Writing for Tom Cruise | Paul Thomas Anderson

Director Paul Thomas Anderson discusses writing a part for Tom Cruise in his 1999 film Magnolia and getting to meet Stanley Kubrick along the way.

[SamL]

Still Tom Cruise's finest performance in my opinion. The character is so perfect for Cruise's strengths as an actor. Deserved Oscar Nomination, perhaps should have won.

[abdelhafedhbuhaibehalmurad]

Tom worked with, spielberg, scorsese, Kubrick, and a lot of Iconic directors. He's knows what he wants.

[thebighomie]

I'm so glad he wrote a part Tom Cruise he was amazing in this movie.

[tamarastarkheppner]

Tom Cruises character in Magnolia with his dying father was THE SCENE that awakened my younger self to movies being viable art form. Not just a medium for cheap entertainment.

[Polygonal_Sprite]

Magnolia is one of those films hardly anyone has seen but is genuinely one of the greatest movies ever made imo.

[austins.]

Meeting Tom Cruise on the set of Eyes Wide Shut is epic

[soopersooz]

His Magnolia performance was his BEST performance I have ever seen him do. It was so good. I never forgot it.

[TopGun]

Scene at the bedside his acting was impeccable

[evanchristie]

I get the feeling most people wont appreciate how gifted Tom Cruise is until he is gone. Tropic Thunder to Steel Magnolia to Top Gun to Mission Impossible to Jerry McGuire to Born on the 4th July to Collateral to Eyes Wide Shut to War of the Worlds. Really quite a body of work with compelling performances and amazing Actor /Director collaborations

[TheWaynos]

Magnolia gets better and better every time i see it. What a masterpiece.

[demonicsweaters]

Tom Cruise absolutely crushes everything he does

[FreedomCinema]

" Let's go." I love that Tom doesn't waist time for something he loves.

[kaydaw]

Listen I'm no great big fan of Tom Cruise but he absolutely deserve the academy award for best supporting actor in that role seriousl

[jesse]

Paul Thomas Anderson is an incredibly talented writer. He’s my favorite current director.

[thelancashirehotpots]

He should have got the Oscar…the scene by his fathers bedside where his front dissolves…phenomenal

[amjhlah]

Should have won the Oscar for this. Phenomenal acting ❤🔥

[oohkumar]

Tom Cruise’s best performance. Oscar worthy, transcended stardom to reveal a first class actor.

[Melanie_Star]

Magnolia is still one of my fave films ever!

[lauradewhurst]

Wow. I need to see this.
Tom Cruise seriously needs to win the Academy Award for his amazing acting and death defying stunts. ❤

[John_Notmylastname]

Best cruise performance ever. He’s never come close since. This just proves if you have stellar writing and a director that knows their actors greatness can be achieved.