Warner Bros. has released the trailer for the feature adaptation of the Thomas Pynchon novel Inherent Vice [INHVC]. Paul Thomas Anderson [PTAND] directed the film starring Joaquin Phoenix [JPHOE], Josh Brolin [JBROL], Owen Wilson [OWILS] and Reese Witherspoon [RWITH]. Inherent Vice begins in limited release on December 12th before expanding wide on January 9th.
When P.I. Doc Sportello’s ex-old lady shows up with a story about her current billionaire land developer boyfriend and a plot by his wife and her boyfriend to kidnap that billionaire and throw him in a looney bin… well, easy for her to say. It’s the tail end of the `60s, paranoia is running the day and Doc knows that “love” is one of those words going around, like “trip” or “groovy,” that’s way too overused–except 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 romp–all Thomas Pynchon.
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