The Master

The Master is a drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. It will have its premiere at the 69th Venice International Film Festival in September 2012.

Plot Summary
A charismatic intellectual (Hoffman) launches a religious organization following World War II. A drifter (Phoenix) becomes his right-hand man but as the faith begins to gain a fervent following, the drifter finds himself questioning the belief system and his mentor.

Cast

 * Joaquin Phoenix as Freddie Quell
 * Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lancaster Dodd
 * Amy Adams as Mary Sue Dodd
 * Laura Dern as Helen
 * Ambyr Childers as Elizabeth, Lancaster's daughter
 * Jesse Plemons as Val Dodd, Lancaster's son
 * Lena Endre as Mrs. Solstad
 * Rami Malek as Clark, son-in-law of Lancaster Dodd
 * Madisen Beaty as Doris Solstad
 * Fiona Dourif
 * Joshua Close as Wayne
 * W. Earl Brown as Bus
 * David Warshofsky as a detective
 * Patty McCormack
 * Kevin J. O'Connor as Bill White