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
William H. Macy
Quiz Kid Donnie Smith
John C. Reilly
Officer Jim Kurring
Julianne Moore
Linda Partridge
Henry Gibson
Thurston Howell
Philip Baker Hall
Jimmy Gator
Michael Murphy
Alan Kligman, Esq.
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Phil Parma
Eileen Ryan
Mary
Clark Gregg
WDKK Floor Director
Alfred Molina
Solomon Solomon
Fiona Apple
Luis Guzmán
Luis
Thomas Jane
Young Jimmy Gator
William Mapother
WDKK Show Director's Assistant
Clement Blake
Arthur Barringer
Miriam Margolyes
Faye Barringer (uncredited)
Jason Robards
Earl Partridge
Danny Wells
Dick Jennings
April Grace
Gwenovier
Lillian Adams
Donnie's Old Neighbor
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Janet (Frank's Assistant) (voice)
Michael Bowen
Rick Spector
Jim Beaver
Smiling Peanut Patron #1
Patton Oswalt
Delmer Darion
Felicity Huffman
Cynthia
Melinda Dillon
Rose Gator
Melora Walters
Claudia Wilson Gator
Orlando Jones
Worm
Ricky Jay
Burt Ramsey / Narrator
Neil Flynn
Stanley Berry
Matt Gerald
Officer #2
Allan Graf
Firefighter
Cleo King
Marcie
Don McManus
Dr. Landon
Pat Healy
Sir Edmund William Godfrey / Young Pharmacy Kid
Scott Alan Smith
E.R. Doctor
Jim Meskimen
Forensic Scientist
Neil Pepe
Officer #1
Michael Shamus Wiles
Captain Muffy
Paul F. Tompkins
Chad (Seduce & Destroy) (voice)
Brad Hunt
Craig Hansen
Jeremy Blackman
Stanley Spector
Ezra Buzzington
Smiling Peanut Patron #2
Greg Bronson
Waiter (uncredited)
Aimee Mann
Hot Date Infomercial (uncredited)
John S. Davies
Cameraman
Kevin Breznahan
Geoff, Seminar Guy
Spencer Kayden
Seminar Patron (uncredited)
Miguel Pérez
Avi Solomon
Tom Ohmer
Detective (uncredited)
Lionel Mark Smith
Detective
Jim Ortlieb
Middle-Aged Guy
Dale Gibson
Paramedic #3
Natalie Elizabeth Marston
Julia
Rod McLachlan
Daniel Hill
James Kiriyama-Lem
Dr. Lee
Phil Hawn
Bob (uncredited)
Annette Helde
Coroner Woman
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
Meagen Fay
Dr. Diane
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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