Guide Note: Magnolia is a 1999 drama by writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson. This ambitious film follows the intertwined lives of an ensemble cast, through a series of vignettes during one random day in California’s San Fernando Valley.
Fast Facts:
- Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
- Starring: Tom Cruise, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, Julianne Moore, Jason Robards, John C. Reilly, Phillip Baker Hall, Melinda Dillon, Alfred Molina, Melora Walters, Jeremy Blackman, Ricky Jay, April Grace, Luis Guzman
- Release Date: December 8, 1999
- Run Time: 188 minutes
- Budget: 37,000,000 USD
- Three Academy Award nominations: Best Supporting Actor (Cruise), Original Song, and Original Screenplay
- Author Loren Coleman devotes an entire chapter to the famous "Frog Scene" in his book Mysterious America