Movie
The Master
Overview
Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.
Details
- Release date
- 2012-09-14
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Annapurna Pictures, Ghoulardi Film Company, JoAnne Sellar Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Joaquin Phoenix as Freddie Quell
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lancaster Dodd
- Amy Adams as Peggy Dodd
- Rami Malek as Clark
- Laura Dern as Helen Sullivan
- Jesse Plemons as Val Dodd
- Ambyr Childers as Elizabeth Dodd
- Madisen Beaty as Doris Solstad
- Kevin J. O'Connor as Bill White
- Patty McCormack as Mildred Drummond
- Lena Endre as Mrs. Solstad
- Barbara Brownell as Margaret O'Brien
Crew
- Paul Thomas Anderson - Director
- Paul Thomas Anderson - Writer
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