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Inherent Vice
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*Inherent Vice* is a 2014 American crime comedy-drama film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, who also served as screenwriter and producer alongside Daniel Lupi and JoAnne Sellar. The film is based on a work by Thomas Pynchon and features a cast including Joaquin Phoenix, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, and Jeannie Berlin. Jonny Greenwood composed the score, and Leslie Jones edited the film. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and filmed in California, with a narrative set in Los Angeles.
The film has a runtime of 149 minutes and was released in the United States on December 12, 2014. It received a budget of $20,000,000 and generated $14,810,975 in revenue. *Inherent Vice* was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, and the Academy Award for Best Costume Design. Audience ratings vary, with an average of 6.5 on TMDb and 6.6 on IMDb.
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6.5In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
Cast
- Joaquin Phoenix as Larry "Doc" Sportello
- Josh Brolin as Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
- Owen Wilson as Coy Harlingen
- Katherine Waterston as Shasta Fay Hepworth
- Reese Witherspoon as Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball
- Benicio del Toro as Sauncho Smilax, Esq.
Themes
- california
- based on novel or book
- boat
- detective
- 1970s
- ex-girlfriend
- surreal
- vice
- hippie lifestyle
- pot smoking
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Screenplay by
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Based on
- Inherent Vice , by Thomas Pynchon
- Produced by
- JoAnne Sellar Daniel Lupi Paul Thomas Anderson
- Starring
- Joaquin Phoenix Josh Brolin Owen Wilson Katherine Waterston Reese Witherspoon Benicio del Toro Martin Short Jena Malone Joanna Newsom
- Cinematography
- Robert Elswit
- Edited by
- Leslie Jones
- Music by
- Jonny Greenwood
- Production companies
- IAC Films RatPac-Dune Entertainment Ghoulardi Film Company
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release dates
- October 4, 2014 ( 2014-10-04 ) ( NYFF ) December 12, 2014 ( 2014-12-12 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 149 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $20 million
- Box office
- $14.8 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Inherent Vice is a 2014 American neo-noir black comedy crime film written for the screen, co-produced, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the 2009 novel by Thomas Pynchon. The ensemble cast includes Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston, Eric Roberts, Reese Witherspoon, Benicio del Toro, Jena Malone, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short and Joanna Newsom. The film follows Larry "Doc" Sportello, a well-intentioned but fumbling stoner, hippie, and private investigator embroiled in the criminal underworld of 1970 Los Angeles, investigating three cases linked by the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend and her wealthy new boyfriend.
Anderson's adaptation of Inherent Vice had been in development since 2010, and is the first Pynchon novel to be adapted for the screen. Anderson was previously inspired by Pynchon's novel V. while writing the screenplay for The Master (2012), and would go on to loosely adapt Vineland into One Battle After Another (2025). It is Anderson's second collaboration with Phoenix, following The Master, and involves a number of his other collaborators, including producers Daniel Lupi and JoAnne Sellar, cinematographer Robert Elswit, editor Leslie Jones, and composer Jonny Greenwood.
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