RELEASE DATE
9-21-2012

RUN TIME
137 min

MPAA RATING
(R), for sexual content, graphic nudity and language

GENRE
Drama

STARRING
Amy Adams, Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rami Malek, Laura Dern, Jesse Plemons, Kevin J. O'Connor, Lena Endre, W. Earl Brown, Darren Le Gallo

DIRECTOR(S)
Paul Thomas Anderson

PRODUCER(S)
Paul Thomas Anderson, JoAnne Sellar

WRITER(S)
Paul Thomas Anderson

DISTRIBUTOR
The Weinstein Company

SYNOPSIS

After returning from the Second World War, a psychologically troubled drifter returns from the war and meets the charismatic leader of a new religion. The Master befriends the drifter to help him sort out his life and provide meaning. The drifter becomes his right-hand man and, after a while begins to question both his belief in the leader and his teachings as the organization grows and gains a fervent following.