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Synopsis: Magnolia is a 1999 American ensemble drama film written, co-produced and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. The film stars Jeremy Blackman, Tom Cruise, Melinda Dillon, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Jay, William H. Macy, Alfred Molina, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Jason Robards and Melora Walters, and is a mosaic of interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness and meaning in the San Fernando Valley.
Genre: Drama
Production: New Line Cinema
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 28 wins & 53 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
R
Year:
1999
188 min
Website
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NARRATOR:

The coroner ruled that the unsuccessful

suicide had suddenly become a succesful

homicide. To explain:

CUT TO:

EXT. ROOFTOP - FLASHBACK.

Replay of shot. Sydney steps up on the rooftop. CAMERA pushes

in towards him quickly, this time moving into his COAT POCKET --

NARRATOR:

The suicide was confirmed by a note,

left in the breast pocket

of Sydney Barringer --

DISSOLVE INTO:

INT. COAT POCKET - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA catches glimpses of the note, " I'm sorry..."

"...and in this time..." "...so I will go " "...and be with God..."

NARRATOR:

At the same time young Sydney stood

on the ledge of this nine story building,

an argument swelled three stories below --

QUICK DISSOLVE TO:

INT. BUILDING/HALLWAY - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA pushes in towards the door of ROOM 638. We hear same screaming

and yelling coming fram behind the door;

NARRATOR:

The neighbors heard, as they usually

did, the arguing of the tenants --

QUICK DISSOLVE TO:

INT. APARTMENT #638 - THAT MOMENT

An ELDERLY COUPLE (early 60s) are savagely fighting and

throwing things. The OLDER MAN is backing away from the OLDER WOMAN

who is coming at him with a SHOTGUN.

NARRATOR:

-- and it was not uncommon for them

to threaten each other with a shotgun

or one of the many handguns kept in the

house --

OLDER MAN:

Put it down, put that f***in' thing

down Fay --

OLDER WOMAN:

-- I'II f***ing tell YOU. I'll shoot you

in the face and end this argument and

we see who's right --

NARRATOR:

And when the shotgun accidentaly went off,

Sydney just happend to pass --

The OLDER WOMAN stumbles a bit on some furniture and the SHOTGUN

goes off -- FIRES past the OLDER MAN's head -- and SMASHES the

window behind him -- SYDNEY falls past and gets shot in the stomach,

then falls out of FRAME -- (They're oblivious to this)

OLDER MAN:

You CRAZY F***IN' B*TCH WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

OLDER WOMAN:

SHUT THE F*** UP.

FREEZE FRAME on the two of them yelling and screaming:

NARRATOR:

Added to this, the two tenants turned

out to be:
Fay and Arthur Barringer.

Sydney's mother and Sydney's father.

CUT TO:

INT. APARTMENT - DAY - LATER

CAMERA moves through the scene as POLICEMAN and DETECTIVES

question the OLDER COUPLE. Neighbors and lookie-loos around.

NARRATOR:

When confronted with the charge, which took

some figuring out for the officers on

the scene of the crime, Fay Barringer

swore that she did not know that the gun

was loaded.

FAY BARRINGER:

I didn't know -- I didn't know --

ARTHUR BARRINGER

She always threatens me with the gun,

but I don't keep it loaded --

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Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970) also known as P.T. Anderson, is an American filmmaker. Interested in film-making since a young age, Anderson was encouraged by his father to become a filmmaker. more…

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