Things fall down. People look up. And when it rains, it pours.

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.

Cast & crew

Paul Thomas Anderson

Director

Tom Cruise

Frank T.J. Mackey

Philip Baker Hall

Jimmy Gator

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Phil Parma

Julianne Moore

Linda Partridge

William H. Macy

Quiz Kid Donnie Smith

John C. Reilly

Officer Jim Kurring

Melora Walters

Claudia Wilson Gator

Jeremy Blackman

Stanley Spector

Jason Robards

Earl Partridge

Melinda Dillon

Rose Gator

Michael Bowen

Rick Spector

April Grace

Gwenovier

Ricky Jay

Burt Ramsey / Narrator

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Emmanuel Johnson

Dixon

Pat Healy

Sir Edmund William Godfrey / Young Pharmacy Kid

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Genevieve Zweig

Mrs. Godfrey

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Mark Flanagan

Joseph Green

Neil Flynn

Stanley Berry

Rod McLachlan

Daniel Hill

Allan Graf

Firefighter