{"product_id":"magnolia-the-shooting-script-9781557044068","title":"Magnolia: The Shooting Script","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe only companion book to Paul Thomas Anderson's acclaimed 1999 film, \u003cem\u003eMagnolia: The Illustrated Screenplay \u003c\/em\u003eincludes the complete shooting script, introduction and script notes by Anderson, an interview with the writer\/director, and complete cast and crew credits.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnderson deliberately withheld information about his new film during production because \"I feel lately as if I know everything about a movie before I see it, and I really want the audience to discover this purely.\" Featuring an ensemble cast and, in an unbilled role, Tom Cruise (who called Anderson to express interest in working with him), the film is now described by New Line as follows: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are stories of coincidence and chance and intersections and strange things told. There is the story of a Dying Father, the Young Wife, his Lost Son, the Caretaker, the Boy Genius, his Father, the Game Show Host, the Daughter, the Mother, the Ex-Boy Genius and the Police Officer in Love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are nine plots that tell one story, set in the San Fernando Valley on a day full of rain with no clouds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlong with the story of a pharmacist in London, a scuba diver and an accidental suicide, this is the story of \"Magnolia.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a story about family relationships and bonds that have been broken and need to be mended in one day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnderson, Paul Thomas:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003ePaul Thomas Anderson previously wrote and directed \u003cem\u003eBoogie Nights\u003c\/em\u003e. A self-taught filmmaker, he began writing as a teenager. His short \u003cem\u003eCigarettes\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCoffee\u003c\/em\u003e was accepted in the 1993 Sundance Festival Shorts Program, leading to an invitation to develop a feature at Sundance's 1994 Filmmaker's Workshop, with became \u003cem\u003eHard Eight\u003c\/em\u003e, his first full-length film. He lives in Los Angeles. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dey Street Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648937394450,"sku":"9781557044068","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4d12e620-5480-4ffb-90a0-d935215b23ad.jpg?v=1759839287","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/magnolia-the-shooting-script-9781557044068","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}