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• Punch-Drunk Love is a 2002 romantic comedy written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It was Anderson's fourth feature-length film.

• Fast Facts

  1. Release date: October 11, 2002
  2. Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
  3. Screenwriters: Paul Thomas Anderson
  4. Producer: Paul Thomas Anderson, Daniel Lupi and Joanne Sellar
  5. Distributors: Columbia Pictures, Revolution Studios and New Line Cinema
  6. MPAA rating: R
  7. Run time: 95 minutes
  8. Nominated: 2002 Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Vh1: Golden Globe
  9. Domestic Total Gross: $17,844,216 Box Office Mojo: Punch-Drunk Love Total Gross

• Awards

  • • Best Director: 2002 Toronto Film Critics Association and 2002 Cannes Film Festival
    • Best Picture: 2002 Toronto Film Critics Association
    • Best Supporting Actress: Emily Watson 2002 Toronto Film Critics Association
    • Best Screenplay: 2002 Toronto Film Critics Association
    • Best Cinematography: 2002 National Society of Film Critics

• Plot Summary

  Punch-Drunk Love is a dark comedy centering around Barry Egan, a romantic, frustrated owner of a small business in the San Fernando Valley. During a vulnerable moment, Barry contacts a phone sex operator who threatens him with blackmail. When one of his sisters fixes him up with a young English woman, Lena, his actions take a 180 degree turn.

• Cast

  • Adam Sandler: Barry Egan
  • Emily Watson: Lena Leonard
  • Luis Guzmàn: Lance
  • Mary Lynn Rajskub: Elizabeth
  • Philip Seymour Hoffman: Dean Trumbell

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