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Magnolia

Things fall down. People look up. And when it rains, it pours.

1999 · R · 3h 9m

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

7.7

TMDB audience score
4,218 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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  • Fandango At Home

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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

  • Michael Bowen
    Rick Spector

  • April Grace
    Gwenovier

  • Ricky Jay
    Burt Ramsey / Narrator

  • Emmanuel Johnson
    Dixon

  • Pat Healy
    Sir Edmund William Godfrey / Young Pharmacy Kid

  • Genevieve Zweig
    Mrs. Godfrey

  • Mark Flanagan
    Joseph Green

  • Neil Flynn
    Stanley Berry