Cigarettes & Coffee

At a desert diner, the lives of five strangers become linked through a single twenty-dollar bill. Shot for $20,000 and starring Philip Baker Hall, the short premiered at Sundance and later inspired Anderson’s debut feature Hard Eight (1996).

• Paul Thomas AndersonDirector
• Paul Thomas AndersonWriter

• Kirk BaltzDouglas Walker
• Philip Baker HallSydney
• Scott CoffeyCast
• Kim GillinghamCast
• Miguel FerrerBill
• Michael HarrisSteve
• Jennifer KaplanCast
• Bonnie FidelmanCast