The Master is a drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. It will have its premiere at the 69th Venice International Film Festival in September 2012.
Plot Summary[]
A charismatic intellectual (Hoffman) launches a religious organization following World War II. A drifter (Phoenix) becomes his right-hand man but as the faith begins to gain a fervent following, the drifter finds himself questioning the belief system and his mentor.
Cast[]
- Joaquin Phoenix as Freddie Quell
- Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lancaster Dodd
- Amy Adams as Mary Sue Dodd
- Laura Dern as Helen
- Ambyr Childers as Elizabeth, Lancaster's daughter
- Jesse Plemons as Val Dodd, Lancaster's son
- Lena Endre as Mrs. Solstad
- Rami Malek as Clark, son-in-law of Lancaster Dodd
- Madisen Beaty as Doris Solstad
- Fiona Dourif
- Joshua Close as Wayne
- W. Earl Brown as Bus
- David Warshofsky as a detective
- Patty McCormack
- Kevin J. O'Connor as Bill White
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