rhonda Doyle as Edmund's Mother
• Bryan Probets as Australian Tourist #1
• Jay Laga'aia as Helicopter Pilot
• Mark Brady as Purser
• Anthony Simcoe as First Mate
• Peter Callan as Edmund's Father
• Russell Butler as Old Fisherman
• Colin Gibson as Cruise Director
• Andrew Nason as Australian Tourist #2
• Dorothy Thorsen as Blue-Haired Woman
• Penny Everingham as Older Woman Tourist
• Tony Bellette as Older Man Tourist
• Jeff Dornan as Taxi Driver
• John Walton as Evil Captor
• Marea Lambert Barker as Flight Attendant
• Nami Itonaga as Airport Gate Attendant
• Tania Pari as Street Vendor
• Ashley London as Buffy Colt
• Shannon van der Drift as Nim's Mother
• Morgan Griffin as Alice (uncredited)
• Dennis Kreusler as Buccaneer Pirate Chef (uncredited)
• Renae Smith Trevino as Tourist (uncredited)
• Alphonso McAuley as Russell (uncredited)
• Anthony Phelan as Long John Silver (uncredited)
• Jon-Claire Lee as Business Passenger
• Steve Daddow as Rarotongan Taxi Driver
• Craig Marriott as Pharmacy Delivery Guy
• Matthew Little as TSA Guard #1
• Cheryl Craig as TSA Guard #2
• Phoenix Leong as Goat Boy
• Julie Dryden as San Francisco Street Pedestrian (uncredited)
• William Green as San Francisco Street Pedestrian (uncredited)
• Sean Keenan as Huck (uncredited)
• Zack Kibria as Dock Worker (uncredited)

Crew

• Jennifer Flackett — Director
• Mark Levin — Director
• Paula Mazur — Producer
• Patrick Doyle — Original Music Composer
• Stuart Dryburgh — Director of Photography
• Joseph Kwong — Screenplay
• Paula Mazur — Screenplay
• Mark Levin — Screenplay
• Jennifer Flackett — Screenplay
• Wendy Orr — Novel

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