
Dead End(1937)
The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.


At a desert diner, the lives of five strangers become linked through a single twenty-dollar bill. Shot for $20,000 and starring Philip Baker Hall, the short premiered at Sundance and later inspired Anderson’s debut feature Hard Eight (1996).

Kirk Baltz
Douglas Walker

Philip Baker Hall
Sydney

Scott Coffey

Kim Gillingham

Miguel Ferrer
Bill

Michael Harris
Steve
Jennifer Kaplan
Bonnie Fidelman
Cigarettes & Coffee is a drama, crime film released in 1993. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, it stars Kirk Baltz, Philip Baker Hall, Scott Coffey. At a desert diner, the lives of five strangers become linked through a single twenty-dollar bill. Shot for $20,000 and starring Philip Baker Hall, the short premiered at Sundance and later inspired Anderson’s debut feature Hard Eight (1996).
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