Directed by Oscar nominee Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Oscar nominees Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin and Owen Wilson; Oscar winners Reese Witherspoon and Benicio Del Toro; Katherine Waterston, Martin Short, Jena Malone and Joanna Newsom, Inherent Vice is released in the UK on January 30th 2015.
Here’s the synopsis: ‘When private eye Doc Sportello’s (Joaquin Phoenix)ex-old lady suddenly out of nowhere shows up with a story about her current billionaire land developer boyfriend whom she just happens to be in love with, and a plot by his wife and her boyfriend to kidnap that billionaire and throw him in a loony bin well, easy for her to say.
‘It’s the tail end of the psychedelic `60s and paranoia is running the day and Doc knows that “love is another of those words going around at the moment, like “trip or “groovy, that’s being way too overusedexcept this one usually leads to trouble.
‘With a cast of characters that includes surfers, hustlers, dopers and rockers, a murderous loan shark, LAPD Detectives, a tenor sax player working undercover, and a mysterious entity known as the Golden Fang, which may only be a tax dodge set up by some dentists… Part surf noir, part psychedelic rompall Thomas Pynchon.
‘”Inherent Vice, is the seventh feature from Paul Thomas Anderson and the first ever film adaptation of a Thomas Pynchon novel.’