Hard Eight

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crime drama film film neo-noir film

Hard Eight is a 1996 neo-noir crime drama film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, featuring Philip Baker Hall as a seasoned gambler who mentors a down-on-his-luck young man in the world of casino hustling.

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Hard Eight canonical 8
Hard Eight (score) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf crime drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
neo-noir film ⓘ
basedOn short film "Cigarettes & Coffee" by Paul Thomas Anderson ⓘ
cinematographyBy Robert Elswit ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Paul Thomas Anderson ⓘ
distributor Rysher Entertainment ⓘ
editedBy Barbara Tulliver ⓘ
featuresTheme crime ⓘ
gambling ⓘ
mentorship ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
followsCharacter Clementine ⓘ
Jimmy ⓘ
John ⓘ
Sydney ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
drama film ⓘ
neo-noir ⓘ
hasCastMember F. William Parker ⓘ
Gwyneth Paltrow ⓘ
John C. Reilly ⓘ
Michael Jeter ⓘ
Philip Baker Hall ⓘ
Philip Seymour Hoffman ⓘ
Samuel L. Jackson ⓘ
hasFilmRating R ⓘ
hasMainCharacterOccupation professional gambler ⓘ
musicBy Jon Brion ⓘ
narrativeFocus relationships formed in the world of casinos and hustling ⓘ
notableFor feature directorial debut of Paul Thomas Anderson ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A seasoned gambler mentors a down-on-his-luck young man in casino hustling and becomes entangled in crime and personal secrets. ⓘ
producer Green Parrot ⓘ
Rysher Entertainment ⓘ
releaseType theatrical release ⓘ
releaseYear 1996 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 102 ⓘ
screenwriter Paul Thomas Anderson ⓘ
settingLocation Las Vegas, Nevada ⓘ
Reno, Nevada, United States ⓘ
surface form: Reno, Nevada
workingTitle Sydney ⓘ

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Philip Baker Hall → knownFor → Hard Eight ⓘ
Philip Baker Hall → notableWork → Hard Eight ⓘ
Philip Baker Hall → appearedIn → Hard Eight ⓘ
Michael Penn → notableWork → Hard Eight ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hard Eight (score)
John C. Reilly → notableWork → Hard Eight ⓘ
Paul Thomas Anderson → directed → Hard Eight ⓘ
Paul Thomas Anderson → wroteScreenplayFor → Hard Eight ⓘ
Janet Evanovich → notableWork → Hard Eight ⓘ
Philip → notableWork → Hard Eight ⓘ
subject surface form: Philip Baker Hall