Earl's trophy wife, Linda, collects his prescriptions while he is cared for by a nurse, Phil Parma. The show's former producer, Earl Partridge, is also dying of cancer. He hatches a plan to steal the money from his boss for the surgery. Donnie is obsessed with getting braces himself, thinking the bartender will love him back. He has been fired from his job due to performance issues and is in love with a male bartender with braces. After Stanley's father berates him, Stanley runs away.įormer What Do Kids Know? champion Donnie Smith, watches the show from a bar. As the show continues, a drunken Jimmy sickens, ordering the show to go on after he collapses. The newest child prodigy on the show, Stanley Spector, is hounded by his father for the prize money and demeaned by the adults, who prevent him from using the bathroom during a commercial break. Jimmy hosts a quiz show called What Do Kids Know? and is dying of cancer. Unaware of her addiction, Jim asks her on a date. Her neighbors called the police after she argued with her estranged father, Jimmy Gator, and blasted music while snorting cocaine. Jim goes to the apartment of Claudia Wilson. Dixon, a neighborhood boy, tries to tell him who committed the murder. Officer Jim Kurring investigates a disturbance at a woman's apartment, finding a body in a closet. The film opens with three unrelated stories of deaths under synchronistic circumstances. The film also won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Of the ensemble cast, Cruise was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 72nd Academy Awards and won the award in that category at the Golden Globes of 2000. However, some deemed it overlong and melodramatic. Magnolia received positive reviews, with critics praising its acting (particularly Cruise), direction, screenplay and storytelling, as well as its soundtrack. The script was inspired by the music of Aimee Mann, who contributed several songs to its soundtrack. The film has a mosaic of interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley. Reilly, Jason Robards (in his final film role) and Melora Walters.
Macy, Alfred Molina, Julianne Moore, John C. It stars an ensemble cast, including Jeremy Blackman, Tom Cruise, Melinda Dillon, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Jay, William H. Magnolia is a 1999 American epic psychological drama film written, directed and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson.
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