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Directed by | Paul Thomas Anderson |
Written by | Paul Thomas Anderson |
Based on | Cigarettes & Coffee by Paul Thomas Anderson |
Produced by | Robert Jones John Lyons |
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Cinematography | Robert Elswit |
Edited by | Barbara Tulliver |
Music by | Jon Brion Michael Penn |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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]