Inherent Vice
Inherent Vice is a 2014 American neo-noir black comedy crime film written for the screen, co-produced, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the 2009 novel by Thomas Pynchon. The ensemble cast includes Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston, Eric Roberts, Reese Witherspoon, Benicio del Toro, Jena Malone, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short and Joanna Newsom. The film follows Larry "Doc" Sportello, a well-intentioned but fumbling stoner, hippie, and private investigator embroiled in the criminal underworld of 1970 Los Angeles, investigating three cases linked by the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend and her wealthy new boyfriend.
Plot
In 1970, Shasta Fay Hepworth visits the home of her ex-boyfriend, Larry "Doc" Sportello, a private investigator and hippie in Gordita Beach, Los Angeles County. She tells him about her new lover, Michael Z. "Mickey" Wolfmann, a wealthy real estate developer, and asks him to help prevent Mickey's wife and her lover from abducting Mickey and committing him to an insane asylum.
Awards
Cast
- Amy Ferguson
- Anders Holm
- Belladonna
- Benicio del Toro
- Elaine Tan
- Emma Dumont
- Eric Roberts
- Hong Chau
- Jack Kelly
- Jeannie Berlin
- Jefferson Mays
- Jena Malone
- Jillian Bell
- Joanna Newsom
- Joaquin Phoenix
- Jordan David
- Josh Brolin
- Katherine Waterston
- Keith Jardine
- Kevin J. O'Connor
- Madison Leisle
- Martin Donovan
- Martin Short
- Maya Rudolph
- Michael K. Williams
- Owen Wilson
- Peter McRobbie
- Reese Witherspoon
- Richard Nixon
- Sam Jaeger
- Samantha Lemole
- Sasha Pieterse
- Serena Scott Thomas
- Shannon Collis
- Steven Wiig
- Timothy Simons
- Wilson Bethel
- Yvette Yates