Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Joaquin Phoenix | ... | Freddie Quell | |
Price Carson | ... | V.A. Doctor | |
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Mike Howard | ... | Rorschach Doctor |
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Sarah Shoshana David | ... | V.A. Nurse |
Bruce Goodchild | ... | V.A. Doctor / Interview | |
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Matt Hering | ... | V.A. Patient |
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Dan Anderson | ... | V.A. Patient |
Andrew Koponen | ... | V.A. Patient | |
Jeffrey W. Jenkins | ... | V.A. Patient | |
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Patrick Wilder | ... | V.A. Patient (as Patrick Biggs) |
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Ryan Curtis | ... | V.A. Patient |
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Jay Laurence | ... | V.A. Patient |
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Abraxas Adams | ... | V.A. Patient |
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Tina Bruna | ... | Portrait Customer |
Kevin Hudnell | ... | Portrait Customer |
Following his discharge from the US Navy after WWII, Freddie Quell is having difficulties adjusting to non-military life partly due to his war experiences in the tropics. He has a violent temper. He is obsessed with sex, which is partly why he can't and won't commit to his teenaged girlfriend, Doris Solstad. And he is an alcoholic, drinking primarily concoctions he creates himself with dangerous ingredients. It is these factors in combination that lead to him being fired from one job after another, from department store portrait photographer to cabbage picker. Wandering one night in 1950 while drunk, he stumbles upon a yacht being used by Lancaster and Peggy Dodd, the yacht aboard which their daughter Elizabeth will get married. Feeling a connection to the stranger, Lancaster invites Freddie to stay aboard to work. In addition to that work, Lancaster indoctrinates him into his cult, named the Cause, which purports to do things as varied as cure serious maladies and create world peace.... Written by Huggo
My Rating : 8/10
Inspired by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard and the development of a cult, 'The Master' is a drama-piece through and through.
The movie doesn't have a message or goal as such and sort of does it's own thing.
The things worth watching are the terrific performances, weird content and some very fine cinematography.