The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Joaquin PhoenixFreddie Quell
Philip Seymour HoffmanLancaster Dodd
Amy AdamsPeggy Dodd
Rami MalekClark
Laura DernHelen Sullivan
Jesse PlemonsVal Dodd
Ambyr ChildersElizabeth Dodd
Madisen BeatyDoris Solstad
Kevin J. O'ConnorBill White
Patty McCormackMildred Drummond
Lena EndreMrs. Solstad
Barbara BrownellMargaret O'BrienExplore the crew
- Writer
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Original Music Composer
- Jonny Greenwood
- Editor
- Leslie Jones
- Director of Photography
- Mihai Malaimare Jr.
- Director
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Editor
- Peter McNulty
- Producer
- Daniel Lupi
- Producer
- Megan Ellison
- Producer
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Producer
- JoAnne Sellar
- Director of Photography
- Barry Idoine