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While being a relative newcomer to the movie biz, Paul Thomas Anderson has already made a huge ripple in the pond that is Hollywood. Incredible scripts with fascinating stories and flowing dialog are a welcome trademark. He has been given complete artistic control over his works and so far it seems to be working. Let's hope that his genius continues to be nurtured.
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Born in Studio City, California, Paul Thomas Anderson grew up in the valley. His father Ernie Anderson was a well known voice actor (America's Funniest Home Videos, The Love Boat, etc.) and created the character Ghoulardi (which Anderson named his production company after) who was a B Movie/Horror film host in the early 60's and had a huge cult following in the Cleveland area.
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As Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood still awaits its full-on nationwide release, the buzz for the film has become practically deafening. It's appeared on a raft of critics' top 10 lists, and has raked in heaps of awards for Anderson, star Daniel Day-Lewis, and the score by Jonny Greenwood. But while critical accolades have a definite appeal to a certain portion of the moviegoing audience, it's going to take more than that for the film to break through to the general populace.
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Quirky writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson cast Julianne Moore in his movie set in the 1970s about the world of pornography. She collaborated with Anderson again in another ensemble drama - a part he wrote specifically for her.
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Paul Thomas Anderson director movies DVDs filmography available to buy at CDUniverse are listed below. Information on films includes: other actor and actress, star cast and crew information, reviews, director, photo of cover art, product pics and more.
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Though saddled with as slight a storyline as one could imagine, Punch-Drunk Love ... establishes itself as yet another endlessly compelling and intricately layered effort from filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson. The movie casts Adam Sandler as Barry Egan, a tragic figure who tentatively embarks upon a relationship with Emily Watson's Lena Leonard. Anchored by Sandler's very best performance and Anderson's astounding directorial choices, the film comes off as a unique, downright compelling piece of work virtually from the word go. Anderson - working with cinematographer Robert Elswit - has infused Punch-Drunk Love with an almost avant-garde visual sensibility that suits the material perfectly, and there's little doubt that this vibe is cemented by the director's judicious use of both Jon Brion's playful score and Jeremy Blake's vibrant artwork. Sandler and Watson's palpable chemistry together surely plays a key role in the film's success, while Philip Seymour Hoffman delivers precisely the sort of scene-stealing performance as the villainous Dean Trumbell that one might've expected. More than anything, however, Punch-Drunk Love succeeds as a portrait of a lonely, almost staggeringly introverted individual; though Barry suffers from anger-control problems and he's prone to random bouts of sobbing, the character never comes off as anything less than a fully-realized figure that one can't help but sympathize with. The end result is a film that's almost flawless in its execution and indelible in its impact, and there's little doubt that Punch-Drunk Love is (and always will be) the crowning achievement within Anderson's filmography.
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