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Pat Healy | ... |
Sir Edmund William Godfrey /
Young Pharmacy Kid
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Genevieve Zweig | ... |
Mrs. Godfrey
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Mark Flannagan | ... |
Joseph Green
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Neil Flynn | ... |
Stanley Berry
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Rod McLachlan | ... |
Daniel Hill
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Allan Graf | ... |
Firefighter
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Patton Oswalt | ... |
Delmer Darion
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Raymond 'Big Guy' Gonzales | ... |
Reno Security Guard
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Brad Hunt | ... |
Craig Hansen
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Jim Meskimen | ... |
Forensic Scientist
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Chris O'Hara | ... |
Sydney Barringer
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Clement Blake | ... |
Arthur Barringer
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Frank Elmore | ... |
1958 Detective
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John Kraft Seitz | ... |
1958 Policeman
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Cory Buck | ... |
Young Boy
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24 hours in L.A.; it's raining cats and dogs. Two parallel and intercut stories dramatize men about to die: both are estranged from a grown child, both want to make contact, and neither child wants anything to do with dad. Earl Partridge's son is a charismatic misogynist; Jimmy Gator's daughter is a cokehead and waif. A mild and caring nurse intercedes for Earl, reaching the son; a prayerful and upright beat cop meets the daughter, is attracted to her, and leads her toward a new calm. Meanwhile, guilt consumes Earl's young wife, while two whiz kids, one grown and a loser and the other young and pressured, face their situations. The weather, too, is quirky. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
Magnolia is a film of epic proportions. A film that is our generation's. It's about real life, real people and real coincidences. These things happen, this is happening as Stanley Spector states. Magnolia is as perfect a film as you will see these days. P.T.'s camera acts as the protagonist, and the ensemble cast is one of the most solid in film history. Told in 24 hours, set up by a remarkable prologue and finished with a beautiful epilogue, Magnolia finds beauty in the darkness of life. In the redemption of the filth life sometimes brings us. It shows us that we are all connected through pain and suffering and sinning and yet, it does not give us this pessimistic view. Certain films cannot be described, they must be viewed and everyone should view this masterpiece!!!