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Socially frustrated Barry Egan calls a phone-sex line to curb his loneliness. Little does he know it will land him in deep trouble and will jeopardize his burgeoning romance with the mysterious Lena.

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Barry Egan
Jason Andrews ...
Operator Carter (voice)
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Plastic (voice)
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Lena Leonard
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Lance
David Schrempf ...
Customer #1
Seann Conway ...
Customer #2
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Rico
Hazel Mailloux ...
Rhonda
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Anna (voice)
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Kathleen
Salvador Curiel ...
Sal
Jorge Barahona ...
Jorge
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Ernesto
Julius Steuer ...
Mechanic
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Elizabeth
Lisa Spector ...
Susan
Nicole Gelbard ...
Nicole
Mia Weinberg ...
Gilda
Karen Hermelin ...
Anna
Larry Ring ...
Steve - Brother-in-Law
Kerry Gelbard ...
Richard - Brother-in-Law
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Walter the Dentist
Ashley Clark ...
Phone Sex Sister
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Dean Trumbell
Alan Parry ...
Member of After Eden Band
John E. Beck ...
Member of After Eden Band
Eddie Wayne Howell ...
Member of After Eden Band
Taylor J. Thomas ...
Member of After Eden Band
Bobby Bluehouse ...
After Eden Sound Man
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David (as David Stevens)
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Nate
Jimmy Stevens ...
Jim
Carol Mirelez ...
Phone Sex Girl #1 - Utah
June Sepulveda ...
Phone Sex Girl #2 - Utah
Andrew Higgs ...
Restaurant Manager
Rogerlyn Kanealii Wakinekona ...
Lena's Apartment Receptionist
Mike D. Stevens ...
Mike D.
Catherine Cooley ...
Flight Attendant (as Catherine L. Cooley)
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Man on Plane
Ross Lasi Tanoai ...
Cab Driver
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Wrong Number (voice)
Kaila ...
Member of Ladies K Band
Ku'Ulei ...
Member of Ladies K Band
Sissy Lake ...
Hula Dancer
Marie Irwin ...
Lena's Nurse
Esther Imade Balogun ...
Receptionist Nurse
Thomas Bornt ...
Dean's Employee (as Tom Bornt)
Mary Kilmartin ...
D&D Mattress Customer
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Parader (uncredited)
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Customer (uncredited)
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Airport Traveler (uncredited)
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Leo (uncredited)
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Co-Worker (uncredited)
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Japanese Tourist (uncredited)

Directed by

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Paul Thomas Anderson

Written by

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Paul Thomas Anderson ... (written by)

Produced by

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Paul Thomas Anderson ... producer
Daniel P. Collins ... associate producer (as Dan Collins)
Daniel Lupi ... producer
JoAnne Sellar ... producer

Music by

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Jon Brion

Cinematography by

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Robert Elswit ... director of photography

Editing by

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Leslie Jones

Editorial Department

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Scott Fox ... colorist: dailies
Marie Gaerlan ... assistant editor
Phil Hetos ... color timer
Lara Khachooni ... assistant editor
Ladd Lanford ... first assistant editor
Christopher Marino ... assistant editor: avid (as Christopher L. Marino)
Sandra Montiel ... first assistant editor
Fred Raskin ... additional film editor
Mary Beth Smith ... negative cutter
Lee Wimer ... color timer

Casting By

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Cassandra Kulukundis

Production Design by

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William Arnold

Art Direction by

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Sue Chan

Set Decoration by

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Jay Hart ... (as Jay R. Hart)
Lori A. Noyes

Costume Design by

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Mark Bridges

Makeup Department

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Trish Almeida ... key hair stylist
Elizabeth Dahl ... additional makeup artist: Hawaii (as Liz Dahl)
Peggy Nichols ... key makeup artist
Ann Pala ... hair stylist: Adam Sandler / makeup artist: Adam Sandler
Debra Rego ... additional hair stylist: Hawaii (as Debra L. Rego)
Tina Roesler Kerwin ... makeup department head
Kelvin R. Trahan ... hair department head

Production Management

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Daniel P. Collins ... on-set supervisor (as Dan Collins)
Mark Graziano ... post-production supervisor
Daniel Lupi ... unit production manager
Eileen Malyszko Lee ... production supervisor
Charles Newirth ... executive in charge of production
Will Weiske ... production supervisor: Hawaii and Utah

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Sonia Bhalla ... second second assistant director
Adam Druxman ... first assistant director
James Moran ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Chuck Askerneese ... assistant property master
Doreen Austria ... graphic artist (as Doreen S. Austria)
P. Scott Bailey ... leadman
Jeremy Blake ... artwork
Max E. Brehme ... leadman
Richard Crain ... construction foreman (as Richard D. Crain)
Mick Cummings ... set dressing buyer
Doug Dow ... labor foreman / toolman
Gerald Gates Jr. ... paint foreman (as Gerald J. Gates)
Kevin Goldblum ... art production assistant
Will Grant ... set dresser (as William A.J. Grant)
Chris Grantz ... set dresser
Jill Haber ... painter
Holiday Landa ... art department coordinator
Richard McConnell ... construction coordinator
Martin Milligan ... on-set dresser
Thomas Olson ... painter (as Thomas G. Olson)
Troy Alan Peters ... set dresser (as Troy Peters)
Mike Reiber ... stand-by painter
Rick Romer ... set dresser: Hawaii (as Richard P. Romer)
Keith Sale ... set dresser
F. Andrew Scott ... stand-by painter
Doug Sieck ... set dresser (as Douglas D. Sieck)
Sondra Thorpe ... buyer: reshoots
Jayson Whitmore ... motion graphics
Timothy S. Wiles ... property master (as Tim Wiles)
Franco Esile ... set dresser (uncredited)
Lilly Frank ... paint decorator (uncredited)
P.K. MacCarthy ... storyboard artist (uncredited)
Graham Robertson ... set dresser (uncredited)
Thomas 'Noe' Welch ... set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Jennifer Barin ... first assistant sound editor (as Jennifer F. Barin)
Christopher Barron ... assistant sound editor
Phil Benson ... supervising sound editor
Eric Bretter ... recordist
Rick Canelli ... adr recordist
Lawrence L. Commans ... additional boom operator
Ben Conrad ... foley mixer
Kirk Denson ... sound effects recording
Tony Eckert ... foley mixer
Koji Egawa ... assistant sound engineer
Coya Elliott ... assistant sound editor
Andrea Gard ... foley editor
Aura Gilge ... sound effects editor
J.R. Grubbs ... sound effects editor
John Hendrickson ... assistant sound engineer
Robert Jackson ... boom operator
Ron Judkins ... production sound mixer (as Ronald Judkins)
Stephen Kearney ... sound effects editor
Peter F. Kurland ... additional production sound mixer
Michael Lemass ... sound editing intern
Kate Lumpkin ... utility sound (as Kat Craig)
Kathleen McCart ... sound recordist (as Kathy McCart)
Stuart McCowan ... assistant sound editor
Frank 'Pepe' Merel ... foley recordist (as Pepe Merel)
Shannon Mills ... foley editor
Steve Mixdorf ... assistant sound engineer
Marnie Moore ... foley artist
Peggy Names ... sound utility (as Peggy A. Names)
Jon Null ... dialogue editor
Thomas J. O'Connell ... adr mixer
Jeremy Peirson ... recordist
Brandon Proctor ... mix technician
Frank Rinella ... foley recordist
Gary Ritchie ... recordist
John Roesch ... foley artist
Marcie Romano ... assistant sound editor
Gary Rydstrom ... re-recording mixer / sound design consultant
Christopher Scarabosio ... sound designer
Michael Semanick ... re-recording mixer
Steve Slanec ... assistant sound editor
Ewa Sztompke ... dialogue editor (as Ewa Sztompke-Oatfield)
Dennie Thorpe ... foley artist
Jana Vance ... foley artist
Knox White ... additional boom operator
Sean England ... machine room operator (uncredited)
Lisa K. Fowle ... sound (uncredited)
Noah Katz ... sound editorial technical support (uncredited)
Sean Landeros ... recordist (uncredited)
Brandon Proctor ... assistant re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Mark Purcell ... machine room operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Len Burge ... special effects makeup
John C. Carlucci ... special effects supervisor
Lou Carlucci ... special effects coordinator
Kenneth C. Clark ... special effects foreman
Marvin Felton ... special effects technician
Jeff Jarvis ... special effects coordinator
Ric San Nicholas ... special effects
Andrew Sebok ... special effects technician
David M. Sterner ... special effects technician (as David Sterner)

Visual Effects by

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Tim Alexander ... visual effects supervisor: ILM
Camille Geier ... visual effects producer
Jiri Jacknowitz ... digital paint artist
Jim Morris ... senior staff: ILM
David Sullivan ... paint & roto artist
Lloyd Hess ... technical support (uncredited)

Stunts

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Michael Adams ... stunt player (as Mike Adams)
Brian Avery ... stunts
Jack Carpenter ... stunts
Mark De Alessandro ... stunts
Mickey Giacomazzi ... utility stunts
Allan Graf ... stunt coordinator
John Hateley ... stunts
Toby Holguin ... stunts
Steve Kelso ... stunt coordinator
Paul M. Lane ... stunts
Diana R. Lupo ... stunts (as Diana Lupo)
Dustin Meier ... stunts
Hugh Aodh O'Brien ... stunts (as Hugh A. O'Brien)
Rex Reddick ... stunts
Mario Roberts ... stunts
Lincoln Simonds ... stunts
Steve Wooten ... stunts
Mark De Alessandro ... stunt double: Adam Sandler (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Andrea 'Roo' Ruane Krout ... grip (as Andi Ruane)
Alfred Ainsworth Jr. ... video assist operator
Ben Beaird ... key grip (as Benny Beaird)
Bruce Birmelin ... still photographer
David Bodin ... grip
Geoffrey Chang ... film loader
William Coss ... first assistant camera
Andreas Crawford ... Dolly Grip B camera
Richard Crompton ... rigging best boy grip (as Richard C. Crompton)
David Crone ... camera operator / steadicam operator
Dean DesJarlais ... best boy electric: Hawaii (as Dean C. Des Jarlais)
Kevin 'Rambo' Fitzgerald ... best boy grip
Neil Fleischbein ... grip
Alexander W. Gage ... grip: Hawaii (as Alex Gage)
Vance Gage ... best boy grip: Hawaii
Jay Galbo ... electrician
R. Scott Goodrich ... second assistant camera (as Scott Goodrich)
Bob Gorelick ... additional steadicam operator
Jeff C Griffith ... camera loader (as Jeff Griffith)
Rick Harris ... key rigging grip
Keith Hartley ... rigging electric (as Keith Richard Hartley)
Richard Hartley ... rigging gaffer
Nathan Hathaway ... assistant chief lighting technician
Tony Hibbard ... electrician
Tom Kessenich ... grip (as Kurt T. Kessenich)
Ashley Kimmet ... electrician
Jeff Kunkel ... dolly grip (as Jeffrey Sherman Kunkel)
Leonardo Larosa ... grip (as Leonard M. LaRosa)
David Lee ... chief lighting technician
Karl Linde ... additional first assistant camera
Daisuke Dice Miyake ... grip (as Daisuke Miyake)
Frank Montesanto ... key grip (as Frank A. Montesanto)
Michelle Morgan ... camera loader
Jeffrey Norvet ... additional camera operator
Robert A. Preston ... best boy grip
John Priebe ... electrician
David Richardson ... best boy grip
Robert Stillman ... grip (as Bob Stillman)
Ian Strang ... electrician
James Takahashi ... grip: Hawaii
Dave Tutokey ... rigging best boy electric
Rick Crum ... electrician (uncredited)
Lance Dickinson ... lighting technician (uncredited)
Craig Kohlhoff ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Maricella Ramirez ... camera operator: "b" camera (uncredited) / first assistant camera (uncredited)
Shannon Summers ... grip (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Suzanne Anaya ... extras casting: TBS Casting
John Barba ... casting associate
Juliet Carlson ... extras casting assistant: Hawaii
Margaret Doversola ... extras casting: Hawaii (as Margaret J. Doversola)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Eden Clark Coblenz ... costume supervisor (as Edem Coblenz)
Linda S. Cormany ... key costumer
Anne Hoss ... additional costumer: Hawaii (as Anne L. Hoss)
Lizabeth Maggini ... additional costumer: Hawaii (as Lizabeth Maggini-Mackay)
Andrew Slyder ... additional costumer
Jennifer Day Young ... additional costumer

Location Management

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Gary Bechtel ... assistant location manager
Justin Healy ... assistant location manager
Frank Mitchell ... location assistant: Hawaii
Matt Paull ... location production assistant
Robert Paulsen ... assistant location manager
Larry Ring ... location manager
Trevor Sifton ... location assistant: Hawaii
Stuart R. Sprangler ... location manager: Hawaii (as Stuart R. Spangler)
Jill Thornsberry ... location production assistant
Jim Triplett ... assistant location manager: Hawaii

Music Department

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Mark Berrow ... musician: violin
Julian Bratolyubov ... music preparation
Debbi Datz-Pyle ... orchestra contractor: The Music Team (as Debbie Datz-Pyle)
Greg Dennen ... score recordist
Bruce Dukov ... concertmaster
Koji Egawa ... assistant engineer: Schnee Studio
Barry Fawcett ... scoring stage manager
Nathan Furst ... score technical consultant
Isobel Griffiths ... orchestra contractor
John Hendrickson ... assistant engineer: Schnee Studio
Sean M. Hickey ... music preparation
Michael Jay ... additional music editor
Jonathan Karp ... music editor
Steve Mixdorf ... assistant engineer: NRG
Thomas Pasatieri ... music score consultant
Simon Rhodes ... music scoring mixer
Ryan Robinson ... scoring technical support engineer
Dennis S. Sands ... orchestra mixer (as Dennis Sands) / orchestra recordist (as Dennis Sands)
Louise Di Tullio ... musician: flute (uncredited)
Richard Wheeler Jr. ... scoring stage manager (as Richard Wheeler)
Thomas Pasatieri ... orchestrator (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Valeria Migliassi Collins ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Jody Bingenheimer ... driver
Glenn Coopersmith ... driver
Joe Cosentino ... driver (as Joseph Cosentino)
Pat Cosentino ... driver
Sherri Cosentino ... driver (as Sheri Cosentino)
Jon 'Sudee' Dahl ... transportation co-captain: Hawaii (as Jon Sudee Dahl)
Angel de Santi ... transportation co-captain (as Angel De Santi)
Devin B. Donahue ... driver: Hawaii
Jesse Duarte ... driver: Hawaii
Douglas A. Farias ... driver: Hawaii
Rick Fese Jr. ... driver (as Rick 'Easy' Fese)
Hector M. Gonzalez ... driver
Daniel Gordon ... driver (as Daniel R. Gordon)
David Travis Grieb ... driver: grip truck
Dash Hart ... driver
Geno Hart ... transportation coordinator
Kirk Huston ... transportation captain
Alfie Jensen ... driver
Jose A. Jimenez ... driver (as Jose A. Jiminez)
Richard Jones ... driver: Hawaii
Steve Larson ... transportation dispatcher
Eric Learnnard ... driver (as Eric 'D.J.' Learnard)
Ronald Linxwiler ... driver
Kelly Loo ... driver: Hawaii (as Kelly Loo Jr.)
Marco Lupi ... driver (as Marco R. Lupi)
Harry Marks ... driver
Stan Mataele ... driver: Hawaii
Esteban Munoz ... driver (as Esteban Munoz Jr.)
Bill Needham ... driver
James 'Obee' Oberman ... driver
Hardy Ophuls ... picture car coordinator
Marty Osborne ... picture vehicle coordinator (as Martin J. Osborne)
John Pellegrino ... driver
John Reed ... transportation co-captain: Hawaii
Tanoai Reed ... driver: Hawaii
Carlo Solano ... driver (as Carlos Solano)
John Spaccarelli ... driver
Scott Tyler ... driver
Chris Waldoch ... driver (as Christopher M. Waldoch)
Michael P. Walsh ... driver (as Michael J. Walsh)
Dave Wilson ... driver
Robert Wilson ... driver: Hawaii
Robert L. Young ... driver (as Robert Love Young Jr.)
Billy Kane ... driver: car carrier (uncredited)
Adam Pinkstaff ... driver (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Donovan Ahuna ... craft service: Hawaii (as Donovan K. Ahuna)
Tom Ajar ... projectionist
Kyle Alexander ... production assistant: Hawaii
Jennifer Asaro ... second assistant accountant (as Jennifer Clark)
Aaron Barrocas ... production assistant
Anastasia Basche ... production assistant (as Anastasia Torrent)
Joe Biggins ... production secretary
Luca Borghese ... accounting clerk
Steven Butensky ... first assistant accountant
Dorian Cirillo-Murray ... additional production assistant
Bruce Comtois ... teamster
Demelza Cronin ... assistant production coordinator
J.D. Donaruma ... assistant: Adam Sandler
Jay Duncan ... production assistant
Moumen ElHajji ... chef: Hawaii (as Moumen El Hajji)
Cecilia Escobar ... payroll accountant
Jamie Feldman ... set production assistant
James Flemming ... chef
Ryan Alan Garvey ... assistant chef (as Ryan Garvey)
Seamus Gibbons ... assistant chef
Eric Glasser ... additional set production assistant
Brenna Graziano ... office production assistant (as Brenna Effrain)
Audie Harrison ... production assistant
Allison Harvey ... production assistant
Maru Hernandez ... assistant production coordinator
Vern Hoke ... medic: Hawaii (as Vernie Hoke)
Laura D. Smith Ireland ... assistant: Joanne Sellar (as Laura Smith)
Dominique Jaramillo ... medic
Kat Jensen ... stand-in: Emily Watson
John Brian King ... title designer (as Brian King)
Gregory P. Krueger ... assistant chef
Jon Krueger ... assistant unit coordinator (as J.L. Krueger)
Thomas Krueger ... medic
Harlem Logan ... unit assistant (as Harlem F. Logan)
Charles Long ... security: Hawaii, Private Security
Jonathan Loughran ... assistant: Adam Sandler
Kate Lumpkin ... set mother (as Kat Craig)
Makamae Masuda ... production assistant: Hawaii
Christie Mattull ... insurance services
Kristi McConnell ... construction accountant
Lisa Michele McTigue ... set production assistant
Jeff Milcheck ... production assistant
Andrew Padilla ... security coordinator (as Andrew G. Padilla Jr.)
Michael Lee Phillips Jr. ... key set production assistant (as Michael 'Jocco' Phiullips)
Carlo Pratto ... assistant: Emily Watson
Nancy Reid ... production coordinator
Marlon Rhoden ... production assistant: Hawaii
Louis Rittenhouse ... stand-in: Luis Guzman
Charles E. Scott III ... craft service
Charlie Scott ... craft service
Julie Shack ... production assistant
Corey Sklov ... production assistant
Kelly A. Snyder ... production accountant
Dorion Thomas ... office production assistant
Aaron Ali Tichenor ... assistant: Paul Thomas Anderson (as Aaron Tichenor)
Jodi Tripi ... clearance coordinator
Melisa Uchida ... production assistant: Hawaii
Dan Wesselman ... laboratory contact: dailies
Gary Wigglesworth ... assistant chef
Matt Woodard ... stand-in: Adam Sandler
Brian Barrale ... production assistant (uncredited)
Robert Hampton Frazier IV ... production assistant (uncredited)
Lena Milan ... stand-in (uncredited)
Peter V.O. Moore ... production assistant (uncredited)
Mikul Robins ... production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks

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Fiona Apple ... special thanks
Joe Ball ... special thanks
Gloria S. Borders ... special thanks to (as Gloria Borders)
Mark Cardella ... special thanks
Matt Chamberlain ... special thanks
Erica Condon ... special thanks
Luis Conte ... special thanks
Ted Demme ... dedicatee (as TD)
Mark Flanagan ... special thanks
Todd Garner ... special thanks
Isobel Griffiths ... special thanks
Bob Harvey ... special thanks
Brian Kehew ... special thanks
Jim Keltner ... special thanks
John Lesher ... special thanks
Tim McMahon ... special thanks
Rob Moore ... special thanks
Charles Newirth ... special thanks
David Phillips ... special thanks
Simon Rhodes ... special thanks
Joe Roth ... special thanks
Tom Sherak ... special thanks
Dustin Stanton ... special thanks
Bumble Ward ... special thanks
Alan Wertheimer ... special thanks
B.J. Whitman ... special thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Barry Egan hates himself and hates his life. The only male among eight siblings, Barry is treated poorly by his overbearing sisters. Despite owning his own business, he has gotten nowhere in life largely because of his insecurities. He leads a solitary life, which allows him to hide his violent outbursts that occur when he's frustrated. His solitude however allows him to think, he stumbling upon a scheme to travel the world on a pittance, travel which he has never done. Concurrently, he meets two people who pull him in two different directions. The first is Lena Leonard, a friend of his sister Elizabeth. Barry is slow to realize that Lena is attracted to him, he making her make all the first moves. Lena is eventually able to get Barry out of his shell, she who sticks around despite his obvious problems. His burgeoning relationship and thus new life with Lena is threatened by the second, "Georgia", who he contacted in an effort to alleviate his loneliness. Georgia and her "band of brothers" do whatever they can get get out of Barry what they want, no matter the price to Barry. Written by Huggo

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Also Known As
  • Untitled P.T. Anderson Project (United States)
  • Punchdrunk Knuckle Love (United States)
  • Just Desserts (United States)
  • The X-4 Project (United States)
  • Punch-Drunk Love : Ivre d'amour (France)
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Runtime
  • 95 min
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Box Office

Budget $25,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United States $367,203, 13 Oct 2002
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $24,665,649

Did You Know?

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Trivia A subplot of the film was inspired by an article in Time Magazine about David Phillips, a University of California civil engineer who stumbled upon a lucrative frequent-flyer promotion. By purchasing 12,150 cups of Healthy Choice pudding for just $3,000, he accumulated 1.25 million air-miles. See more »
Goofs When Barry boards the flight to Hawaii, he wears the blue suit with the red tie he wears throughout most of the film. When he is shown sitting in his seat talking to the man next to him, his tie is yellow. The next scene, showing him leaving the Hawaii Airport, he wears the red tie again. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Red Dragon/Punch-Drunk Love/Welcomg to Collinwood/Brown Sugar (2002). See more »
Soundtracks Waikiki See more »
Crazy Credits Egan's six sisters are credited collectively as "The Sisters." The four brothers who pursue and assault him are credited collectively as "The Brothers." See more »
Quotes Barry: I don't know if there is anything wrong because I don't know how other people are.
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