Inherent Vice
Description
The San Francisco Film Society is excited to present a very special advance screening of Inherent Vice! Paul Thomas Anderson’s newest film is an adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s acclaimed novel featuring an all-star cast that includes Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Katherine Waterston, Reese Witherspoon and more. Anderson will appear in person and will participate in a pre-screening conversation about his career and his newest work.
Inherent Vice is the seventh feature from director Paul Thomas Anderson and the first film adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel. It’s the tail end of the ’60s and drug-fueled paranoia is running the day. P.I. Doc Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) knows that “love” is one of those overused words-like “trip” or “groovy”-that usually leads to trouble. When Doc’s ex-girlfriend (Katherine Waterston) shows up with a story about a plot against her billionaire boyfriend, the plot thickens. With a cast of characters that includes surfers, hustlers, dopers, rockers, a murderous loan shark, LAPD detectives, a sax player working undercover and a mysterious entity known as Golden Fang-which may only be a tax dodge set up by some dentist—Inherent Vice is part surf noir, part psychedelic romp and pure Pynchon. —AFI Fest
Born in 1970 in Studio City, California, Paul Thomas Anderson is one of the most acclaimed filmmakers in contemporary American cinema. He received an Oscar® nomination for Best Original Screenplay for Magnolia (1999); and nominations for Best Picture, Director and Adapted Screenplay for There Will Be Blood (2007). The Master (2012) won the Venice Film Festival’s Silver Lion.
Trailer
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Year 2014
Runtime 148 min
Country United States
Director Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer Paul Thomas Anderson
Editor Leslie Jones
Cinematographer Robert Elswit
Music Jonny Greenwood
Cast Jena Malone, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Joaquin Pheonix, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Kenneth Williams, Jillian Bell, Sasha Pieterse, Maya Rudolph