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Synopsis
On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.
Tom Cruise
Cast
Philip Baker Hall
Cast
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Cast
Julianne Moore
Cast
William H. Macy
Cast
John C. Reilly
Cast
Melora Walters
Cast
Jeremy Blackman
Cast
Jason Robards
Cast
Melinda Dillon
Cast
Paul Thomas Anderson
Director
Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer
Martin L. Mercer
Writer

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