
Release date:September 14, 2012
(limited)
Studio:The Weinstein Company
Director:Paul Thomas Anderson
MPAA Rating:R (for sexual content, graphic nudity and language)
Screenwriter:Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring:Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Jesse Plemons, David Warshofsky, Amy Adams, Rami Malek
Genre:Drama
Official website:TheMasterfilm.com
Plot Summary:
Set in America in the years following World War II, a charismatic intellectual (Philip Seymour Hoffman) launches a faith-based organization and taps a young drifter (Joaquin Phoenix) as his right-hand man. But as the faith begins to gain a fervent following, the onetime vagabond finds himself questioning the belief system he has embraced, and his mentor.