Original Title: Magnolia
Year: 1999
Genre:
Drama
Category: Movie
IMDB Rating: 8 (DINO Rating: 10)
Country: USA
Language:
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson
Composer: Jon Brion
Producer: Paul Thomas Anderson, Michael De Luca, Lynn Harris, Daniel Lupi, JoAnne Sellar, Dylan Tichenor
Actors: Pat Healy, Genevieve Zweig, Mark Flanagan, Neil Flynn, Rod McLachlan, Allan Graf, Patton Oswalt, Raymond 'Big Guy' Gonzales, Brad Hunt, Jim Meskimen, Chris O'Hara, Clement Blake, Frank Elmore, John Kraft Seitz, Cory Buck, Tom Cruise, Tim Soronen, Jim Ortlieb, Melora Walters, Philip Baker Hall, Thomas Jane, Holly Houston, Melinda Dillon, Jeremy Blackman, Michael Bowen, Benjamin Niedens, William H. Macy, Veronica Hart, Missy Spell Tanner, James Kiriyama-Lem, Jason 'Jake' Cross, Charlie Scott, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jason Robards, Juan Medrano, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, John Pritchett, Cleo King, Don McManus, Michael Shamus Wiles, April Grace, Jason Andrews, John S. Davies, Kevin Breznahan, Miguel Pérez, Alfred Molina, David Masuda, Neil Pepe, Lionel Mark Smith, Annette Helde, Emmanuel Johnson, Lynne Lerner, Felicity Huffman, Scott Burkett, Bob Brewer, Julie Brewer, Nancy Marston, Maurey Marston, Jamala Gaither, Danny Wells, Amy Brown, Eileen Ryan, Meagen Fay, Patricia Forte, Luis Guzmán, Patrick Warren, Orlando Jones, Virginia Pereira, Craig Kvinsland, Patricia Scanlon, Henry Gibson, Natalie Marston, Bobby Brewer, Clark Gregg, Ricky Jay, Art Frankel, Matt Gerald, Guillermo Melgarejo, Paul F. Tompkins, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Jim Beaver, Ezra Buzzington, Denise Woolfork, Michael Murphy, New World Harmonica Trio, Robert Downey Sr., William Mapother, Larry Ballard, Brett Higgins, Brian Higgins, Michael Lee Phillips Jr., Lillian Adams, Steven Bush, Mike Massa, Dale Gibson, Scott Alan Smith, Paul Thomas Anderson, Robert Bella, Greg Bronson, Douglas Busby, Christina Eliason, Bruce Gregory, Thomas Griffin, Phil Hawn, Ted Hollis, Brian Kehew, Michael Laren, Aimee Mann, Miriam Margolyes, Paul McMichael, Tom Ohmer, Lynne Oropeza, Colleen Pelletier, Dayna Price, Herb Santos Jr., Tom Tangen, Sean Wilson, Junichi Yanagita
Description: 24 hours in L.A.; it's raining cats and dogs. Two parallel and intercut stories dramatize men about to die: both are estranged from a grown child, both want to make contact, and neither child wants anything to do with dad. Earl Partridge's son is a charismatic misogynist; Jimmy Gator's daughter is a cokehead and waif. A mild and caring nurse intercedes for Earl, reaching the son; a prayerful and upright beat cop meets the daughter, is attracted to her, and leads her toward a new calm. Meanwhile, guilt consumes Earl's young wife, while two whiz kids, one grown and a loser and the other young and pressured, face their situations. The weather, too, is quirky. ------- In the style of Ripley's Believe It Or Not, coincidence has played a part in three bizarre deaths during the past century... Jimmy Gator has hosted the popular quiz show "What Do Kids Know?" in Los Angeles for over 30 years. Stanley is the brightest of the three kids currently reigning on the show. Jimmy is estranged from his daughter, Claudia. Living in her cheap apartment, Claudia is hooked on cocaine. Donnie Smith had been a famous whiz kid on Jimmy's show decades ago. Since being hit by lightning, he does promotional work for the Solomon Bros. appliance store and dreams of getting an expensive set of braces for his teeth. Frank Mackey is a very successful motivational speaker. His aggressive seminar on dating, "Seduce and Destroy", is well attended by frustrated bachelors. Officer Kurring answers a call at a woman's apartment and finds a corpse in her closet. Affluent producer Earl Partridge is bedridden and dying of cancer. His beautiful wife Linda married him for his money... The quiz show kids are close to setting an all-time record; Stanley feels the pressure from his father. Jimmy has learned that he has cancer and only two months to live. Officer Kurring arrives at an apartment where neighbours have complained about the noise; Claudia opens the door. Earl asks Phil, his nurse, to contact his estranged son; the younger Partridge now uses the name Frank Mackey... ------- The film begins with a narrator telling us three separate stories based on the theme of coincidence. From there, we meet 9 characters whose lives are all connected in one way or another. We follow them all over the course of one day and watch their lives change forever. ------- An epic mosaic of interrelated characters in search of love, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Comments:
Duration: 188 minutes (at 25 frames per second)
File path: Z:\00120 - Magnolia (1999) [DVDRip]\Magnolia_CD1.avi|Z:\00120 - Magnolia (1999) [DVDRip]\Magnolia_CD2.avi
Filesize: 1277 MB
Video: DivX 3 Low - resolution: 640x272 - quality: 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
Audio:
Subtitles: English, Serbian