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A new PT Anderson film is finally here. And Daniel Day-Lewis, perhaps the greatest actor ever, is in it.
No release date yet, but it's supposed to be sometime this year, so I'm guessing it will be out in December to boost it's Oscar chances.This adaptation of Oil!, a novel by Upton Sinclair, is a period piece taking place in the turn-of-the-century where a tycoon (Daniel Day-Lewis) strikes it rich after gaining oil rights to a family's ranch, turning the small town into a boomtown where a charismatic young preacher (Paul Dano) captivates churchgoers.
The studio describes it as "a story about family, greed, religion, and oil, centered on a turn-of-the-century Texas prospector in the early days of the business."
btw, if u don't know, PT Anderson is the director of Boogie Nights, Magnolia, and Punch-Drunk Love. You either love him or hate him, but I think he's great.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYW2ltW5SPo - teaser trailer
Oh . How did I miss this?
December 26th release date
Also, Johnny Greenwood from Radiohead is doing the soundtrack.
hopefully it will be better than that godawful pos magnolia.
definitely gonna check this out. day lewis is money.
cant wait to see shoot em up with clive owen
I love the first two but haven't seen the third. In fact, Magnolia is one of my favourite movies of all time, and I'm a huge Radiohead fan, so he new one sounds like compulsory viewing for me. Cheers mono.
Leemajors - what didn't you like about Magnolia?
everything. drivel.
Each is en led to his opinion, and sure there is some use of the deus ex machina device in the storytelling, but I found it to be a powerful tale about the way in which regret can cripple people's lives, and the painful redemption that can release them from the bonds of the past. But that's just my take...
Also, some of Tom Cruise's best work, actual acting. Great ensemble cast. Fantastic soundtrack, mostly by the soulful Aimee Mann, alongside some strategically placed Supertramp. Long, but ultimately very satisfying.
9/10
Magnolia before the frogs is my favorite movie of all time. It drops to 3rd after the frogs.
I've never seen a movie with as much raw emotion.
The moment where William H. Macy is drunk and finally works up the courage to tell the bartender he loves him is about as honest a scene i've ever watched.
Same with Julianne Moore's scene confessing to cheating on her dying husband and admitting to having "sucked other men's s".
Jon Brion's genius score takes everything to another level as well.
PT Anderson can be really pretentious, but he creates some incredible drama.
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You should definitely check out Punch Drunk Love, it's definitely different than anything PT Anderson has done before. Plus, you'll see Adam Sandler do some real acting, he's excellent.
PDL should have been a much bigger hit, but every idiot out there was expecting Sandler to spout out his usual bevy of n' fart jokes, and when he didn't they all hated it.
Loved Punch Drunk Love and Boogie Nights... hated Magnolia at the time but I'd like to watch it again.
magnolia actually convinced me that orgazmo may have been a better movie than boogie nights.
Daniel Day Lewis is the greatest actor of the last 20+ years. PTA is a little overrated. Boogie Nights was good. PDL was decent. Magnolia was .
I'm gonna watch this one for DDL, and I won't be dissappointed. Guaranteed.
I'm watching it for the Upton Sinclair adaptation.
, yes.
And the frogs was the "deus ex machina" device I was referring to. Apparently that has actually happened (ie. frogs falling from the sky), although I doubt with the ferocity and duration witnessed in the movie!
Amen to your commentary on the scenes, and add to that the scene where the cop, Jim, and Claudia talk about being honest with each other in the restaurant... and Phillip Seymour Hoffman's scenes with the dying Earl... and Tom Cruise with the interviewer... so much dramatic power in this movie.
I am surprised it polarises people as it does, but that is certainly confirmed on the IMDB page.
He might be the greatest actor ever. He's been in very few bad movies, and had zero bad performances. Actually, he's had zero performances that were anything less than spectacular.
this movie opens in wider release tomorrow! go see it!
pretty excited about seeing this one
Hmmmm... must get to Oz in about 2 weeks then.
I saw this earlier today, and Daniel Day Lewis delivers big time (as if there was any doubt). He and Paul Dano both were incredible.
The flick does suffer from p.t.anderson-itis in that it's a bit overlong and probably would have benefited from being about 15 minutes shorter. But then again, that's 15 minutes less of Daniel Day Lewis. I could have watched his performance for hours. I don't know how this guy is so money in everything he does. Just amazing. He's the greatest actor ever.
i'll take peter sellers, and get in the question before pussyface - lewis or dicaprio?
I always thought dude wrote Magnolia watching Short Cuts. Altman was the real master.
As for Daniel Day-Lewis, he's a great actor. But I think he has several cotemporaries that are just as good or better than him.
yeah he pretty much said he did.
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