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date: '2024-02-07'
description: damaged veteran meeting charismatic cult leader—anderson filming phoenix's animal chaos drawn to hoffman's controlled intelligence, scientology-inspired movement promising to fix broken men, the master and student circling each other wondering who's really in control.
director: Paul Thomas Anderson
id: the-master
modified: 2026-06-05 15:08:12 GMT-04:00
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rating: 7.1
status: to watch
studio: weinstein company
tags:
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title: The Master
year: 2012
created: '2024-02-07'
published: '2024-02-07'
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