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Inherent Vice (2014)

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Under the paving stones, the beach!

In Los Angeles at the turn of the 1970s, drug-fueled detective Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of an ex-girlfriend.

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Cast & Crew

Director
Paul Thomas Anderson
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    Larry "Doc" Sportello Joaquin Phoenix
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    Lt. Det. Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen Josh Brolin
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    Coy Harlingen Owen Wilson
  • Profile picture of Katherine Waterston
    Shasta Fay Hepworth Katherine Waterston
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    Deputy D.A. Penny Kimball Reese Witherspoon
  • Profile picture of Benicio del Toro
    Sauncho Smilax Benicio del Toro
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    Hope Harlingen Jena Malone
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    Sortilège Joanna Newsom

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  • boat
  • detective
  • 1970s
  • ex-girlfriend
  • surreal
  • hippie lifestyle
  • pot smoking
  • private investigator
  • disappearance
  • lawyer
  • los angeles, california
  • drugs
  • loan shark
  • neo-noir
  • 1960s
  • heroin cartel