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The Master

ORIGINAL TITLE

The Master

YEAR

2012	Apple Trailer

RUNNING TIME

137 min.

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COUNTRY

(New) Visual section

DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson

SCREENWRITER

Paul Thomas Anderson

COMPOSER

Jonny Greenwood

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Mihai Malaimare Jr.

CAST

Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Laura Dern, Kevin J. O'Connor, Rami Malek, Jesse Plemons, Fiona Dourif, David Warshofsky, Lena Endre, Ambyr Childers

STUDIO/PRODUCER

The Weinstein Company / Annapurna Pictures / Ghoulardi Film Company

OFFICIAL WEB

http://www.themasterfilm.com/

AWARDS

2012: Academy Awards: 3 Nominations, including Best Actor (Joaquin Phoenix)
2012: Golden Globes: 3 Nominations: Best Actor (Phoenix), Supp. Actor and Supp. Actress
2012: BAFTA Awards: 4 Nominations, Including Best Actor
2012: Critics Choice Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Hoffman). 7 nominations
2012: Venice Film Festival: Best Director, Best Actor (ex-aequo: Phoenix/Hoffman) & FIPRESCI
2012: Los Angeles Film Critics Awards: 4 awards, including Best Director. 7 nominations
2012: Gotham Awards: Nominated for Best Film
2012: Satellite Awards: 7 nominations
2012: San Francisco Film Critics Awards: Best Film & Best Actor (Phoenix)
2012: Kansas Film Critics Awards: Best Film, Screenplay & Supporting Actor (Hoffman)

GENRE

Drama | The 50s. Religion. Sects / Extremist Cults

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

A striking portrait of drifters and seekers in post World War II America, Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master unfolds the journey of Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix), a Naval veteran who arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future—until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader, Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman).

PRO REVIEWS

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"Paul Thomas Anderson's epic tale of postwar America offers catnip for the senses and succour for the soul (...) If there were ever a movie to cause the lame to walk and the blind to see, 'The Master' may just be it (...) Rating: ***** (out of five)" (Xan Brooks: The Guardian)

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"Paul Thomas Anderson's extraordinary character study -- with a career-defining performance from Joaquin Phoenix -- is not the Scientology exposé everyone was expecting (...) 'The Master' is masterful for sure" (Todd McCarthy: The Hollywood Reporter)

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"A sustained immersion in a series of hypnotic moods and longueurs, an imposing picture that thrillingly and sometimes maddeningly refuses to conform to expectations" (Justin Chang: Variety)

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"I believe in the church of Paul Thomas Anderson. Fierce and ferociously funny, 'The Master' is a great movie, the best of the year so far, and a new American classic (...) Rating: **** (out of four)" (Peter Travers: Rolling Stone)

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"Aiming for epic, it's undeniably thought-provoking, but too ambiguous to fully satisfy (...) Rating: **1/2 (out of four)" (Claudia Puig: USA Today)

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