Hard Eight is a 1996 film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow and Samuel L. Jackson. Robert Ridgely, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Melora Walters also appear.
The film, originally titled Sydney, was Anderson's first feature; Hall, Reilly, Ridgely, Hoffman and Walters have acted in Anderson's subsequent films. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film...
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Hard Eight is a 1996 film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow and Samuel L. Jackson. Robert Ridgely, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Melora Walters also appear.
The film, originally titled Sydney, was Anderson's first feature; Hall, Reilly, Ridgely, Hoffman and Walters have acted in Anderson's subsequent films. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.
Sydney (Philip Baker Hall), a gambler in his 60s, sees a young man, John (John C. Reilly), sitting outside a diner and offers to give him a cigarette and buy him a cup of coffee. When Sydney learns that John is trying to raise enough money for his mother's burial, he offers to take him to Reno and teach him how to survive. Skeptical at first, John eventually agrees.
Two years later, John, having gotten the money for the funeral, has stayed in Reno and become Sydney's protégé. John is attracted to Clementine (Gwyneth Paltrow), a 23...
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