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Inherent Vice (2014)

Name: Inherent Vice
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Genre: drama film, comedy film, comedy drama
Duration: 149 min
Rating: 6.6

Inherent Vice is a 2014 American neo-noir black comedy crime film written, co-produced, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the 2009 novel by Thomas Pynchon. The ensemble cast includes Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston, Eric Roberts, Reese Witherspoon, Benicio del Toro, Jena Malone, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short and Joanna Newsom. The film follows Larry "Doc" Sportello, a…

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson · Cut by Leslie Jones · Music by Jonny Greenwood · Ratio 1.85:1 · 149 min

Behind the scenes

Behind the scenes of 'Inherent Vice' — CNN · 4 min
'Inherent Vice' | Anatomy of a Scene w/ Director Paul Thomas Anderson | The New York Times — The New York Times · 2 min
Director Paul Thomas Anderson Talks 'Inherent Vice' — VICE · 20 min
Academy Conversations: Inherent Vice — Oscars · 9 min
3 Things 'Inherent Vice' Teaches Us About Filmmaking — CinemaTyler · 6 min
NYFF52: "Inherent Vice" Press Conference | Paul Thomas Anderson + Cast — Film at Lincoln Center · 30 min
Dressing ‘Inherent Vice’ | The New York Times — The New York Times · 4 min
Josh Brolin Talks Inherent Vice — blackfilmandtv · 3 min

Elsewhere

More by Paul Thomas Anderson

Cigarettes & Coffee — 1988
The Dirk Diggler Story — 1988
Hard Eight — 1996
Boogie Nights — 1997
Magnolia — 1999
Punch-Drunk Love — 2002
Couch — 2003
There Will Be Blood — 2007
The Master — 2012
Back Beyond — 2013
Junun — 2015
Phantom Thread — 2017
ANIMA — 2019
Licorice Pizza — 2022
One Battle After Another — 2025

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