| Director | Paul Thomas Anderson |
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| Genre | comedy drama, comedy film, crime film, drama film, film based on a novel, romantic comedy |
| Runtime | 149 min |
| Country | United States |
| Budget | $20 million |
| Box office | $14.8 million |
In 1970, Shasta Fay Hepworth visits the home of her ex-boyfriend, Larry "Doc" Sportello, a private investigator and hippie in Gordita Beach, Los Angeles County. She tells him about her new lover, Michael Z. "Mickey" Wolfmann, a wealthy real estate developer, and asks him to help prevent Mickey's wife and her lover from abducting Mickey and committing him to an insane asylum.