TMDB 6.5 2014 USA 149 min

Inherent Vice

Directed by P. T. Anderson

In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

Starring
Joaquin PhoenixJosh BrolinOwen WilsonKatherine Waterston
with Reese Witherspoon, Benicio del Toro, Jena Malone, Joanna Newsom
Music — Jonny Greenwood
Cinematography — Robert Elswit
Based on the novel by — Thomas Pynchon
Screenplay — Paul Thomas Anderson
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