Details

Release year: 2021

Storyline

A young man and a young woman grow up, run around, and fall in love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

Top credits

Directors

Paul Thomas Anderson

Writers

Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast

Alana Haim — Alana
Cooper Hoffman — Gary
Sean Penn — Jack Holden
Tom Waits — Rex Blau

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Awards

0 wins & 3 nominations

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Did you know

• Alana's family is played by her real-life family members. She and her sisters are the members of Haim, a Grammy-nominated rock band. Paul Thomas Anderson previously directed a number of music videos for Haim, and when he was a child, his elementary art school teacher was Donna Haim, the mother of the girls. This film was partly inspired by a crush he had on her when he was her student.

• Leonardo DiCaprio's father George DiCaprio portrays the man who sells Gary a waterbed in the film. George was a well-known figure in the Southern California underground art scene during the era depicted in the film.

• None of the younger cast members were aware that Bradley Cooper was involved in the film until he came charging at them in full costume as the cameras were rolling. The final take used in the film where his character Jon Peters introduces himself and asks who is in charge was the first time Cooper Hoffman or Alana Haim saw him.