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Inherent Vice
2014R2h 29m6.5 / 10
Love usually leads to trouble.
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
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Synopsis
In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.
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Cast
Joaquin PhoenixLarry "Doc" Sportello
Josh BrolinLt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen
Owen WilsonCoy Harlingen
Katherine WaterstonShasta Fay Hepworth
Reese WitherspoonDeputy D.A. Penny Kimball
Benicio del ToroSauncho Smilax, Esq.
Jena MaloneHope Harlingen
Joanna NewsomSortilège, who is also the narratorCredits
- Directed by
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Written by
- Paul Thomas Anderson, Thomas Pynchon
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $20M
- Box office
- $14.8M
Production
Warner Bros. PicturesUnited States
IAC FilmsUnited States- JoAnne Sellar ProductionsUnited States
- Ghoulardi Film CompanyUnited States
RatPac EntertainmentUnited States
Themes
1960s1970sbased on novel or bookboatcaliforniadetectivedisappearancedrugs
