Hard Eight (film)

Hard Eight
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPaul Thomas Anderson
Written byPaul Thomas Anderson
Based onCigarettes & Coffee
by Paul Thomas Anderson
Produced byRobert Jones
John Lyons
Starring
CinematographyRobert Elswit
Edited byBarbara Tulliver
Music byJon Brion
Michael Penn
Production
company
Distributed by
Release dates
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3 million
Box office$222,559[1]

Hard Eight (originally titled Sydney[2]) is a 1996 American crime film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson in his feature directorial debut, and starring Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow and Samuel L. Jackson. It is the expansion of the short film Cigarettes & Coffee. The film follows the life of a senior gambler and a homeless man. It premiered at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival.[3]

  1. ^ Hard Eight at Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 11, 2018.
  2. ^ "Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Hard Eight', AKA 'Sydney': "It's Always Good to Meet a New Friend" • Cinephilia & Beyond". Cinephilia & Beyond. 2020-09-10. Archived from the original on 2020-09-21. Retrieved 2020-09-19.
  3. ^ Conrad, Mark T. The Philosophy of Neo-Noir, 2009. The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 081319217X.