A psychologically troubled novelty supplier is nudged towards a romance with an English woman, all the while being extorted by a phone-sex line run by a crooked mattress salesman, and purchasing stunning amounts of pudding.
Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson
Stars:
Adam Sandler,
Emily Watson,
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Five people's lives that are curiously intertwined happen to all be at a diner at the same time. An old man (Hall) gives advice to a young man (Baltz) about his cheating wife and best ... See full summary »
Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson
Stars:
Kirk Baltz,
Philip Baker Hall,
Scott Coffey
Set in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.
Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson
Stars:
Vicky Krieps,
Daniel Day-Lewis,
Lesley Manville
A collection of alternate takes and deleted material from the Paul Thomas Anderson film Punch-Drunk Love (2002) are compiled and matched with the Jon Brion song "Here We Go" in this ... See full summary »
Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson
Stars:
Adam Sandler,
Emily Watson,
Salvador Curiel
John has lost all his money. He sits outside a diner in the desert when Sydney happens along, buys him coffee, then takes him to Reno and shows him how to get a free room without losing much money. Under Sydney's fatherly tutelage, John becomes a successful small-time professional gambler, and all is well, until he falls for Clementine, a cocktail waitress and sometimes hooker.Written by
Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>
In the motel room, Sydney leans over to see if the hostage is breathing, and places his right hand on the bed headboard, after he has already wiped the room for fingerprints. See more »
Quotes
Sydney:
[at the cocktail lounge]
Tell me something. Are you required to flirt, to behave as you do toward that table of men over there? Maybe... it's some part of your job?
Clementine:
Uh, they don't say to do it.
Sydney:
But if you don't?
Clementine:
Well, then I get questioned, like: "Why were so rude to them?", and, I mean, I can't talk back. I can't tell them to fuck off and leave me alone.
Sydney:
As a rule?
Clementine:
I'd also lose the tip.
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Excellent movie. Excellent actors. I like the calm flow of the movie. Dialogs are strong: very realistic, not cultivated in a predictable and
understandable main stream drama form. The hostage scene is brilliant. In many movies the characters
react in a movie-like way, shaped in how the characters would
react if...too cultivated, mostly showcases for actors to show how
emotional and brilliant they can play their roles. In this movie the characters many times don't know what to say or
how to react and that's brilliant in my opinion. In real life you don't have strong and powerful one-liners at hand. But still it is a movie and put into a form, a calm and understated,
but brilliant form.
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Excellent movie. Excellent actors. I like the calm flow of the movie. Dialogs are strong: very realistic, not cultivated in a predictable and
understandable main stream drama form. The hostage scene is brilliant. In many movies the characters
react in a movie-like way, shaped in how the characters would
react if...too cultivated, mostly showcases for actors to show how
emotional and brilliant they can play their roles. In this movie the characters many times don't know what to say or
how to react and that's brilliant in my opinion. In real life you don't have strong and powerful one-liners at hand. But still it is a movie and put into a form, a calm and understated,
but brilliant form.