Inherent Vice

By: Tom Sherkness

BLUE BELL, PA--Academy Award nominated writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson has an all-star cast for his upcoming filmInherent Vice. The film adaptation of the novel written by Thomas Pynchon includes actors Josh Brolin, Reese Witherspoon, Owen Wilson, Benecio Del Toro, and returning lead actor Joaquin Phoenix. Anderson is known for getting extraordinary performances from his actors in his films - There Will Be Blood with Daniel Day-Lewis and in his last film The Master with Joaquin Phoenix. The film is centered upon the drug-fueled detective Doc Sportello in late 1969 into 1970 when the Manson family was prevalent in the media during which an ex-girlfriend hires Sportello to investigate the disappearance of her lover. According to Vulture, Anderson has been working with the novelist and the film has the blessing of Pynchon himself. The Internet Movie Database lists Inherent Viceas in post-production and set to release 2014.