The film cast includes eight Oscar winners: Meryl Streep, Robin Williams, Michael Douglas, Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon, Morgan Freeman, Geena Davis, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, and Kevin Costner; and eleven Oscar nominees: Candice Bergen, Will Smith, Michael Keaton, Danny DeVito, Dan Aykroyd, Quincy Jones, Bette Midler, Woody Harrelson, Jim Henson, Edward James Olmos, and Queen Latifah.
Rick Moranis and Ed O'Neill later appeared in Little Giants
Robert Wuhl, Danny Devito, and Michael Keaton previously appeared in the Batman Movies
Harold Ramis was considered for Doc Brown in Back To the Future
Dustin Hoffman and Barbara Streisand later appeared in Meet the Fockers