The read
It runs a compact 17m.
Synopsis
Commissioned for Creative Time’s RET.inevitable in 1998, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Flagpole Special is a DV short showing John C. Reilly and Chris Penn from the waist down, riffing on pickup-seminar bravado that anticipates Magnolia’s “Seduce and Destroy.” Screened once under the Brooklyn Bridge and never released, it’s now regarded as a lost film.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Paul Thomas AndersonDirector
- Paul Thomas AndersonWriter
Cast
- Chris PennCast
- John C. ReillyCast