Drama
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.
Directed by
Paul Thomas Anderson
Written by
Paul Thomas Anderson
Tom Cruise
Frank T.J. Mackey
Veronica Hart
Dentist Nurse #1
Julianne Moore
Linda Partridge
Luis Guzmán
Luis
Alfred Molina
Solomon Solomon
William H. Macy
Quiz Kid Donnie Smith
John C. Reilly
Officer Jim Kurring
Patton Oswalt
Delmer Darion
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Phil Parma
Matt Gerald
Officer #2
Meagen Fay
Dr. Diane
Kevin Breznahan
Geoff, Seminar Guy
Allan Graf
Firefighter
Rod McLachlan
Daniel Hill
Thomas Jane
Young Jimmy Gator
Clark Gregg
WDKK Floor Director
Scott Alan Smith
E.R. Doctor
Felicity Huffman
Cynthia
Paul F. Tompkins
Chad (Seduce & Destroy) (voice)
Aimee Mann
Hot Date Infomercial (uncredited)
Philip Baker Hall
Jimmy Gator
Brad Hunt
Craig Hansen
Neil Flynn
Stanley Berry
Miriam Margolyes
Faye Barringer (uncredited)
Jim Ortlieb
Middle-Aged Guy
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Janet (Frank's Assistant) (voice)
Jim Beaver
Smiling Peanut Patron #1
John S. Davies
Cameraman
Miguel Pérez
Avi Solomon
Phil Hawn
Bob (uncredited)
Jason Robards
Earl Partridge
Spencer Kayden
Seminar Patron (uncredited)
Lionel Mark Smith
Detective
Greg Bronson
Waiter (uncredited)
Michael Bowen
Rick Spector
Melora Walters
Claudia Wilson Gator
William Mapother
WDKK Show Director's Assistant
Don McManus
Dr. Landon
Orlando Jones
Worm
Henry Gibson
Thurston Howell
Jim Meskimen
Forensic Scientist
Melinda Dillon
Rose Gator
April Grace
Gwenovier
Michael Murphy
Alan Kligman, Esq.
Pat Healy
Sir Edmund William Godfrey / Young Pharmacy Kid
Ricky Jay
Burt Ramsey / Narrator
Jeremy Blackman
Stanley Spector
Cleo King
Marcie
Ezra Buzzington
Smiling Peanut Patron #2
Michael Shamus Wiles
Captain Muffy
Clement Blake
Arthur Barringer
Tom Ohmer
Detective (uncredited)
Natalie Elizabeth Marston
Julia
Danny Wells
Dick Jennings
Eileen Ryan
Mary
Lillian Adams
Donnie's Old Neighbor
Dale Gibson
Paramedic #3
James Kiriyama-Lem
Dr. Lee
Fiona Apple
Annette Helde
Coroner Woman
Neil Pepe
Officer #1
Scott Burkett
WDKK Page #1
Emmanuel Johnson
Dixon
Genevieve Zweig
Mrs. Godfrey
Raymond 'Big Guy' Gonzales
Reno Security Guard
Frank Elmore
1958 Detective
John Kraft Seitz
1958 Policeman
Cory Buck
Young Boy
Holly Houston
Jimmy's Showgirl
Benjamin Niedens
Little Donnie Smith
Missy Spell Tanner
Dentist Nurse #2
Juan Medrano
Nurse Juan
Jason Andrews
Doc
David Masuda
Coroner Man
Lynne Lerner
Librarian
Bob Brewer
Richard's Dad
Julie Brewer
Richard's Mom
Nancy Marston
Julia's Mom
Maurey Marston
Julia's Dad
Amy Brown
WDKK Page #2
Patricia Forte
Mim
Virginia Pereira
Pink Dot Girl (voice)
Craig Kvinsland
Brad the Bartender
Patricia Scanlon
Cocktail Waitress
Bobby Brewer
Richard
Art Frankel
Old Pharmacist
Guillermo Melgarejo
Pink Dot Guy
Denise Woolfork
Smiling Peanut Patron #3
Brett Higgins
Mackey Disciple Twin #1
Brian Higgins
Mackey Disciple Twin #2
Steven Bush
Paramedic #1
Marc Davies
Seminar Attendee #1 (uncredited)
Bruce Gregory
Randy (uncredited)
Michael Laren
Officer Tom 1958 (uncredited)
Colleen Pelletier
Gameshow Audience Member (uncredited)
Herb Santos Jr.
21 Dealer (uncredited)
Tom Tangen
Drunken Dart Player (uncredited)
Ric San Nicholas
Bernhard Eichholz
Shawn Neary
Jeff Podgurski
Paul Huggett

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