Hard Eight
If you stay in the game long enough, you'll see everything, win everything, and lose everything.
Country
Budget
$3 000 000
Revenue
$222 806
Director
Actors
Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson, F. William Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nathanael Cooper, Wynn White, Robert Ridgely, Kathleen Campbell
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
John S. Lyons, Robert Jones, François Duplat, Hans Brockmann, Keith Samples
Operator
Composer
Artist
Nancy Deren
Audition
Christine Sheaks
Editing
Barbara Tulliver
All team (126)
All team (126)
Short description
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
What's left behind the scenes
- Initially, director Paul Thomas Anderson wanted to title the film “Sidney.” This was his directorial debut, and his opinions on anything weren’t particularly sought after (this even applied to the final edit – unlike all of Anderson’s later films), so Rysher Entertainment independently re-edited the film and gave it the title “Boogie Nights.” This infuriated Anderson, and through various maneuvers and persuasions, he managed to convince the studio to allow him to release his own version (albeit under the same title, “Boogie Nights”).
- According to Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014) improvised in practically all scenes.
- Camera assistant Michael J. Riva turned down an offer to work with Kevin Reynolds for two weeks on the science fiction action film “Waterworld” (1995) in order to work on this film. Since then, he has consistently worked as a camera assistant on all of Paul Thomas Anderson’s films.
- In Russia, the film is also known under the titles 'Sydney' and 'Cool Eight'.
- Director Paul Thomas Anderson originally wanted to call the film 'Syndicate'. As this was his directorial debut, his opinion on matters was rarely sought (this even applied to the final cut, unlike all of Anderson's later films), so Rysher Entertainment independently re-edited the film and titled it 'Hard Eight'. This infuriated Anderson, and through various maneuvers and persuasion, he managed to convince the studio to let him release his own version (albeit under the same title, 'Hard Eight').
- According to Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014) improvised in practically every scene.
- Camera assistant Michael J. Ribar turned down an offer to work for two weeks with Kevin Reynolds on the sci-fi action film 'Waterworld' (1995) in order to work on this movie. Since then, he has consistently served as the camera assistant on all of Paul Thomas Anderson's films.
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