Licorice Pizza
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
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2h 13m
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson • 2021 • United States
Starring Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn
Paul Thomas Anderson’s ecstatic, unrestrained love letter to the San Fernando Valley captures the oddball energy of Southern California in the 1970s and the pangs and exhilaration of first love through the exploits of Gary Valentine (Cooper Hoffman), a perpetual hustler whose cockeyed confidence and budding friendship with the older Alana (Alana Haim) lead him into a host of misadventures involving Hollywood weirdos, waterbeds, and local politics. In her first film role, rock musician Alana Haim projects the effortless screwball charisma of a born movie star alongside a colorful supporting cast that includes Sean Penn, Tom Waits, and an absolutely unhinged Bradley Cooper.
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