The Master
3011 reviews
Drama
2h 17m
2012
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...
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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.
- DirectorPaul Thomas Anderson
- Release14 September 2012
- GenreDrama
- Duration2h 17m
- Budget$32,000,000
- Revenue$28,258,060
- Rate3011 reviews
- Productions
Annapurna Pictures, Ghoulardi Film Company, JoAnne Sellar Productions
Cast

Joaquin Phoenix
Freddie Quell

Philip Seymour Hoffman
Lancaster Dodd

Amy Adams
Peggy Dodd

Rami Malek
Clark

Laura Dern
Helen Sullivan

Jesse Plemons
Val Dodd

Ambyr Childers
Elizabeth Dodd

Madisen Beaty
Doris Solstad

Kevin J. O'Connor
Bill White

Patty McCormack
Mildred Drummond

Lena Endre
Mrs. Solstad

Barbara Brownell
Margaret O'Brien

Amy Ferguson
Martha the Salesgirl

Jennifer Neala Page
Winn Manchester

Christopher Evan Welch
John More

Mike Howard
Rorschach Doctor

Mimi Cozzens
Chi Chi Crawford

Jillian Bell
Susan Gregory

Joshua Close
Wayne Gregory

Martin Dew
Norman Conrad

Kevin J. Walsh
Cliff Boyd

Brady Rubin
Michelle Mortimer

Jill Andre
Beatrice Campbell

Barlow Jacobs
James Sullivan

David Warshofsky
Philadelphia Police

Katie Boland
Young Woman

Price Carson
V.A. Doctor

Andrew Koponen
V.A. Patient

Jeffrey W. Jenkins
V.A. Patient

W. Earl Brown
Fighting Businessman

Ariel Felix
Filipino Worker

Vladimir Velasco
Filipino Worker

Brian Fong
Filipino Worker

Brigitte Hagerman
New York Party Girl

Charley Morgan
New York Lawyer

Liz Clare
Dancer

Fiona Dourif
Dancer

Audrey Finer
Dancer

Megan Rose Fox
Dancer

Baily Hopkins
Dancer

Mari Kearney
Dancer

Ally Johnson
Dancer

Brittany Kilcoyne McGregor
Dancer

Kimberly Ables Jindra
Processing Patient

Melora Walters
Band (Voice)

Napoleon Ryan
Pub Customer

AnnaCorey
Madam Grace Love Interest (uncredited)

Bill Blair
Man at the Bar (uncredited)

Quint Gabriel
U.K Student
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