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The Master is a 2012 American psychological drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Amy Adams.
Sep 21, 2012 · The Master: Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. With Joaquin Phoenix, Price Carson, Mike Howard, Sarah Shoshana David. A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by the Cause and its charismatic leader.
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- Drama, History
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- 2012-09-21
Smart and solidly engrossing, The Master extends Paul Thomas Anderson's winning streak of challenging films for serious audiences. Read Critics Reviews
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- Paul Thomas Anderson
- R
- Joaquin Phoenix
Sep 19, 2012 · Quell drifts in and out of reality, imagining rooms where the women have suddenly become unclothed. When it comes to sex, he has a powerful imagination, which we observe in an early scene where shipmates make a sand sculpture of a naked woman, and he uses it like a love doll to masturbate. (Not recommended.)
A troubled World War II veteran falls in with the charismatic leader of a controversial religious cult in this pensive character study. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
Oct 3, 2022 · THE MASTER is now... Paul Thomas Anderson's meticulously realized epic of modern America—led by career-best turns from Joaquin Phoenix & Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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- MUBI
Alcoholic Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix) is a World War II veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and struggling to adjust to a post-war society. He finds a job as a photographer at a local department store taking family portraits, but is eventually fired for assaulting a customer after drunkenly harassing him.
