The Master
Freddie, a volatile, heavy-drinking veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, finds some semblance of a family when he stumbles onto the ship of Lancaster Dodd, the charismatic leader of a new "religion" he forms after World War II.
Drama
Ghoulardi Film Company, The Weinstein Company, Annapurna Pictures
Joaquin Phoenix as Freddie Quell, Philip Seymour Hoffman as Lancaster Dodd, Amy Adams as Peggy Dodd, Laura Dern as Helen, Jesse Plemons as Val Dodd, Ambyr Childers as Elizabeth Dodd, Rami Malek as Clark, Madisen Beaty as Doris Solstad, Kevin J. O'Connor as Bill White, Patty McCormack as Mildred Drummond, Lena Endre as Mrs. Solstad, Barbara Brownell as Margaret O'Brien, Amy Ferguson as Martha the Salesgirl, Jennifer Neala Page as Winn Manchester, Christopher Evan Welch as John More, Mike Howard as Rorschach Doctor, Bruce Goodchild as V.A. Doctor / Interview, Frank Bettag as Frank, Mimi Cozzens as Chi Chi Crawford, Jillian Bell as Susan Gregory, Joshua Close as Wayne Gregory, Martin Dew as Norman Conrad, Kevin J. Walsh as Cliff Boyd, Brady Rubin as Michelle Mortimer, Jill Andre as Beatrice Campbell, Barlow Jacobs as James Sullivan, David Warshofsky as Philadeelphia Police, Tom Knickerbocker as Judge