PTA: Magnolia
Opens September 21, 2025
The Modern Mastery of Paul Thomas Anderson
The fateful (or purely coincidental?) intertwining of nearly two dozen Los Angelinos’ lives searching for meaning in a spiteful world that unfolds over one chaotic day in Paul Thomas Anderson’s masterful tragi-comedy about dreams, despair, quiz shows, and a very special motivational speaker.
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Sunday, September 21, 2025
Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Dying TV producer (Jason Robards), his male nurse (Philip Seymour Hoffman), his much younger, second wife (Julianne Moore), his estranged son, an sex guru (Tom Cruise in his greatest single performance), and also of two child game show quiz kids, past and present (PTA worked on a similar show as a teenager), a TV host (Philip Baker Hall), his estranged daughter (Melora Walters), her new boyfriend (John C Reilly) all come together to furnish a soap opera for several seasons, criss-crossing the San Fernando Valley in search of either recognition or reconciliation. Anderson keeps us invested in each of these strands, using the songs of Aimee Mann as a unifying thread. He takes big swings here, it’s his riskiest film, but if you are willing to go with it the pay-off is huge.
- Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
- Principal Cast: Tom Cruise, John C. Reilly, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Country: USA
- Year: 1999
- Running Time: 188 min.
- Producer: Paul Thomas Anderson, JoAnne Sellar
- Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson
- Cinematographers: Robert Elswit
- Editors: Dylan Tichenor
- Music: Jon Brion
- Filmography: Boogie Nights (1997), Hard Eight (1996)
- Language: English
- Rating: R
- US Distributor: Warner Brothers