Phantom Thread

2017 2h 10m EN

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7.3

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★7.3TMDB · 3,889

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Daniel Day-Lewis
Reynolds Woodcock
Vicky Krieps
Alma Elson
Lesley Manville
Cyril Woodcock
Camilla Rutherford
Johanna
Gina McKee
Countess Henrietta Harding
Brian Gleeson
Dr. Robert Hardy
Harriet Sansom Harris
Barbara Rose
Lujza Richter
Princess Mona Braganza

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Writers: Paul Thomas Anderson
Languages: French, English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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2 / 7

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, shot by Paul Thomas Anderson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jonny Greenwood. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Dylan Tichenor shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 7

CAST

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Daniel Day-Lewis and Vicky Krieps and Lesley Manville carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt5776858 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Paul Thomas Anderson directs. Paul Thomas Anderson behind the camera. Jonny Greenwood scores. Dylan Tichenor cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in French, English.

Trivia

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1Released 9 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: French, English.
3Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, shot by Paul Thomas Anderson. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Jonny Greenwood. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Dylan Tichenor shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Daniel Day-Lewis and Vicky Krieps and Lesley Manville carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt5776858 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 17 themes, including "london, england", "husband wife relationship", "obsession", "dressmaker".
9Released under 13 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Paul Thomas Anderson
Original score: Jonny Greenwood
Editing: Dylan Tichenor
Production design: Mark Tildesley
Costume design: Mark Bridges
Makeup / hair: Daniel Lawson Johnston
VFX supervisor: Marc Massicotte
Sound: Chris Scarabosio
Stunt coordinator: Gary Powell
Runtime: 130 min · 2h 10m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $35,000,000
Box office: $47,756,590
Return: 136% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Phantom Thread (2017)

Awards

FIPRESCI Grand Prix
National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Academy Award for Best Costume Design
APRECI Award for Best International Premiere

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The Movie Waffler2018-02-14
Should you decide to visit your local cinema to take in a showing of Phantom Thread, Paul Thomas Anderson's latest offbeat character study, you might want to make a bit more effort with your wardrobe than you're accustomed to for such outings. After spending 130 minutes totally immersed in the world of 1950s high fashion, I felt like an utter rube walking out of the cinema in my jeans and hoody combo. Phantom Thread is as immersive as cinema gets. From its opening sequence, which takes us inside the House of Woodcock, a London fashion house run in quietly tyrannical fashion by renowned dressmaker Reynolds Woodcock (Daniel Day Lewis), Anderson's film dismisses any thoughts we might have of our own world of 2018. As we witness Reynolds go about his daily grooming routine it becomes clear we're watching a movie about a perfectionist, one made by a perfectionist, and starring a perfectionist in what is reputedly his final acting role. Set in his ways like a tree set in concrete, Reynolds knows what he likes, and he likes what he knows. As such, his relationships with the many admiring members of the opposite sex (the film is set at a time when no man was more attractive than one who made things; and if those things happened to make women feel beautiful, like Reynolds' gowns, all the better) rarely get past the following morning's breakfast, where idle chit chat and toast buttering irritate him to a laughably over the top degree. It's during breakfast away from home, in a small country café, that Reynolds meets Alma (Vicky Krieps), a pretty Eastern European waitress who is won over by his flirtatious charm and accepts his invitation for a dinner date. The relationship blooms quickly and Reynolds invites her into his home, teaching her the ways of his trade. It doesn't take long for Alma's ways to begin annoying the fiercely independent and somewhat narcissistic Reynolds, and her presence begins to disrupt his work - she's become an anti-muse! Reynolds' assumption that she will follow the other women in his past and leave quietly once exposed to his spoilt brat boorishness couldn't be more wrong however. Alma is determined to make the relationship work, even if she has to take extreme measures. Read the rest of Eric Hillis's review at http://www.themoviewaffler.com/2018/01/new-release-review-phantom-thread.html
Gimly2018-03-11
★ 2/10
I saw Phantom Thread as part of a trio. We began watching this Oscar nominated movie at staggered intervals. I, from the beginning. The second, a half hour in. Then her partner, just past the half-way point. But all of us came to the same reaction when we'd been watching for what seemed like days only to realise there was still 30 minutes left: Lying on the cold, dirty floor, begging for it to end. Prepare for the most heterosexual thing I have ever said: We had to watch YouTube clips of Arnold Schwarzenegger movie-kills and then the whole original Robocop as a palette cleanser after being forced to endure Phantom Thread. That's not hyperbole either, it felt genuinely necessary so that's what we did. I fear that we live in the world where something this pretentious is considered one of the best movies of the year. Final rating:★ - Of no value. Avoid at all costs.
tmdb476334912018-04-28
★ 6/10
Probably the best, least biased documentary criticism of Jordan Peterson made thus far