2012

2h 17m

7.1(3065 votes)

Drama

Overview

Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.

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82 members

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Joaquin Phoenix

Freddie Quell

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

Lancaster Dodd

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Amy Adams

Peggy Dodd

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Rami Malek

Clark

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Laura Dern

Helen Sullivan

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Jesse Plemons

Val Dodd

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Ambyr Childers

Elizabeth Dodd

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Madisen Beaty

Doris Solstad

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Kevin J. O'Connor

Bill White

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Patty McCormack

Mildred Drummond

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Lena Endre

Mrs. Solstad

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Barbara Brownell

Margaret O'Brien

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Amy Ferguson

Martha the Salesgirl

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Jennifer Neala Page

Winn Manchester

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Christopher Evan Welch

John More

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Mike Howard

Rorschach Doctor

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Frank Bettag

Frank

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Mimi Cozzens

Chi Chi Crawford

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Jillian Bell

Susan Gregory

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Joshua Close

Wayne Gregory

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Martin Dew

Norman Conrad

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Kevin J. Walsh

Cliff Boyd

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Brady Rubin

Michelle Mortimer

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Jill Andre

Beatrice Campbell

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Barlow Jacobs

James Sullivan

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David Warshofsky

Philadelphia Police

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Tom Knickerbocker

Judge

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Zan Overall

Bartender

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Katie Boland

Young Woman

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Lorelai Hoey

Baby

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Price Carson

V.A. Doctor

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Sarah Shoshana David

V.A. Nurse

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Bruce Goodchild

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Matt Hering

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Dan Anderson

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Andrew Koponen

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Jeffrey W. Jenkins

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Patrick Wilder

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Ryan Curtis

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Jay Laurence

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Abraxas Adams

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Tina Bruna

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Kevin Hudnell

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Hunter Craig

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Ryder Craig

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Rodion Salnikov

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Emily Gilliam

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Kody Klein

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W. Earl Brown

Fighting Businessman

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Ariel Felix

Filipino Worker

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Vladimir Velasco

Filipino Worker

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John Mark Reyes

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Brian Fong

Filipino Worker

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Diane Cortejo

Young Filipino Woman

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Leonida A. Bautista

Nana

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Myrna De Dios

Angry Filipino Woman

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William O'Brien

Hiring Hall Voice (voice)

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Brigitte Hagerman

New York Party Girl

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Charley Morgan

New York Lawyer

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Gigi Benson

Dancer

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Liz Clare

Dancer

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Fiona Dourif

Dancer

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Audrey Finer

Dancer

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Megan Rose Fox

Dancer

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Baily Hopkins

Dancer

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Mari Kearney

Dancer

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Sarah Klaren

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Ally Johnson

Dancer

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Brittany Kilcoyne McGregor

Dancer

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LaRain Ring

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Kimberly Ables Jindra

Processing Patient

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Theo Crisell

Jail Bird

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Writing

Eban Schletter

Band (Piano)

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Scott Rodgers

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Melora Walters

Band (Voice)

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Emily Jordan

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Amanda Caryn Jobbins

British Receptionist

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Olivia Rosemarie Barham

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Napoleon Ryan

Pub Customer

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AnnaCorey

Madam Grace Love Interest (uncredited)

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Bill Blair

Man at the Bar (uncredited)

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Quint Gabriel

U.K Student

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