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Magnolia / New Line Cinema presents a Joanne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company production ; a P.T. Anderson picture ; written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson ; produced by Joanne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: N10960 | New Line Home Entertainment (set)N5029 | New Line Home Entertainment (discs)Language: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Series: New Line platinum seriesPublisher: [United States] : New Line Home Entertainment, ©2007Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 2 videodiscs (ca. 189 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0780657608
  • 9780780657601
Uniform titles:
  • Magnolia (Motion picture)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Disc 1: Magnolia -- Disc 2: Supplemental material.
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Robert Elswit ; editor, Dylan Tichenor ; music, Jon Brion ; songs, Aimee Mann ; costume designer, Mark Bridges ; production designers, William Arnold and Mark Bridges.
  • Golden Globes: Best Supporting Actor (Tom Cruise)
Cast: Jeremy Blackman, Tom Cruise, Melinda Dillon, April Grace, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Jay, William H. Macy, Alfred Molina, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Michael Murphy, Jason Robards, Melora Walters, Luis Guzman, Henry Gibson, Felicity Huffman, Michael Bowen.Summary: "Magnolia is a mosaic of American life woven through a series of comic and poignant vignettes. Through a collusion of coincidence, chance, human action, shared media, past history and divine intervention, nine people will weave and warp through each other's lives on a day that builds to an unforgettable climax. Some will seek forgiveness, others escape. Some will mend frayed bonds, others will be exposed."-- Back of container.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD DRAMA Magnolia Available 33111008662500
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson followed his critical and commercial breakthrough Boogie Nights with this wildly ambitious story of lives intertwining on a single day in California's San Fernando Valley. Earl Partridge (Jason Robards), a successful producer of television game shows, left his wife when she contracted cancer to marry the younger and more beautiful Linda (Julianne Moore). Now, Earl has cancer himself, and Linda spends her day fetching medicines and trying to deal with the imminent death of her husband, whom she has only now come to love. Earl asks his nurse Phil (Philip Seymour Hoffman) to arrange a meeting with his estranged son, Frank Mackey (Tom Cruise), known for his self-help program "Seduce and Destroy," in which he preaches the importance of male sexual prowess; he cared for his mother after Earl left her, and he has no desire to see his father again. Earl's best-known show is hosted by Jimmy Gator (Philip Baker Hall), who also learns that he is dying. Jimmy's show pits bright adults against unusually smart kids; one of Jimmy's child contestants, Stanley (Jeremy Blackman), arrives late for a taping after being left stranded by his father Rick (Michael Bowen), who is supported by his more successful son. Meanwhile, Donnie Smith (William H. Macy), who was a champ on Jimmy's show as a child, is not having as much luck as an adult; he's just lost his job and needs to pay for some expensive dental work. Jimmy wants to reconcile with his estranged and emotionally fragile daughter Claudia (Melora Walters), who despises him and who will become involved with well-meaning police officer Jim Kurring (John C. Reilly), who has been desperately lonely since his divorce three years ago. Magnolia reunites much of the cast and crew of Boogie Nights and features eight original songs by singer/songwriter Aimee Mann and a musical score by Jon Brion. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (2:40:1, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital stereo. surround.

English dialogue with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned in English.

Jeremy Blackman, Tom Cruise, Melinda Dillon, April Grace, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Jay, William H. Macy, Alfred Molina, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Michael Murphy, Jason Robards, Melora Walters, Luis Guzman, Henry Gibson, Felicity Huffman, Michael Bowen.

Director of photography, Robert Elswit ; editor, Dylan Tichenor ; music, Jon Brion ; songs, Aimee Mann ; costume designer, Mark Bridges ; production designers, William Arnold and Mark Bridges.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1999.

Transfer by Lou Levinson and Paul Thomas Anderson.

MPAA rating: R; strong language, drug use, sexuality and some violence.

"This disc supports parental lock."

"Magnolia is a mosaic of American life woven through a series of comic and poignant vignettes. Through a collusion of coincidence, chance, human action, shared media, past history and divine intervention, nine people will weave and warp through each other's lives on a day that builds to an unforgettable climax. Some will seek forgiveness, others escape. Some will mend frayed bonds, others will be exposed."-- Back of container.

Disc 1: Magnolia -- Disc 2: Supplemental material.

Special features: Frank T.J. Mackey seminar; Mackey infomercial; Aimee Mann's "Save me" video; Magnolia diary: making-of documentary.

Golden Globes: Best Supporting Actor (Tom Cruise)

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