Additional information for The Master, which has a domestic theatrical release set for October 12, 2012. The film is being distributed by The Weinstein Company and has not yet been rated. The Master has a total running time of 144 minutes.
R
USA
14A
Canada
MA15+
Australia
15
UK
M18
Singapore
R15+
Japan
M/16
Portugal
16
Spain
15
Sweden
12
Netherlands
11
Denmark
14
Brazil
III
Hong Kong
12
Germany
14
Peru
16
Argentina
A
India
16
Switzerland
T
Italy
144min
The Master
Argentina
The Master
France
The Master
Greece
The Master
Hungary
The Master
Japan
The Master
Turkey
Master
Croatia
Master
Serbia
Ha'master
Israel
Mestari
Finland
Mistrz
Poland
O Mestre
Brazil
The Master - O Mentor
Portugal
The Master: Todo hombre necesita un guía.
Mexico
The master
Spain
Usta
Turkey
September 01, 2012
Italy
September 07, 2012
Canada
September 14, 2012
USA
September 21, 2012
Canada
September 21, 2012
USA
September 28, 2012
Canada
October 04, 2012
Israel
October 07, 2012
Germany
October 25, 2012
Australia
November 02, 2012
Ireland
November 02, 2012
UK
November 03, 2012
Mexico
November 08, 2012
Australia
November 09, 2012
Turkey
November 14, 2012
Poland
November 16, 2012
Poland
November 16, 2012
UK
November 17, 2012
Sweden
November 22, 2012
Thailand
December 06, 2012
Greece
December 21, 2012
South Africa
January 03, 2013
Italy
January 04, 2013
Spain
January 09, 2013
France
January 10, 2013
Czech Republic
January 10, 2013
Slovakia
January 11, 2013
Iceland
January 17, 2013
New Zealand
January 23, 2013
Netherlands
January 24, 2013
Netherlands
January 24, 2013
Singapore
January 25, 2013
Brazil
January 31, 2013
Denmark
February 01, 2013
Sweden
February 07, 2013
Croatia
February 07, 2013
Portugal
February 08, 2013
Finland
February 13, 2013
Argentina
February 14, 2013
Russia
February 15, 2013
Norway
February 15, 2013
Uruguay
February 21, 2013
Chile
February 21, 2013
Germany
February 21, 2013
Peru
February 22, 2013
Austria
February 22, 2013
Mexico
February 22, 2013
Taiwan
February 22, 2013
Ukraine
February 25, 2013
Serbia
February 28, 2013
Argentina
March 01, 2013
Venezuela
March 06, 2013
Belgium
March 08, 2013
Colombia
March 14, 2013
Hong Kong
March 14, 2013
Serbia
March 15, 2013
India
March 21, 2013
Slovenia
March 22, 2013
Japan
April 04, 2013
Hungary
April 11, 2013
Hungary
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A Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader.
Alcoholic Freddie Quell (Joaquin Phoenix) is a World War II veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and struggling to adjust to a post-war society. He finds a job as a photographer at a local department store taking family portraits, but is eventually fired for assaulting a customer after drunkenly harassing him. Freddie then finds work on a cabbage farm, but one of his home-made alcoholic beverages poisons an elderly coworker due to its questionable contents. Freddie is chased off the farm by his employers and becomes a drifter.One night, Freddie, while intoxicated, boards the yacht of Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman), the leader of a philosophical movement known as The Cause. Despite Freddie's intrusion, Dodd allows Freddie to stay because he enjoys his drinks (revealed to be made with paint thinner), even going so far as to extend an invitation to Freddie to attend the marriage of Dodd's daughter (Ambyr Childers). Dodd exposes Freddie to the exercise known as Processing, during which Freddie is subjected to heavy psychological questioning with the intent of conquering any past traumas Freddie may have. It is revealed that his father has died, his mother is institutionalized, he may have had an incestuous relationship with his aunt, and he abandoned the love of his life, a young girl named Doris (Madisen Beaty) who wrote to him while he was at war. Freddie takes a liking to The Cause, and Dodd sees something exceptional in Freddie. Together they begin to travel along the East Coast spreading the teachings of The Cause. However, Freddie's violent and erratic behavior has not improved, nor has his alcoholism. At a dinner party in New York, a man questions Dodd's methods and statements, and Freddie responds by assaulting him later in the night.Other members of The Cause begin to worry about Freddie's behavior, despite Dodd's insisting that Freddie is an important part of the movement. While visiting in Philadelphia, Dodd's wife Peggy (Amy Adams) tells Freddie that he must quit drinking if he wishes to stay, to which he agrees. However, he has no true intention of keeping his promise. Freddie criticizes Dodd's son Val (Jesse Plemons) for disregarding his father's teachings, but he responds by informing Freddie that his father is a fraud and all of his teachings are being improvised. Dodd is arrested for practicing medicine without proper qualifications, and Freddie is also arrested for assaulting police officers. When he is imprisoned, he responds by destroying parts of his jail cell and smashing his head on the top bunk bed. Dodd attempts to calm him down from the neighboring cell but Freddie erupts in a tirade, questions everything that Dodd has taught him and accuses him of being a fake. The two men trade insults until Dodd turns his back. They eventually reconcile upon their release, but members of The Cause have become more suspicious and fearful of Freddie, believing him to be insane or an undercover agent.Freddie returns to the exercises performed by The Cause, but becomes increasingly angry and frustrated with his lack of results and repetition of the exercises. Eventually he passes the tests, with Dodd hugging him in approval. They travel to Phoenix, Arizona to release Dodd's latest work, which he was initially hesitant to publish. When Dodd's publisher criticizes the quality of the book and its teachings to Freddie, Freddie drags him outside and assaults him. Helen Sullivan (Laura Dern), a key member of The Cause, upon reading the book, questions Dodd for contradicting previously-established practices in the new book, and Dodd loses his temper publicly. During another exercise in which Freddie is supposed to ride a motorcycle at high speed through the desert towards an object in the distance, he instead abandons Dodd, rides the motorcycle out of the desert, and decides to leave The Cause. He attempts to rekindle his relationship with Doris, but learns from her mother that seven years have passed since he last saw her and that she is now happily married with children and is living in Alabama. Freddie leaves disappointed, but seems pleased that Doris has made a happy life for herself.While sleeping in a movie theater, Freddie has a "vision" of Dodd, who calls him by telephone, having mysteriously located him. Dodd informs Freddie that he is now residing in England and that Freddie must travel and join him as soon as possible. Taking the dream literally, he travels across the Atlantic to reunite with Dodd. Upon Freddie's arrival at Dodd's school, Peggy concludes that Freddie has no intention of improving his life and should not be involved in The Cause at all. Dodd finally realizes that his wife is correct, and that Freddie must venture out to the world and take his own path. He gives Freddie an ultimatum: Stay with The Cause and devote himself to it for the rest of his life, or leave and never come back. Freddie decides to leave. After leaving, he meets a woman at a pub and has sex with her, while reciting the questions Dodd had first posed to him during their first session at sea. The film ends with the image of Freddie on the beach, lying in the sand, next to the sand sculpture of a woman he had earlier defiled.
Paul Thomas Anderson
Director(s)
Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer(s)
Paul Thomas Anderson
producer
Albert Chi
co-producer
Megan Ellison
producer
Daniel Lupi
producer
Ted Schipper
executive producer
JoAnne Sellar
producer
Adam Somner
executive producer
Will Weiske
co-producer
Producer(s)
Jonny Greenwood
Composer(s)
Freddie Quell
Joaquin Phoenix
V.A. Doctor
Price Carson
Rorschach Doctor
Mike Howard
V.A. Nurse
Sarah Shoshana David
V.A. Doctor / Interview
Bruce Goodchild
V.A. Patient
Matt Hering
V.A. Patient
Dan Anderson
V.A. Patient
Andrew Koponen
V.A. Patient
Jeffrey W. Jenkins
V.A. Patient
Patrick Biggs
V.A. Patient
Ryan Curtis
V.A. Patient
Jay Laurence
V.A. Patient
Abraxas Adams
Portrait Customer
Tina Bruna
Portrait Customer
Kevin Hudnell
Portrait Customer
Hunter Craig
Portrait Customer
Ryder Craig
Portrait Customer
Rodion Salnikov
Portrait Customer
Emily Gilliam
Portrait Customer
Kody Klein
Martha the Salesgirl
Amy Ferguson
Fighting Businessman
W. Earl Brown
Frank
Frank Bettag
Filipino Worker
Ariel Felix
Filipino Worker
Vladimir Velasco
Filipino Worker
John Mark Reyes
Filipino Worker
Brian Fong
Young Filipino Woman
Diane Cortejo
Nana
Leonida A. Bautista
Angry Filipino Woman
Myrna De Dios
Young Woman
Katie Boland
Lancaster Dodd
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Peggy Dodd
Amy Adams
Val Dodd
Jesse Plemons
Elizabeth Dodd
Ambyr Childers
Clark
Rami Malek
Baby
Lorelai Hoey
Norman Conrad
Martin Dew
Wayne Gregory
Joshua Close
Susan Gregory
Jillian Bell
Director(s)
Writer(s)
producer
Albert Chi
co-producer
Megan Ellison
producer
Daniel Lupi
producer
Ted Schipper
executive producer
JoAnne Sellar
producer
Adam Somner
executive producer
Will Weiske
co-producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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