HARD EIGHT
Paul Thomas Anderson’s critically lauded feature debut is a neo noir that finds professional gambler Sydney Brown (Philip Baker Hall) taking the slightly dim and down-on-his-luck John Finnegan (John C. Reilly) first out to breakfast and then on as a partner in the seediest casinos in Reno. This engrossing character study includes excellent performances by Gwyneth Paltrow as a cocktail waitress moonlighting as a call girl and Samuel L. Jackson as a gangster given to philosophical ramblings. DIR/SCR Paul Thomas Anderson; PROD Robert Jones, John S. Lyons. U.S., 1996, color, 102 min. RATED R
Run Time: 102 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, January 30, 2026
Genre: Crime drama
