Cigarettes & Coffee

24m
DramaCrime
6.6

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).

Cast

Kirk Baltz
Douglas Walker
Philip Baker Hall
Sydney
Scott Coffey
Unknown
Kim Gillingham
Unknown
Miguel Ferrer
Bill
Michael Harris
Steve
Jennifer Kaplan
Unknown
Bonnie Fidelman
Unknown

Crew

Paul Thomas Anderson
Director, Writer
Vincent Baldino
Director of Photography
Patrick Hoelck
Producer
Wendy Weidman
Producer
Kirk Baltz
Producer
Frank Godwin
Assistant Camera
David Phillips
Additional Camera
Alan B. Samuels
Sound
Jim Pettyjohn
Sound

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