Magnolia
- Original title
- Magnolia
- Year
- 1999
- Running time
- 188 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Tom Cruise
- John C. Reilly
- Philip Baker Hall
- Julianne Moore
- William H. Macy
- Jason Robards
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Melora Walters
- Melinda Dillon
- April Grace
- Henry Gibson
- Jeremy Blackman
- Michael Bowen
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Melodrama. Ensemble Film. Cult movie
- Synopsis
- In a single day in Los Angeles, a number of interconnected lives are changed forever. A lonely police officer (John C. Reilly) falls in love with a disturbed cocaine addict (Melora Walters). Her father (Philip Baker Hall), the host of the game show "What Do Kids Know?" has terminal cancer and tries to make amends for his past mistakes. A former champion of the show (William H. Macy) struggles to find love while the current champion (Jeremy Blackman) suffocates under the pressures of being a boy genius. An elderly man (Jason Robards) lies on his deathbed, tended by nurse Phil Parma (Philip Seymour Hoffman), while his trophy wife (Julianne Moore) wrestles with grief and guilt, and his estranged son (Tom Cruise), an infomercial host, teaches workshops on how to trick women into having sex. Throughout all of this, past deeds are lamented and strange forces loom in the air.
- Rankings Position
- Awards
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1999: 3 Nominations for Oscar: Best Supporting Actor (Tom Cruise), Song, Screenplay1999: Golden Globes: Best Supporting Actor (Tom Cruise). 2 Nominations1999: 3 Awards National Board of Review: Best Cast, Supp. Actor and Supp. Actress2000: Berlin Film Festival: Golden Bear - Best Movie2000: Guldbagge Awards (Sweden): Best Foreign Film1999: Critics' Choice Awards: Nominated for Best Film
- Critics' reviews
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"The more you think about Magnolia -- the dry wit, the bravura staging, the intricate design, the wondrous performances -- the better and more unusual the film seems."
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"The most imperfect of the year's best movies, Magnolia's flaws are easily forgiven because they are the result of go-for-broke ambition"
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"An impressive piece of work with some fine acting that makes holding our interest for three-plus hours seem easy."
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