Stars: Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn, Tom Waits, Bradley Cooper, Benny Safdie, Joseph Cross, Christine Ebersole, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, Skyler Gisondo, Harriet Sansom Harris, John Michael Higgins, John C. Reilly, Maya Rudolph | Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Director Paul Thomas Anderson makes movie stars out of Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman in this deliriously entertaining evocation of Southern California in the 1970s. Part awkward romance, part growing-up-on-the-fringes-of-Hollywood comedy and part nostalgia-fused hangout, it’s one of the best films of the year.
Named after a beloved San Fernando Valley record store, Anderson’s ninth feature film Licorice Pizza takes place in Encino, California in the early 1970s. Based partly on the real-life experiences of Anderson’s friend Gary Goetzman (a former child performer who’s now Tom Hanks’ producing partner), the film centres on burly, self-assured, entrepreneurial 15 year old Gary Valentine, who’s instantly smitten with 25 year...
Director Paul Thomas Anderson makes movie stars out of Alana Haim and Cooper Hoffman in this deliriously entertaining evocation of Southern California in the 1970s. Part awkward romance, part growing-up-on-the-fringes-of-Hollywood comedy and part nostalgia-fused hangout, it’s one of the best films of the year.
Named after a beloved San Fernando Valley record store, Anderson’s ninth feature film Licorice Pizza takes place in Encino, California in the early 1970s. Based partly on the real-life experiences of Anderson’s friend Gary Goetzman (a former child performer who’s now Tom Hanks’ producing partner), the film centres on burly, self-assured, entrepreneurial 15 year old Gary Valentine, who’s instantly smitten with 25 year...
- 6/6/2022
- by Matthew Turner
- Nerdly
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