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Release Date
• USA: Nov 1, 2002
• UK: 17 Nov 2002
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 24, 2003
• R2: 28 Jul 2003
Budget $25,000,000
Official Website:
Punch-Drunk Love Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong language including a scene of sexual dialogue.
Running Time
1 hour, 35 minutes
Country USA
Studio Columbia Pictures, Ghoulardi Film Co., New Line Cinema, Revolution Studios
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Other Titles
• Punch-Drunk Love
• Just Desserts (2001)
• Punchdrunk Knuckle Love (2002)
• Untitled P.T. Anderson Project (2001)
• The X-4 Project (2001)
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy, Black Comedy, Thieves, Surreal, Suspense, Blackmail
Plot: Paul Thomas Anderson follows 1999's MAGNOLIA with the intensely compelling character study PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE. Barry Egan (Adam Sandler) is a quiet, shy, socially awkward man with an office in an out-of-the-way warehouse. He is dedicated to his job as a wholesale toilet plunger salesman, he keeps a nice apartment, and he is obsessed with special offers on grocery store products. Barry's latest fixation is on frequent flier miles included with the purchase of Healthy Choice foods. Barry wears a bright blue suit, though he doesn't know why. With seven outspoken sisters, Barry is constantly being nagged, questioned, and berated. He is challenged to explain the reasons for his actions, and it eventually becomes clear that Barry cannot control his often-violent impulses, a trait which is increasingly problematic. When a beautiful woman, Lena Leonard (Emily Watson), walks into his life with an instinctive attraction to him, a nonjudgmental attitude, and unconditional love, Barry undergoes a powerful transformation. Anderson's film is a tour-de-force for which he garnered the Best Director award at Cannes 2002. Set primarily in Los Angeles and Utah, he shoots either bleak deserted spaces (apartment building hallways) or lush, exotic paradises (Hawaii). Aiming for a Technicolor look,
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