Instead, in 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles the detective Larry "Doc" Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend. “Inherent Vice,” is the seventh feature from Paul Thomas Anderson and the first ever film adaption of a Thomas Pynchon novel... and we'll have to wait until next year (9 January 2015 in USA) for this movie to hit the screen.
When private eye Doc Sportello’s ex-old lady suddenly out of nowhere shows up with a story about her current billionaire land developer boyfriend whom she just happens to be in love with, and a plot by his wife and her boyfriend to kidnap that billionaire and throw him in a loony bin…well, easy for her to say. It’s the tail end of the psychedelic `60s and paranoia is running the day and Doc knows that “love” is another of those words going around at the moment, like “trip” or “groovy,” that’s being way too overused—except this one usually leads to trouble.
Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson based on a novel by Thomas Pynchon.
Cast: Reese Witherspoon (Penny), Jena Malone (Hope Harlingen), Joaquin Phoenix (Doc Sportello), Sasha Pieterse (Japonica Fenway), Josh Brolin (Bigfoot Bjornsen), Katherine Waterston (Shasta Fay Hepworth), Benicio Del Toro (Sauncho Smilax), Owen Wilson (Coy Harlingen), Jillian Bell (Chlorinda), Eric Roberts (Mickey Wolfmann), Michael Kenneth Williams (Tariq Khalil - as Michael K. Williams), Martin Short (Dr. Blatnoyd), Maya Rudolph (Petunia Leeway), Wilson Bethel, Sam Jaeger (Agent Flatweed).
