Hard Eight AKA Sydney DVD 5014437941336

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A penniless loser, who has just blown his savings in a Las Vegas casino, meets a professional gambler who decides to try and teach him the secrets of the game… American neo-noir crime thriller based on the director’s previous short film Cigarettes And Coffee. It was originally titled Sydney, the name of the leading character. Starring Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Music by Jon Brion and Michael Penn. Production design by Nancy Deren. Art direction by Michael Krantz. Cinematography by Robert Elswit. Edited by Barbara Tulliver. Produced by Robert Jones and John Lyons. Written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, his feature film debut. (1996)