Hard Eight

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Before his commercial breakthrough with Boogie Nights (1997), writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson made this low-key drama. John (John C. Reilly), a half-bright loser stranded in Reno, is down to his last few bucks when Sydney (Phillip Baker Hall), taking pity on him, buys him breakfast and offers him a few tips on making money in the casinos. Two years later, John has become Sydney's partner, but his lack of common sense goes from problematic to dangerous when he falls in love with Clementine (Gwyneth Paltrow), a cocktail waitress who isn't above turning a few tricks when she needs to make money — and isn't any brighter than John. Hall and Reilly, both first-rate character actors, are cast in rare leading roles, and Paltrow is cast strongly against type as a part-time prostitute with a serious lack of street smarts. ...more
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Provider

Paramount Pictures Corporation

Rating

R

Release date

1997

Running time

1:41:51

Audio

English

Subtitle

English

Rysher Entertainment presents

0:23

a Green Parrot production

0:27

in association with Trinity

0:31

a P.T. Anderson picture

0:35

PHILIP BAKER HALL

0:41

JOHN C. REILLY

0:45

with GWYNETH PALTROW

0:50

and SAMUEL L. JACKSON as "Jimmy"

0:54

Casting by CHRISTINE SHEAKS

0:59

Costume Designer MARK BRIDGES

1:03

Music by MICHAEL PENN and JON BRION

1:08

Co-Producer DANIEL LUPI

1:12

Editor BARBARA TULLIVER

1:17

Production Designer NANCY DEREN

1:21

Director of Photography ROBERT ELSWIT

1:26

Executive Producers KEITH SAMPLES HANS BROCKMANN FRANÇOIS DUPLAT

1:30

Produced by ROBERT JONES JOHN LYONS

1:35

Written and Directed by PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON

1:39

HARD EIGHT

8:42

Two Years Later Reno, NV.

21:48
Hard Eight
RRating
EnglishPrimary audio
1997Release year
Before his commercial breakthrough with Boogie Nights (1997), writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson made this low-key drama. John (John C. Reilly), a half-bright loser stranded in Reno, is down to his last few bucks when Sydney (Phillip Baker Hall), taking pity on him, buys him breakfast and offers him a few tips on making money in the casinos. Two years later, John has become Sydney's partner, but his lack of common sense goes from problematic to dangerous when he falls in love with Clementine (Gwyneth Paltrow), a cocktail waitress who isn't above turning a few tricks when she needs to make money — and isn't any brighter than John. Hall and Reilly, both first-rate character actors, are cast in rare leading roles, and Paltrow is cast strongly against type as a part-time prostitute with a serious lack of street smarts.

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