Magnolia (1999)
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Things fall down. People look up. And when it rains, it pours.
Themes:The Human ConditionFamily DysfunctionIdentity CrisisRedemptionFate Vs. Free WillLove And LossDiscover Similar ThemesMood:ReflectiveHeart-WrenchingPoignantUpliftingEmotionalComplexDiscover Similar Mood
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
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Unspoken TruthsFamily SecretsSearch For MeaningEmotional StrugglesRedemption ArcsExistential CrisisOverlapping StorylinesInterconnected LivesUnconventional RelationshipsCharacter-DrivenCoincidences And Fate




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Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson, Robert Elswit, Tina Stauffer
Written by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Produced by: Michael De Luca, Paul Thomas Anderson, JoAnne Sellar
Composed by: Jon Brion
Cast

Tom Cruise
Frank T.J. Mackey

Philip Baker Hall
Jimmy Gator

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Phil Parma

Julianne Moore
Linda Partridge

William H. Macy
Quiz Kid Donnie Smith

John C. Reilly
Officer Jim Kurring

Melora Walters
Claudia Wilson Gator

Jeremy Blackman
Stanley Spector

Jason Robards
Earl Partridge

Melinda Dillon
Rose Gator
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