Magnolia (BLU-RAY)

US Import

"Strange things happen all the time." Like a suicide turned homicide by a quirk of timing. A motivational speaker motivated by rage. A quiz kid rendered stupid by a lightning strike. Strange things like dying badly, living worse, finding redemption - or like the lives of disparate, desperate people unexpectedly interlocking on one astonishing day. Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson, who would later show his mastery of the decades-spanning epic with There Will Be Blood, here guides a superb ensemble cast and turns the events of a single day into epic filmmaking.

Special features for 'Magnolia' include:

• Magnolia video diary
• Frank T.J. Mackey Seminar
• Seduce and Destroy infomercial
• Aimee Mann music videos: "One" and "Save Me"
• Theatrical trailers and TV spots