Must Watch: Full Trailer for PTA’s ‘The Master’ Wil Have Tom Cruise Fuming
“Good science by matter of definition allows for a difference of opinion, otherwise you merely have the will of one man, which is the basis of cult.” Tom Cruise won’t be pleased… A striking new trailer for director Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master has hit the web and you can watch it below.
Joaquin Phoenix stars as a drifter who comes under the magnetic influence of Lancaster Dodd (Philip Seymour Hoffman), a charismatic World War II veteran who creates his own religion. The film is said to be based on L. Ron Hubbard’s creation of Scientology and given what we see in the trailer, well… it’s a fact.
The most surprising revelation from this preview is that Phoenix is going to be front and center the man of the show. Most would have thought the film would center on Hoffman’s character but it looks like it won’t be the case. At any rate, this is going to be an acting clinic with seemingly strong performances across the board and it looks like the visuals will be terrific as you would expect from PTA.
Watch the trailer below or click over to Yahoo! to watch in HD. The Master hits theaters on October 12th.
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Oscar Bait!!
Seriously though this looks amazing. I cannot wait. And when did Phoenix get so old?
When he retired
It looks great. I really want to see it and Phoenix is going to be spectacular and I need that score.
I don’t know if I like the score yet… But Phoenix should be great as always.
Me want the Jonny Greenwood score right now! Joaquin Phoenix is going to be amazing as will this film.
Anderson has massive cojones for tackling this. I can’t wait to see it.
Mesmerizing stuff. And if it’s not 100% clear that this film is about Scientology now, well, I don’t know how PTA can make that any more crystalline.
I still love the way that the marketing footage for this works as a micro-narrative, and I still love the absence of heavy branding in each of the trailers.
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