Inherent Vice Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

When private eye Doc Sportello’s ex-old lady suddenly out of nowhere shows up with a story about her current billionaire land developer boyfriend whom she just happens to be in love with, and a plot by his wife and her boyfriend to kidnap that billionaire and throw him in a loony bin…well, easy for her to say.

It’s the tail end of the psychedelic '60s and paranoia is running the day and Doc knows that "love" is another of those words going around at the moment, like “trip” or “groovy,” that’s being way too overused—except this one usually leads to trouble.

With a cast of characters that includes surfers, hustlers, dopers and rockers, a murderous loan shark, LAPD Detectives, a tenor sax player working undercover, and a mysterious entity known as the Golden Fang, which may only be a tax dodge set up by some dentists... Part surf noir, part psychedelic romp—all Thomas Pynchon.

Cited as official plot version from trailers.apple.com

Drama Adaptation

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Inherent Vice.

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  Joaquin Phoenix

  ... Larry 'Doc' Sportello

  Joker: Folie à Deux, Napoleon

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  Josh Brolin

  ... Bigfoot Bjornsen

  The Running Man, Dune: Part Two

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  Reese Witherspoon

  ... Penny

  You’re Cordially Invited, Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

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  Owen Wilson

  ... Coy Harlingen

  Hall Pass, Wonder

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  Martin Short

  ... Dr. Blatnoyd

  Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, STEVE! (martin)

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  Jena Malone

  ... Hope Harlingen

  Rebel Moon Part 2: The Scargiver, Donnie Darko

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  Katherine Waterston

  Fear Street: The Prom Queen, Babylon

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  Peter McRobbie

  ... Adrian Prussia

  The Visit

• S
  Sasha Pieterse

  ... Japonica Fenway

  The Image of You, Ivy and Bean

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  Benicio Del Toro

  ... Sauncho Smilax

  The Phoenician Scheme, One Battle After Another

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  Maya Rudolph

  ... Petunia Leeway

  IF, Animal Friends

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  Yvette Yates

  ... Luz

  Without Men

Crew Behind the Film

The Inherent Vice behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Paul Thomas Anderson last directed Licorice Pizza and Phantom Thread. The film's writer Paul Thomas Anderson last wrote Licorice Pizza and Phantom Thread.

Director

Paul Thomas Anderson

Screenwriter

Paul Thomas Anderson

Producers

Paul Thomas Anderson
Daniel Lupi
Joanne Sellar

Production Details

What we know about the Inherent Vice movie production.

Key Facts

• Anderson's behind-the-scenes creative team included Oscar-winning director of photography Robert Elswit ("There Will Be Blood"), production designer David Crank ("The Master"), Oscar-nominated editor Leslie Jones ("The Thin Red Line"), and Oscar-winning costume designer Mark Bridges ("The Artist"). The music is by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood.
• The seventh feature from Paul Thomas Anderson and the first ever film adaption of a Thomas Pynchon novel.

Production Updates for Inherent Vice

Sep 2014

Completed

Changed Inherent Vice movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Feb 2014

Post-Production

Changed the movie production status to Post-Production. The movie is now in the editing and finishing stages.

Jan 2013

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Production will begin summer 2013.

Feb 2011

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. May shoot in fall 2011

Dec 2010

Announced

Changed the movie production status to Announced. No additional details available for this status.

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