Film

Magnolia

1999 · 3h 9m · Drama

Things fall down. People look up. And when it rains, it pours.

IMDb

8.0

Rotten Tomatoes

82%

Metacritic

78

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

Frank T.J. Mackey

Philip Baker Hall

Jimmy Gator

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Phil Parma

Julianne Moore

Linda Partridge

William H. Macy

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith

John C. Reilly

Officer Jim Kurring

Melora Walters

Claudia Wilson Gator

Jeremy Blackman

Stanley Spector

Jason Robards

Earl Partridge

Melinda Dillon

Rose Gator

Michael Bowen

Rick Spector

April Grace

Gwenovier

Ricky Jay

Burt Ramsey / Narrator

Emmanuel Johnson

Dixon

Pat Healy

Sir Edmund William Godfrey / Young Pharmacy Kid

Genevieve Zweig

Mrs. Godfrey

• Paul Thomas AndersonDirector · Producer · Writer
• JoAnne SellarProducer
• Michael De LucaExecutive Producer
• Lynn HarrisExecutive Producer
• Robert ElswitDirector of Photography
• Jon BrionOriginal Music Composer
• Dylan TichenorEditor
• Cassandra KulukundisCasting

Trailer

Release date

December 17, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

3h 9m

Rated

R

Budget

$37,000,000

Revenue

$48,451,803

Genres

Drama

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