Hard Eight
Summary:
Before his commercial breakthrough with Boogie Nights (1997), writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson made this low-key drama. John (John C. Reilly), a half-bright loser stranded in Reno, is down to his last few bucks when Sydney (Phillip Baker Hall), taking pity on him, buys him breakfast and offers him a few tips on making money in the casinos. Two years later, John has become... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Philip Baker Hall - (Sydney)
John C. Reilly - (John)
Gwyneth Paltrow - (Clementine)
Samuel L. Jackson - (Jimmy)
F. William Parker - (Hostage)
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Review:
Filling the gap between the violent chic of Quentin Tarantino and the clever obtrusiveness of the Coen Brothers, Paul Thomas Anderson was one of the most critically lauded filmmakers to emerge in the late 1990s. Before the stylistic explosions of his breakthrough Boogie Nights (1997) and its follow-up, Magnolia (1999), however, he ma... Continue >>
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