Magnolia is a 1999 drama film, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (Boogie Nights, Punch Drunk Love) and starring the likes of Tom Cruise, John C. Reilly and Julianne Moore. This dark and daring film interweaves the separate stories of nine San Fernando Valley residents, who worlds interconnect during a single day, changing their lives forever.
The characters in Magnolia are well-developed and magnificently acted, even earning Tom Cruise a Golden Globe for his performance as a misogynistic male guru. Anderson's film also received three Oscar nominations... for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Song ("Save Me") and Best Supporting Actor (Tom Cruise).
Through the variety of characters the movie presents its major themes of coincidence and choice - choices already made, present choices and choices yet to be made. It will leave you wondering about your own live, the mistakes you've made and your destiny, long after you've turned off the television.
This intensive multi-story film has a fast-paced narrative, frenzied camerawork and erratic storyline tangents that demand your attention - it's a good job really, considering it's three hours long!
24 hours in L.A.; it's raining cats and dogs. Two parallel and intercut stories dramatize a man about to die: both men are estranged from a grown child, both want to make contact, and neither child wants anything to do with dad. [show more]
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Paul Thomas Anderson's acclaimed ensemble drama starring, among many others, Julianne Moore, Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Tom Cruise. The lives of various inhabitants of Los Angeles and San Fernando valley intersect when dying television producer Earl Partridge (Jason Robards) seeks a reconciliation with his womanising son, Frank T.J. Mackey (Cruise). Meanwhile, game show host Jimmy Gator (Philip Baker Hall) - also dying of cancer - tries to reconcile with his coke addict daughter Claudia, who embarks on a relationship with cop Jim Kurring (John C. Reilly). Jimmy's last television appearance goes awry when child genius contestant Stanley Spector (Jeremy Blackman) - who is bullied by his father, Rick (Michael Bowen) - refuses to participate, while Donnie Smith (William H. Smith), a former contestant on the show in the 1960s, declares his love to barman Brad (Craig Kvinsland).
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play An epic mosaic of several interrelated characters in search of happiness forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley
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