Magnolia
1999 · Movie · 188 min. · United States
In a single day in Los Angeles, a number of interconnected lives are changed forever. A lonely police officer (John C. Reilly) falls in love with a disturbed cocaine addict (Melora Walters). Her father (Philip Baker Hall), the host of the game show "What Do Kids Know?" has terminal cancer and tries to make amends for his past mistakes. A former champion of the show (William H. Macy) struggles to find love while the current champion (Jeremy Blackman) suffocates under the pressures of being a boy genius. An elderly man (Jason Robards) lies on his deathbed, tended by nurse Phil Parma (Philip Seymour Hoffman), while his trophy wife (Julianne Moore) wrestles with grief and guilt, and his estranged son (Tom Cruise), an infomercial host, teaches workshops on how to trick women into having sex. Throughout all of this, past deeds are lamented and strange forces loom in the air.
Direction Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast Tom Cruise · John C. Reilly · Philip Baker Hall · William H. Macy · Jeremy Blackman · Melora Walters · Jason Robards · Julianne Moore · Philip Seymour Hoffman · Melinda Dillon · April Grace · Henry Gibson · Michael Bowen · Alfred Molina · Emmanuel Johnson · Felicity Huffman · Michael Murphy · Don McManus · Luis Guzmán · Patton Oswalt · Miriam Margolyes · Pat Healy · Ricky Jay · Genevieve Zweig · Neil Flynn · Rod McLachlan · Allan Graf · Brad Hunt · Jim Meskimen · Clement Blake · Jim Ortlieb · Thomas Jane · Veronica Hart · James Kiriyama-Lem · Cleo King · Michael Shamus Wiles · Jason Andrews · John Davies · Kevin Breznahan · Miguel Pérez · Lionel Mark Smith · Annette Helde · Scott Burkett · Danny Wells · Eileen Ryan · Meagen Fay · Patricia Forte · Patrick Warren · Orlando Jones · Craig Kvinsland · Patricia Scanlon · Natalie Elizabeth Marston · Bobby Brewer · Clark Gregg · Matt Gerald · Paul F. Tompkins · Mary Lynn Rajskub · Jim Beaver · Ezra Buzzington · Robert Downey Sr. · William Mapother · Lillian Adams · Dale Gibson · Scott Alan Smith
Soundtrack Jon Brion
Screenplay Paul Thomas Anderson
Cinematography Robert Elswit
Original title Magnolia
7.6
46K votes (FilmAffinity)
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