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Chaos lurks in every corner of this giddily off-kilter foray into romantic comedy by Paul Thomas Anderson. Struggling to cope with his erratic temper, novelty-toilet-plunger salesman Barry Egan (Adam Sandler, demonstrating remarkable versatility in his first dramatic role) spends his days collecting frequent-flyer-mile coupons and dodging the insults of his seven sisters. The promise of a new life emerges when Barry inadvertently attracts the affection of a mysterious woman named Lena (Emily Watson), but their budding relationship is threatened when he falls prey to the swindling operator of a phone sex line and her deranged boss (played with maniacal brio by Philip Seymour Hoffman). Fueled by the careening momentum of a baroque-futurist score by Jon Brion, the Cannes-award-winning Punch-Drunk Love channels the spirit of classic Hollywood and the whimsy of Jacques Tati into an idiosyncratic ode to the delirium of new romance.
Original Release
10/11/2002
US Release
10/11/2002
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Adam Sandler | Barry Egan |
Jason Andrews | Operator Carter / Operator Carter (voice) |
Don McManus | Plastic / Plastic (voice) |
Emily Watson | Lena Leonard |
Luis Guzman | Lance |
David Schrempf | Customer #1 |
Seann Conway | Customer #2 |
Rico Bueno | Rico |
Hazel Mailloux | Rhonda |
Karen Kilgariff | Anna / Anna (voice) |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Adam Sandler | Barry Egan |
Jason Andrews | Operator Carter / Operator Carter (voice) |
Don McManus | Plastic / Plastic (voice) |
Emily Watson | Lena Leonard |
Luis Guzman | Lance |
David Schrempf | Customer #1 |
Seann Conway | Customer #2 |
Rico Bueno | Rico |
Hazel Mailloux | Rhonda |
Karen Kilgariff | Anna / Anna (voice) |
Julie Hermelin | Kathleen |
Salvador Curiel | Sal |
Jorge Barahona | Jorge |
Ernesto Quintero | Ernesto |
Julius Steuer | Mechanic |
Mary Lynn Rajskub | Elizabeth / Elizabeth Egan |
Lisa Spector | Susan |
Nicole Gelbard | Nicole |
Mia Weinberg | Gilda |
Karen Hermelin | Anna |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Paul Thomas Anderson | Producer |
Daniel P. Collins | Producer |
Daniel Lupi | Producer |
JoAnne Sellar | Producer |
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Interviews
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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2003 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical | Nominated |