The lives of nine San Fernando Valley residents, each with their own problems and issues, begin to intersect over the course of one day. Paul Thomas Anderson's drama, starring Tom Cruise, Jason Robards, Julianne Moore, William H Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman and John C Reilly.

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.