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• Drama

• 1999
• Paul Thomas Anderson
• 180 mins
• 18

Summary

Audacious ensemble drama, from the writer/director of Boogie Nights, starring Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore and Jason Robards. San Fernando Valley, California, the present: the lives of nine seemingly unconnected individuals begin to intersect over the course of one day.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Jason Caro

Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights) sealed his growing reputation as one of Hollywood's most ambitious and audacious film-makers with this dark, daring and dazzling take on Robert Altman's Short Cuts. Boldly tossing storytelling conventions out the window, Anderson's offbeat epic charts 24 hours in the weird and wonderful lives of a group of San Fernando Valley inhabitants. The cast is superb, with Tom Cruise's supremely arrogant sex guru standing out. But Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, Melora Walters, John C Reilly and William H Macy are also brilliant in their one-of-a-kind roles. Although the running time is a little indulgent, the film's increasingly frantic pace, manic camerawork and unpredictable scenarios command the attention, while the climactic foray into Twilight Zone territory will leave you gasping.

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8.0/10

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Cast

rolenameFrank T J MackeyTom CruiseLinda PartridgeJulianne MooreQuiz Kid Donnie SmithWilliam H MacyPhil ParmaPhilip Seymour HoffmanClaudia Wilson GatorMelora WaltersJim KurringJohn C ReillyEarl PartridgeJason RobardsJimmy GatorPhilip Baker HallStanley SpectorJeremy BlackmanRose GatorMelinda DillonGwenovierApril GraceLuisLuis GuzmanBurt RamseyRicky JayWormOrlando JonesSolomon SolomonAlfred MolinaAlan Kligman, EsqMichael Murphy (1)Thurston HowellHenry GibsonRick SpectorMichael BowenYoung Jimmy GatorThomas JaneCynthiaFelicity HuffmanDixonEmmanuel L JohnsonDr LandonDon McManusMaryEileen RyanDick JenningsDanny WellsSir Edmund William GodfreyPat HealyFaye BarringerMiriam Margolyes

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rolenameDirectorPaul Thomas Anderson

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Theatrical distributor

Entertainment

Released on

2000-03-17

Languages

English | German | French

Guidance

Contains violence, swearing, sex scenes, drug abuse and nudity.

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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