Sentences with phrase «smoking private eye»

Inside the cinema they were treated to a whirl of plot twists and double - crosses as Joaquin Phoenix's dope - smoking private eye uncovers a dark conspiracy in 1970s Los Angeles.

As previously reported, Anderson has been working for a couple of years on his adaptation of Thomas Pynchon's quirky, rambling detective story, which concerns a pot - smoking private eye at the tail - end of the psychedelic «60s who gets swept up in a kidnapping case involving his ex-lover and a shadowy organization that bears no resemblance to any modern churches, so Anderson's safe there.

Bigfoot Bjornsen (Brolin) hates hippies and pot - smoking private eye Doc Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) is at the top of his list, even though the two seem to share an odd buddy dynamic despite their differences.

His Larry «Doc» Sportello, a joint - smoking private eye in mutton chops and beachwear, isn't the tragic, tormented figure of The Master or the mercenary pimp with the glimmer of a soul in The Immigrant but he is equally unique, a man in his own universe that happens to cross paths with ours.

Not exact matches

Trading slightly on the actor's own longtime status as a taken - for - granted utility player in Hollywood, Elliott plays Lee Hayden, a has - been western actor relegated to voiceover work, smoking pot, and private re-watches of his big movie moment as the steely - eyed star of a famous horse opera called «The Hero.»