

Flagpole Special
June 1998
Commissioned for Creative Time’s RET.inevitable in 1998, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Flagpole Special is a DV short showing John C. Reilly and Chris Penn from the waist down, riffing on pickup-seminar bravado that anticipates Magnolia’s “Seduce and Destroy.” Screened once under the Brooklyn Bridge and never released, it’s now regarded as a lost film.
Runtime:
17 minutes
Status:
Released
Original Language:
en
Budget:
N/A
Revenue:
N/A
Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson