Punch-Drunk Love
Chaos lurks in every corner of this giddily off-kilter foray into romantic comedy by Paul Thomas Anderson. Struggling to cope with his erratic temper, novelty-toilet-plunger salesman Barry Egan (Adam Sandler, demonstrating remarkable versatility in his first dramatic role) spends his days collecting frequent-flier-mile coupons and dodging the insults of his seven sisters. The promise of a new life emerges when Barry inadvertently attracts the affection of a mysterious woman named Lena (Emily Watson), but their budding relationship is threatened when he falls prey to the swindling operator of a phone sex line and her deranged boss (played with maniacal brio by Philip Seymour Hoffman). Fueled by the careening momentum of a baroque-futurist score by Jon Brion, the Cannes-award-winning Punch-Drunk Love channels the spirit of classic Hollywood and the whimsy of Jacques Tati into an idiosyncratic ode to the delirium of new romance.
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Paul Thomas Anderson, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Blossoms & Blood, a short 2002 piece by Anderson featuring Adam Sandler and Emily Watson, along with music by Jon Brion
- Interview with Brion
- Program featuring behind-the-scenes footage of a recording session for the film’s soundtrack
- Conversation between curators Michael Connor and Lia Gangitano about the art of Jeremy Blake, used in the film
- Additional artwork by Blake
- Cannes Film Festival press conference from 2002
- NBC News interview from 2000 with David Phillips, the “pudding guy”
- Twelve Scopitones
- Deleted scenes
- Mattress Man commercial
- Trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by filmmaker, author, and artist Miranda July
Cover by Dustin Stanton
DIRECTOR-APPROVED 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- 4K digital restoration, supervised and approved by director Paul Thomas Anderson, with Dolby Atmos soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Blossoms & Blood, a short 2002 piece by Anderson featuring Adam Sandler and Emily Watson, along with music by Jon Brion
- Interview with Brion
- Program featuring behind-the-scenes footage of a recording session for the film’s soundtrack
- Conversation between curators Michael Connor and Lia Gangitano about the art of Jeremy Blake, used in the film
- Additional artwork by Blake
- Cannes Film Festival press conference from 2002
- NBC News interview from 2000 with David Phillips, the “pudding guy”
- Twelve Scopitones
- Deleted scenes
- Mattress Man commercial
- Trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by filmmaker, author, and artist Miranda July
Cover by Dustin Stanton
Cast
- Adam Sandler
- Barry Egan
- Emily Watson
- Lena Leonard
- Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Dean Trumbell
- Luis Guzmán
- Lance
- Mary Lynn Rajskub
- Elizabeth
- Lisa Spector
- Sister
- Julie Hermelin
- Sister
- Karen Hermelin
- Sister
- Hazel Mailloux
- Sister
- Nicole Gelbard
- Sister
- Mia Weinberg
- Sister
- David Stevens
- Brother
- Jimmy Stevens
- Brother
- Nathan Stevens
- Brother
- Mike D. Stevens
- Brother
- Ashley Clark
- Phone sex sister
- Robert Smigel
- Walter the dentist
Credits
- Director
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Written by
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Produced by
- Joanne Sellar
- Produced by
- Daniel Lupi
- Produced by
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Director of photography
- Robert Elswit
- Production designer
- William Arnold
- Music by
- Jon Brion
- Editor
- Leslie Jones
- Costume designer
- Mark Bridges
- Artwork
- Jeremy Blake
- Casting
- Cassandra Kulukundis
A scene from Punch-Drunk Love
Trailer for Punch-Drunk Love
