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Hard Eight

1997·102 min

Hard Eight

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

DramaCrime

A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.

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Philip Baker Hall

Sydney

John

Gwyneth Paltrow

Clementine

Samuel L. Jackson

Jimmy

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Paul Thomas Anderson

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Hard Eight (1997) is about a stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.

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Paul Thomas Anderson directed Hard Eight (1997).

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