Professional gambler Sydney walks into a diner one day and meets a down on his luck man called John who is in desperate need of $6,000. Sydney buys John a coffee and takes him to Reno to show him how to win big money without spending much, under Sydney’s fatherly mentorship John becomes a successful gambler with some cash on the side. All is well until John falls for Clementine, a local cocktail waitress and sometimes hooker, the two try to start a life together but an unexpected event gets in their way that may prove difficult to run from.
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Actors: Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robert Ridgely
Year: 1996
Length: 102 Minutes
Classification: MA15+ Medium level coarse language, Sexual references
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