After Stanley's father berates him for freezing, Stanley runs away.ĭonnie Smith, a former What Do Kids Know? champion, watches the show from a bar. As the show continues, Jimmy sickens, ordering the show to go on after he collapses. The newest child prodigy on the show, Stanley Spector, is hounded by his father for the prize money and demeaned by the adults, who prevent him from using the bathroom during a commercial break. Jimmy hosts a quiz show called ' What Do Kids Know?' and is dying of cancer. Unaware of her addiction, Jim asks her on a date. Her neighbors called the police, after she argued with her estranged father, children's game show host Jimmy Gator, and then blasted music while snorting cocaine. Jim goes to the apartment of Claudia Wilson. Dixon, a neighborhood boy, tries to tell him who committed the murder. Police officer Jim Kurring investigates a disturbance at a woman's apartment, finding a body in a closet. The film also won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. Of the ensemble cast, Cruise was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 72nd Academy Awards, and won the award in that category at the Golden Globes of 2000. Magnolia received positive reviews, with critics praising its acting (particularly Cruise), direction, screenplay, and storytelling, as well as its soundtrack, largely consisting of Aimee Mann songs however, some deemed it overlong and melodramatic. The film has a mosaic of interrelated characters in search of happiness, forgiveness, and meaning in the San Fernando Valley. Reilly, Jason Robards (in his final film role) and Melora Walters. Macy, Alfred Molina, Julianne Moore, Michael Murphy, John C. It stars an ensemble cast, including Jeremy Blackman, Tom Cruise, Melinda Dillon, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Jay, William H.

Magnolia is a 1999 American epic psychological drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

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