Hard Eight (film)
- Philip Baker Hall: Sydney
- John C. Reilly: John Finnegan
- Gwyneth Paltrow: Clementine
- Samuel L. Jackson: Jimmy
- Philip Seymour Hoffman: Young man at the table
- F. William Parker: hostage
Last Exit Reno (Sydney / Hard Eight ) is an American thriller directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, who was produced in 1996.
Action
The player Sydney learns the much younger John Finnegan know, where he teaches in the casinos in Reno various tricks. There, John Sydney introduces his friend Jimmy, who works as a security officer at the casino.
About Sydney John gets to know the waitress Clementine. After two months, he marries her. A suitor who cheats Clementine on the same day their money is, and detained her in the hotel room of John hostage. The called to help Sydney helps the two to free themselves from this situation, and they drive to the appearance in the honeymoon at Niagara Falls.
Jimmy John's friend, blackmails Sydney, killed the father of John years ago. At first he paid him $ 6,000. On the night of Sydney breaks into Jimmy's house one expected him there and shoot Jimmy.
Reviews
- Ruthe Stein criticized in the San Francisco Chronicle of 28 February 1997 the screenplay and dialogues, but praised the presentation of Gwyneth Paltrow.
- Kevin McManus praised in the Washington Post, the representations of the male lead and the game of Gwyneth Paltrow.
Awards
- Paul Thomas Anderson was nominated Film Festival 1996 for a price of Deauville.
- Paul Thomas Anderson won the 1997 Boston Society of Film Critics Award.
- The film was in 1998 nominated for the Independent Spirit Award in five categories: Best Actor ( Philip Baker Hall ), Best Supporting Actor ( Samuel L. Jackson), best cinematography (Robert Elswit ), Best Screenplay (Paul Thomas Anderson) and Best First Feature ( Paul Thomas Anderson, Robert Jones, John S. Lyons ).