The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.
Direction
PTA shoots the valley like a fever dream you actually lived
Acting
Alana Haim's debut—no notes, completely unhinged and perfect
Practical Effects
Bradley Cooper's unhinged Jon Peters tantrum—one continuous take of madness
Director
Paul Thomas Anderson
Alana Haim
Alana Kane
Cooper Hoffman
Gary Valentine
Sean Penn
Jack Holden
Tom Waits
Rex Blau
Bradley Cooper
Jon Peters
Benny Safdie
Joel Wachs
Skyler Gisondo
Lance Brannigan
Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Momma Anita
John Michael Higgins
Jerry Frick
Christine Ebersole
Lucille Doolittle
Harriet Sansom Harris
Mary Grady
Joseph Cross
Matthew
Danielle Haim
Danielle Kane
Este Haim
Este Kane
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alana Haim's real sisters and parents play her family—PTA basically made a Haim biopic disguised as fiction.
The title comes from a defunct record store chain; PTA grew up in the valley and based Gary on producer Gary Goetzman, who really did sell waterbeds as a teen.
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