Sydney

Titolo originale: Hard Eight
Regia: Paul Thomas Anderson |
Anno: 1996
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Crime
Tag: prostitute | casino | cheating | gambling | gambling debt | blackmail | male friendship | hostage-taking | las vegas |
Cast: Philip Baker Hall | John C. Reilly | Gwyneth Paltrow | Samuel L. Jackson | F. William Parker | Philip Seymour Hoffman | Nathanael Cooper | Wynn White | Robert Ridgely | Kathleen Campbell | Michael J. Rowe | Peter D'Allesandro | Steve Blane | Xaleese | Melora Walters | Jean Langer | Andy Breen | Renee Breen | Jane W. Brimmer | Mark Finizza | Richard Gross | Cliff Keeley | Carrie McVey | Truman Robbins | Ernie Anderson | Wendy Weidman | Jake Cross |

Un anziano giocatore d'azzardo professionista, Sydney, offre al giovane John un passaggio per Reno e qui gli insegna l'arte di guadagnarsi da vivere con il gioco. Poco a poco John diventa un giocatore professionista e si innamora di Clementine, una cameriera e prostituta part-time. L'amore per la giovane porterà John a commettere un omicidio. Seguendo il consiglio di Sydney - nel frattempo entrato in rotta di collissione con Jimmy, un balordo amico di John - la coppia abbandona la città.

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Paul Thomas Anderson wanted the film to open with just the production company info, "a P.T. Anderson [...] D
The exact dollar values in the film reappear and match later sums, showing that the characters are d [...] D
The opening theme music was the same music used in Boogie Nights - L'altra Hollywood (1997), wh [...] D
The original shooting script included a different ending for the film, where the audience discovers [...] D
The release of the film was held up for two years after the distributor went broke. D
According to Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman improvised his scenes, including most of the [...] D
In Eye for and Eye (1996) the same year as this film , Philip Baker Hall plays a character named Sid [...] D
The idea for Jimmy (Samuel L. Jackson) to wear black leather, including driving gloves, so he'd even [...] D
One of the reasons why the film was renamed was because the studio thought people might think a film [...] D
The film stars Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Melora Walters and Robert [...] D
Producer Robert Jones raised $3 million from Rysher Entertainment, a television company, looking to [...] D
The screenplay was originally written in 1992, according to Paul Thomas Anderson, in about two weeks [...] D
Paul Thomas Anderson wanted to shoot the film in the anamorphic format, and even mentioned this in t [...] D
When Jimmy (Samuel L. Jackson) and Sydney (Philip Baker Hall) have their confrontation, Jimmy mentio [...] D
Jimmy mentions that he knows all the same people that Sydney knows. One of these names is "Jimmy Gat [...] D
Philip Baker Hall plays a man named Sydney from Las Vegas who has underworld connections. In Prima d [...] D
Writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson has admitted that Jean-Pierre Melville's Bob il giocatore ( [...] D
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) would reunite three of this film's actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, Philip Se [...] D
The title "Hard Eight" is a craps term. Rolling a "hard eight" is rolling two fours (as opposed to r [...] D
Three actors in Hard Eight (1996) appear in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, John C. Reilly in Guardia [...] D
John C. Reilly, Melora Walters, Philip Baker Hall, and Philip Seymour Hoffman appeared in Paul Thoma [...] D
When funds ran out, Paul Thomas Anderson used money that New Line Cinema had advanced him for Boogie [...] D
When producer Robert Jones saw Paul Thomas Anderson's two and a half hour first cut, he demanded cut [...] D
Though Sydney's last name is never mentioned in the film, in the original ending, the motel man addr [...] D
Paul Thomas Anderson had seen Philip Baker Hall in Secret Honor (1984), and had him in mind for the [...] D
Writer and director Paul Thomas Anderson and cinematographer Robert Elswit worked together for the f [...] D
Assistant cameraman Michael G. Riba turned down two weeks of work on Waterworld (1995), which paid b [...] D
Samuel L. Jackson and Philip Baker Hall appeared in Kiss of Death (1995). D
Paul Thomas Anderson has rarely commented on the movie since its release, and it remains his least k [...] D
Paul Thomas Anderson's original title for this film was "Sydney". Since it was his first film, and h [...] D
Paul Thomas Anderson, on the DVD commentary, admitted to successfully pulling off the casino rate ca [...] D
Samuel L. Jackson and Philip Seymour Hoffman previously appeared in the TV episode Law & Order - I d [...] D
Philip Baker Hall was 65 years old in this movie. D
After Paul Thomas Anderson had shown Cigarettes & Coffee (1993) at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival, [...] D

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