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About 2007 film by Paul Thomas Anderson
Genres drama, Western, independent, revisionist Western, period drama, epic, thriller, historical, historical drama
Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson
Written by Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Jim Meskimen, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds, Paul F. Tompkins, Kevin J. O'Connor, Russell Harvard, David Warshofsky
Music Jonny Greenwood
Runtime 158 min
Country United States
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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