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Inherent Vice (film)

{{Short description|2014 film by Paul Thomas Anderson}}

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| name = Inherent Vice

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| director = Paul Thomas Anderson

| screenplay = Paul Thomas Anderson

| based_on = {{based on|Inherent Vice|Thomas Pynchon}}

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| cinematography = Robert Elswit

| editing = Leslie Jones

| music = Jonny Greenwood

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  • IAC Films{{cite web|title=Inherent Vice (2014)|work=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|accessdate=22 February 2021|url=http://catalog.afi.com/Film/70685-INHERENT-VICE?sid=4a3d85a1-cfeb-45dd-877e-602ba03783eb&sr=11.967866&cp=1&pos=0|archive-date=June 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628104008/http://catalog.afi.com/Film/70685-INHERENT-VICE?sid=4a3d85a1-cfeb-45dd-877e-602ba03783eb&sr=11.967866&cp=1&pos=0|url-status=live}}
  • Ghoulardi Film Company
  • RatPac-Dune Entertainment
  • Scott Rudin Productions

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| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures

| released = {{Film date|2014|10|4|NYFF|2014|12|12|United States}}

| runtime = 149 minutes{{cite web | url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/inherent-vice-film | title=INHERENT VICE (15) | publisher=British Board of Film Classification | date=December 9, 2014 | access-date=December 11, 2014 | archive-date=December 28, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228140825/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/inherent-vice-film | url-status=dead }}

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $20 million{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/article/paul-thomas-anderson-on-trying-not-f-ck-up-adapting-inherent-vice-20141208 |title=Paul Thomas Anderson on Trying Not to 'F*ck Up' Adapting 'Inherent Vice' |first=Eric |last=Kohn |date=December 8, 2014 |website=IndieWire |publisher=Penske Business Media |access-date=December 27, 2014 |archive-date=December 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227054455/http://www.indiewire.com/article/paul-thomas-anderson-on-trying-not-f-ck-up-adapting-inherent-vice-20141208 |url-status=live }}

| gross = $14.8 million{{cite web |url= https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1791528/?ref_=bo_tt_ti |title= Inherent Vice (2014) |website= Box Office Mojo |publisher= IMDb |access-date= August 29, 2015 |archive-date= June 28, 2021 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210628104008/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt1791528/?ref_=bo_tt_ti |url-status= live }}

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Inherent Vice is a 2014 American neo-noir mystery stoner comedy film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the 2009 novel by Thomas Pynchon. The ensemble cast includes Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston, Eric Roberts, Reese Witherspoon, Benicio del Toro, Jena Malone, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short and Joanna Newsom. The film follows Larry "Doc" Sportello, a well-intentioned but fumbling stoner, hippie, and private investigator embroiled in the criminal underworld of 1970 Los Angeles, investigating three cases linked by the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend and her wealthy new boyfriend.

Anderson's adaptation of Inherent Vice had been in development since 2010; it is the first, and so far only, Pynchon novel to be adapted for the screen. It is Anderson's second collaboration with Phoenix, following The Master (2012), and involves a number of his other recurring collaborators, including producers Daniel Lupi and JoAnne Sellar, cinematographer Robert Elswit, editor Leslie Jones, and composer Jonny Greenwood.

Inherent Vice premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 4, 2014, and began a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 12, 2014, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with many praising the performances, costumes, and screenplay, but some criticizing the complicated plot. It was nominated for several awards, including two at the 87th Academy Awards and Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for Phoenix at the 72nd Golden Globe Awards. The National Board of Review named it one of the ten best films of the year. Some critics said that Inherent Vice has the makings of a cult film.{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-nyff-inherent-vice-paul-thomas-anderson-movie-pynchon-20141005-story.html|title=NYFF 2014: 'Inherent Vice' and the contemporary cult hit|last=Zeitchik|first=Steven|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=October 5, 2014|access-date=October 7, 2014|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006154324/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-nyff-inherent-vice-paul-thomas-anderson-movie-pynchon-20141005-story.html|url-status=live}} In 2016, it was voted the 75th best film since 2000 in the BBC's international critics' poll.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films|title=The 21st Century's 100 greatest films|publisher=BBC|work=BBC News|date=August 23, 2016|access-date=June 22, 2018|archive-date=January 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170131124228/http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160819-the-21st-centurys-100-greatest-films|url-status=live}}

Plot

In 1970, Shasta Fay Hepworth visits the beach house of her ex-boyfriend, Larry "Doc" Sportello, a private investigator and hippie in Gordita Beach, Los Angeles County. She tells him about her new lover, Michael Z. "Mickey" Wolfmann, a wealthy real estate developer, and asks him to help prevent Mickey's wife and her lover from abducting Mickey and committing him to an insane asylum.

Doc meets with Tariq Khalil, a member of the Black Guerrilla Family, who hires him to find Glen Charlock, a member of the Aryan Brotherhood he met in jail, who owes him money and is one of Wolfmann's bodyguards. He visits Mickey's Channel View Estates project, entering the only business in the developing strip mall, a massage parlor, where he meets an employee, Jade. He searches the premises for Charlock but is hit with a baseball bat and collapses. Doc wakes outside, lying next to Charlock's dead body and surrounded by policemen. Interrogated by LAPD detective Christian F. "Bigfoot" Bjornsen, he learns that Wolfmann has disappeared. His attorney, Sauncho Smilax, arranges for his release by the LAPD.

Doc is hired by former heroin addict Hope Harlingen, who is looking for her missing husband, Coy. Although told that Coy is dead, she believes he is alive due to a large deposit in her bank account. Jade leaves Doc a message apologizing for setting him up with the police and telling him to "beware the Golden Fang." He meets her in an alley, where she explains the Golden Fang is an international drug smuggling operation. Jade introduces Doc to Coy, who tells him he is hiding at a house in Topanga Canyon. In a later meeting, he explains he is a police informant and fears for his life, wanting only to return to his wife and daughter. Doc talks to Sauncho, who tells him about the suspicious boat, the Golden Fang; the last time it sailed, Shasta was on board. Thanks to a postcard from her, Doc finds a large building shaped like a golden fang and meets dentist Rudy Blatnoyd.

Bigfoot calls Doc and tells him that Blatnoyd has just been found dead with fang bites on his neck. Bigfoot decides to help Doc find Coy and tells him to search for Puck Beaverton in Chryskylodon, an asylum run by a cult connected to the Golden Fang. There, Doc finds Mickey, who is being watched by the FBI. Mickey tells him he felt guilty for the negativity his real-estate business caused and wants to give his money away, appearing to be a happy member of the cult. Doc also glimpses Puck and Coy. When Doc returns home to his beach house, he is greeted by Shasta, who has returned. She tells him Mickey is back with his wife. Shasta confesses to having been on the Golden Fang with Mickey on a "three-hour tour" and says she was brought along to be used sexually by all of Mickey's friends. She lays across his lap naked, and he has sex with her.

Penny, an assistant district attorney with whom Doc is having a fling, gives him confidential files from which he learns that the LAPD pays the loan shark Adrian Prussia to kill people and that one of his victims was Bigfoot's former partner. Prussia is tied to the Golden Fang, and Doc learns that Charlock was involved with a deal, which is why he was killed. Doc visits Adrian, noticing his obsession with baseball bats, but is abducted and drugged by his partner, Puck. He manages to escape, killing both Puck and Adrian. Bigfoot appears and rescues him, driving him home, but Doc discovers he has been set up: Bigfoot has planted heroin in his car (stolen from the Golden Fang as revenge for murdering his partner). Doc arranges for the drugs to be returned to the Golden Fang in exchange for Coy's freedom. He drives Coy home and watches as he's reunited with Hope. Bigfoot busts down Doc's door, eats an entire tray of marijuana that Doc is using and leaves, noting that he knows why Doc did what he did. Doc and Shasta drive off together, and she tells him this does not mean they are back together.

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Production

=Development=

It was first reported in December 2010 that Paul Thomas Anderson wanted to adapt Inherent Vice; at the time, he had been writing a treatment and started on a script after The Master (2012) had been shelved indefinitely months prior.{{cite web |last=Brodesser-Akner |first=Claude |url=https://www.vulture.com/2010/12/paul_thomas_anderson_plans_to.html |title=Paul Thomas Anderson Wants to Adapt Thomas Pynchon's Inherent Vice |work=Vulture |publisher=New York Media |date=December 2, 2010 |access-date=September 7, 2014 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006081036/http://www.vulture.com/2010/12/paul_thomas_anderson_plans_to.html |url-status=live }} Anderson originally adapted the entire 384-page novel sentence by sentence which made it easier for him to cut down the script than the novel. By February 2011, Anderson had written a first draft and was more than halfway done with a second draft.{{cite web |last=Brodesser-Akner |first=Claude |url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/02/paul_thomas_anderson.html |title=Paul Thomas Anderson's Scientology Movie and Inherent Vice Adaptation Close to Finding Financing |work=Vulture |publisher=New York Media |date=February 10, 2011 |access-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-date=September 5, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120905021944/http://www.vulture.com/2011/02/paul_thomas_anderson.html |url-status=live }} The first draft was written without a narrator but the character of Sortilège was later turned into the voice of the narrator. In September 2012, Anderson stated that he was still writing the script but was hoping he could get Inherent Vice into production and have a few years of being more productive.{{cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |url=http://www.screendaily.com/news/paul-thomas-anderson-on-making-the-master-scientology-was-the-least-of-our-problems/5046000.article?blocktitle=Latest-news&contentID=1846 |title=Paul Thomas Anderson on making The Master: 'Scientology was the least of our problems' |work=Screen Daily |publisher=Screen International |date=September 3, 2012 |access-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-date=May 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515100332/https://www.screendaily.com/news/paul-thomas-anderson-on-making-the-master-scientology-was-the-least-of-our-problems/5046000.article?blocktitle=Latest-news&contentID=1846 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last=Plumb |first=Ali |url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=35060 |title=Paul Thomas Anderson on Inherent Vice |work=Empire |date=September 3, 2012 |access-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006124251/http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=35060 |url-status=live }} the filming for the film begin in February 2012 and ended in June 2012

This is the first film adaptation from a Thomas Pynchon novel,{{cite web |last=Brooks |first=Brian |url=http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff2014/blog/new-york-film-festival-2014-main-slate-lineup |title=New York Film Festival to Debut 30 Features in 2014 Main Slate |publisher=Film Society of Lincoln Center |work=FilmLinc Daily |date=August 24, 2014 |access-date=September 7, 2014 |archive-date=September 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908043139/http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff2014/blog/new-york-film-festival-2014-main-slate-lineup |url-status=live }}{{cite web |first=Dennis |last=Lim |title=A Director Continues His Quest |work=The New York Times |date=December 27, 2012 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/30/movies/awardsseason/paul-thomas-anderson-on-preparing-for-and-following-up-the-master.html |access-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-date=January 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140120043812/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/30/movies/awardsseason/paul-thomas-anderson-on-preparing-for-and-following-up-the-master.html |url-status=live }} with Anderson describing it "like a Cheech & Chong movie". Years prior, Anderson considered adapting Pynchon's 1990 novel Vineland, but could not figure out how. When Inherent Vice came out, he was drawn to it and wrote the film concurrently with The Master. Anderson significantly changed the ending from the novel and described the novel as "deeply written and beautifully profound stuff mixed in with just the best fart jokes and poop jokes that you can imagine." Anderson drew inspiration from The Big Sleep (1946), Kiss Me Deadly (1955), Raymond Chandler's The Long Goodbye (1973), and Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke (1978).{{cite web | url=https://www.yahoo.com/movies/inherent-vice-new-york-film-festival-99160736987.html | title=NYFF Report: Joaquin Phoenix and Cast Helped Make 'Inherent Vice' a Noir-Nonsense Affair | work=Yahoo! Movies | publisher=Yahoo! | date=October 4, 2014 | access-date=October 5, 2014 | last=Alter | first=Ethan | archive-date=October 4, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004234601/https://www.yahoo.com/movies/inherent-vice-new-york-film-festival-99160736987.html | url-status=live }}{{cite magazine |last=Lee |first=Chris |url=https://ew.com/article/2014/12/16/inherent-vice-3/ |title=Inherent Vice Preview |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=August 24, 2014 |access-date=September 7, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623005314/http://ew.com/article/2014/12/16/inherent-vice-3/ |archive-date= June 23, 2018}} Anderson has said he tried to cram as many jokes onto the screen as Pynchon squeezed onto the page and that the visual gags and gimmicks were inspired by Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker-style slapstick spoofs like the 1982 television series Police Squad!, and the films Airplane! (1980) Top Secret! (1984).{{cite web |first=Logan |last=Hill |title=Pynchon's Cameo, and Other Surrealities |work=The New York Times |date=September 26, 2014 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/movies/paul-thomas-anderson-films-inherent-vice.html |access-date=September 27, 2014 |archive-date=September 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140927021600/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/movies/paul-thomas-anderson-films-inherent-vice.html |url-status=live }} Anderson also used the underground comic strip Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers as what he has described as an invaluable "research bible" for the writing process.

=Casting=

Robert Downey Jr. was reportedly interested in the role of Larry "Doc" Sportello and was making plans to start shooting in the fall of 2011 since he had dropped out of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013).{{cite web |last=Fernandez |first=Jay A. |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/risky-business/robert-downey-jr-may-shoot-101549 |title=Since he dropped out of "Oz, the Great and Powerful," the actor is available to shoot the Thomas Pynchon adaptation in the fall |work=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=February 19, 2011 |access-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-date=October 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012163629/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/risky-business/robert-downey-jr-may-shoot-101549 |url-status=live }} Downey Jr. stated in December 2011 that the planned collaboration was "probably true".{{cite web |last=Warner |first=Kurt |url=http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/12/08/robert-downey-jr-says-paul-thomas-anderson-collaboration-is-probably-true/ |title=Robert Downey Jr. Says Paul Thomas Anderson Collaboration Is 'Probably True' |work=MTV Movies Blog |publisher=MTV |date=December 8, 2011 |access-date=September 21, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006224053/http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2011/12/08/robert-downey-jr-says-paul-thomas-anderson-collaboration-is-probably-true/ |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |df=mdy-all }} In January 2013, it was reported that Joaquin Phoenix was in talks for the lead and that Downey Jr. had ultimately passed on the role.{{cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joaquin-phoenix-talks-reteam-paul-415110 |title=Joaquin Phoenix in Talks to Reteam With Paul Thomas Anderson for 'Inherent Vice' |work=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=January 24, 2013 |access-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-date=October 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012172020/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/joaquin-phoenix-talks-reteam-paul-415110 |url-status=live }} Downey Jr. later said that Anderson wanted to make the film with Phoenix because he was too old.{{cite web |last=Heath |first=Chris |url=https://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201305/robert-downey-jr-profile-may-2013?currentPage=5 |title=RD3 |work=GQ |publisher=Condé Nast |date=April 2013 |access-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006143620/http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201305/robert-downey-jr-profile-may-2013?currentPage=5 |url-status=live }}

In May 2013, it was reported that Benicio del Toro,{{cite web |last=Sneider |first=Jeff |url=https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/benicio-del-toro-talks-join-paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-exclusive-89691/ |title=Benicio Del Toro in Talks to Join Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Inherent Vice' (Exclusive) |work=TheWrap |date=May 6, 2013 |access-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006072131/http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/benicio-del-toro-talks-join-paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-exclusive-89691/ |url-status=live }} Owen Wilson,{{cite web |last=Sneider |first=Jeff |url=https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/owen-wilson-negotiations-join-paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-exclusive-90591/ |title=Owen Wilson in Negotiations to Join Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Inherent Vice' (Exclusive) |work=TheWrap |date=May 9, 2013 |access-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082028/http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/owen-wilson-negotiations-join-paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-exclusive-90591/ |url-status=live }} Reese Witherspoon,{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |url=https://deadline.com/2013/05/cannes-reese-witherspoon-joining-paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-500901/ |title=Cannes: Reese Witherspoon Joining Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Inherent Vice' |work=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Business Media |date=May 15, 2013 |access-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006101524/http://deadline.com/2013/05/cannes-reese-witherspoon-joining-paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-500901/ |url-status=live }} Martin Short,{{cite web |last=Sneider |first=Jeff |url=https://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/martin-short-and-jena-malone-joining-paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-exclusive-91906/ |title=Martin Short and Jena Malone Join Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Inherent Vice' (Exclusive) |work=TheWrap |date=May 15, 2013 |access-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006132608/http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/martin-short-and-jena-malone-joining-paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-exclusive-91906/ |url-status=live }} and Jena Malone were in talks to join the film. In May 2013, it was reported that Josh Brolin{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |url=https://deadline.com/2013/05/josh-brolin-joins-p-t-andersons-inherent-vice-509196/ |title=Josh Brolin Joins P.T. Anderson's 'Inherent Vice' |work=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Business Media |date=May 28, 2013 |access-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-date=September 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140906002447/http://deadline.com/2013/05/josh-brolin-joins-p-t-andersons-inherent-vice-509196/ |url-status=live }} joined the cast and that Katherine Waterston joined as the lead female role.{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |url=https://deadline.com/2013/05/katherine-waterston-gets-lead-in-paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-511269/ |title=Katherine Waterston Gets Lead in Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Inherent Vice' |work=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Business Media |date=May 30, 2013 |access-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-date=September 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915034420/http://deadline.com/2013/05/katherine-waterston-gets-lead-in-paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-511269/ |url-status=live }} In June 2013, it was reported that Peter McRobbie{{cite web |last=Patten |first=Dominic |url=https://deadline.com/2013/06/paul-thomas-anderson-inherent-vice-peter-mcrobbie-movie-casting-law-order-532127/ |title=Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Inherent Vice' Gets Its Adrian Prussia |work=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Business Media |date=June 28, 2013 |access-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-date=September 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915052454/http://deadline.com/2013/06/paul-thomas-anderson-inherent-vice-peter-mcrobbie-movie-casting-law-order-532127/ |url-status=live }} and Sasha Pieterse{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/pretty-little-liars-sasha-pieterse-1200500298/ | title='Pretty Little Liars' Actress Sasha Pieterse Boards 'Inherent Vice' | work=Variety | publisher=Penske Business Media | date=June 20, 2013 | access-date=September 21, 2014 | last=McNary | first=Dave | archive-date=August 14, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814110509/http://variety.com/2013/film/news/pretty-little-liars-sasha-pieterse-1200500298/ | url-status=live }} joined the cast. In July 2013, it was reported that Timothy Simons joined the cast.{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2013/07/veeps-timothy-simons-joins-paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-534320/ |title='VEEP's Timothy Simons Joins Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Inherent Vice' |work=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Business Media |date=July 2, 2013 |access-date=September 21, 2014 |author=The Deadline Team |archive-date=September 15, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915033317/http://deadline.com/2013/07/veeps-timothy-simons-joins-paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-534320/ |url-status=dead }} In October 2013, it was reported that Michael K. Williams joined the cast.{{cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |url=https://deadline.com/2013/10/boardwalk-empires-michael-k-williams-gets-captive-619817/ |title='Boardwalk Empire's Michael K. Williams Gets 'Captive' |work=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Business Media |date=October 24, 2013 |access-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-date=September 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913214838/http://deadline.com/2013/10/boardwalk-empires-michael-k-williams-gets-captive-619817/ |url-status=live }}

In September 2014, it was reported that Pynchon may have a cameo in the film, which Anderson would not confirm, citing Pynchon's choice to stay out of the public spotlight. Brolin went as far as to confirm the cameo and claimed that Pynchon was on set but that nobody knew it was him as he stayed in the corner.

=Filming=

Principal photography began in May 2013, and it was reported that shooting was to take place until August 2, 2013.{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/joaquin-phoenixs-inherent-vice-starting-to-boost-l-a-production-1200495678/ | title=Joaquin Phoenix's 'Inherent Vice' Starting to Boost L.A. Production | work=Variety | publisher=Penske Business Media | date=June 11, 2013 | access-date=September 21, 2014 | last=McNary | first=Dave | archive-date=August 9, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809080133/http://variety.com/2013/film/news/joaquin-phoenixs-inherent-vice-starting-to-boost-l-a-production-1200495678/ | url-status=live }} Shooting permits in California covered a San Fernando Valley warehouse, a storefront on Slauson Boulevard, driving shots in the Canoga Park area, driving shots in canyon roads above Malibu and a warehouse in Chinatown. In June 2013, filming also took place in Pasadena, and aboard the tall ship American Pride located in Long Beach.{{cite news|author=Christine|title=Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Inherent Vice' filming in Pasadena, CA today|url=http://www.onlocationvacations.com/2013/06/14/paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-filming-in-pasadena-ca-today/|access-date=June 26, 2013|work=On Location Vacations|date=June 14, 2013|archive-date=December 3, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203020613/http://www.onlocationvacations.com/2013/06/14/paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-filming-in-pasadena-ca-today/|url-status=live}}

The set has been described as organized chaos, but the cast felt protected when they took big risks. Short stated, "If you're working with a great director, you feel very, very, very safe because you know that all the decisions will be made months later in the editing room." Malone stated that "it was a very structured process" and that the "chaos can only come from a grounded, logical base because you have to know where you're going to be spinning from. The logic becomes the chaos and the chaos becomes the logic."

According to Waterston, Anderson did not have a clear goal while on set but it did not feel chaotic. Brolin said, "It was crazy, chaotic but really, really gratifying."{{cite web |last=Lawrence |first=Will |url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/brolin-after-all-if-you-dont-try-you-wont-know-30128406.html |title=Brolin: After all, if you don't try, you won't know. |work=Irish Independent |publisher=Independent News & Media |date=March 28, 2014 |access-date=September 7, 2014 |archive-date=September 8, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140908043344/http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/movies/brolin-after-all-if-you-dont-try-you-wont-know-30128406.html |url-status=live }} Brolin also stated that there was "a really strange lack of pretense" but that Anderson would work with the actors when they felt something was not working.{{cite magazine |last=Lee |first=Chris |url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/08/16/inherent-vice-josh-brolin-katherine-waterston/ |title=Exclusive: Josh Brolin talks 'Inherent Vice' and its...pancakes? |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=September 3, 2014 |access-date=October 1, 2014 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006134051/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/08/16/inherent-vice-josh-brolin-katherine-waterston/ |url-status=live }} Pieterse stated that Anderson allowed "freedom and flexibility to really dive into your character and shape the scene".{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Jennifer |url=http://fillermagazine.com/culture/film/celebrity-news-interviews-sasha-pieterse-of-pretty-little-liars-and-inherent-vice/ |title=Sasha Pieterse of Pretty Little Liars and Inherent Vice |work=FILLER Magazine |date=August 16, 2014 |access-date=September 7, 2014 |archive-date=October 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006144349/http://fillermagazine.com/culture/film/celebrity-news-interviews-sasha-pieterse-of-pretty-little-liars-and-inherent-vice/ |url-status=live }} Wilson said, "Sometimes I wouldn't necessarily know what I was doing. We were encouraged to kind of do anything."

Soundtrack

{{Main|Inherent Vice (soundtrack)}}

The Inherent Vice soundtrack was composed by Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London.{{cite news|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/02/06/jonny-greenwood-scoring-paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice/|title=Jonny Greenwood Scoring Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Inherent Vice'|author=filmmusicreporter|date=February 6, 2014|newspaper=Film Music Reporter|access-date=February 7, 2014|archive-date=March 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306190824/http://filmmusicreporter.com/2014/02/06/jonny-greenwood-scoring-paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice/|url-status=live}} It was Greenwood's third collaboration with Anderson, following There Will Be Blood (2007) and The Master.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/unreleased-radiohead-song-spooks-appears-in-inherent-vice-20141005|title=Unreleased Radiohead Song 'Spooks' Appears in 'Inherent Vice'|last=Kreps|first=Daniel|date=October 4, 2014|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=October 5, 2014|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006011959/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/unreleased-radiohead-song-spooks-appears-in-inherent-vice-20141005|url-status=live}}

The score includes a version of an unreleased Radiohead song, "Spooks", performed by Greenwood and members of Supergrass.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/07/radiohead-jonny-greenwood-supergrass-spooks-cover-inherent-vice-track|title=Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood hires Supergrass to cover Inherent Vice track|last=Michaels|first=Sean|date=7 October 2014|website=The Guardian|language=en|access-date=14 September 2018|archive-date=October 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007221436/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/07/radiohead-jonny-greenwood-supergrass-spooks-cover-inherent-vice-track|url-status=live}} Greenwood said Radiohead's version was "a half-idea we never made work live", describing it as a pastiche of the Pixies and surf music. The soundtrack also includes tracks from the late 1960s and early 1970s by Neil Young, Can, and the Marketts, among others. It was released by Nonesuch Records on December 16.{{cite web|url=http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/nonesuch-releases-jonny-greenwood-soundtrack-paul-thomas-anderson-film-inherent-vice-2014-11-20|title=Nonesuch Releases Jonny Greenwood's Soundtrack to Paul Thomas Anderson's Film "Inherent Vice" December 16|date=November 20, 2014 |publisher=Nonesuch Records|access-date=November 20, 2014|archive-date=November 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122202102/http://www.nonesuch.com/journal/nonesuch-releases-jonny-greenwood-soundtrack-paul-thomas-anderson-film-inherent-vice-2014-11-20|url-status=live}}

Release

Inherent Vice premiered as the centerpiece at the New York Film Festival on October 4, 2014.{{cite web|last=Chang|first=Justin|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-to-world-premiere-at-new-york-film-festival-exclusive-1201264784/|title=Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Inherent Vice' to World Premiere at New York Film Festival (EXCLUSIVE)|work=Variety|publisher=Penske Business Media|date=July 19, 2014|access-date=July 19, 2014|archive-date=July 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140720045237/https://variety.com/2014/film/news/paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-to-world-premiere-at-new-york-film-festival-exclusive-1201264784/|url-status=live}} The film received a limited release on December 12, 2014,{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-dated-for-december-1201120666/ | title=Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Inherent Vice' Dated for December | work=Variety | publisher=Penske Business Media | date=February 25, 2014 | access-date=February 25, 2014 | last=Kroll | first=Justin | archive-date=February 27, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227170847/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-dated-for-december-1201120666/ | url-status=live }} before being released in 645 theaters on January 9, 2015.{{cite web |last=Jagernauth |first=Kevin |title=Be Patient, Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Inherent Vice' won't go into wide release until 2015 |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/be-patient-paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-wont-go-into-wide-release-until-2015-20140515 |work=IndieWire |publisher=Penske Business Media |date=July 18, 2014 |access-date=May 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101230447/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/be-patient-paul-thomas-andersons-inherent-vice-wont-go-into-wide-release-until-2015-20140515 |archive-date=January 1, 2015 |url-status=dead }}

Reception

=Box office=

The film earned $8 million domestically and $6.6 million internationally, bringing its final gross to $14.6 million.

=Critical response=

Inherent Vice was met with positive reviews. Critics praised the film for its performances, particularly those of Phoenix, Brolin, and Waterston, while some were frustrated by its complicated plot. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 73% based on 252 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Inherent Vice may prove frustrating for viewers who demand absolute coherence, but it does justice to its acclaimed source material – and should satisfy fans of director P.T. Anderson."{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inherent_vice/ |title=Inherent Vice (2015) |work=Rotten Tomatoes |publisher=Fandango Media |access-date=May 15, 2025 |archive-date=July 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720172323/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/inherent_vice |url-status=live }} On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 81 out of 100, based on 43 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/inherent-vice |title=Inherent Vice Reviews |work=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=February 13, 2015 |archive-date=February 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217061339/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/inherent-vice |url-status=live }}

Film Journal International{{'}}s Ethan Alter commented that the film is "confounding, challenging and consistently unique."{{cite journal |url=http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/reviews/major-releases/e3i8fac5f0637423cdb42bcc8b76d70ad45?imw=Y |title=Film Review: Inherent Vice |journal=Film Journal International |first=Ethan |last=Alter |date=December 4, 2014 |access-date=December 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208052328/http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/reviews/major-releases/e3i8fac5f0637423cdb42bcc8b76d70ad45?imw=Y |archive-date=December 8, 2014 |url-status=dead }} IGN reviewer Matt Patches gave the film an 8.9 out of 10 score, saying "There's nothing certain – a surprisingly rewarding sensation that demands repeat viewings. There's so much, too much, to soak up, and all the laughter Anderson piles on top of the thematics means there's plenty to miss. Inherent Vice is a high grain strain: Provocative, hilarious, and its own breed of weird."{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/05/inherent-vice-review|title=Inherent Vice Review|first=Matt|last=Patches|date=October 5, 2014|publisher=Ziff Davis|work=IGN|access-date=June 22, 2018|archive-date=June 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622220328/http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/10/05/inherent-vice-review|url-status=live}} Collider's Adam Chitwood named it one of the top ten films of 2014.{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/top-movies-2014/|title=Adam's Top 10 Films of 2014: From Selma to Edge of Tomorrow|date=December 24, 2014|publisher=Complex Media|work=Collider|access-date=June 22, 2018|first=Adam|last=Chitwood|archive-date=June 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180622220348/http://collider.com/top-movies-2014/|url-status=live}}

The film was ranked 75th in a survey of 177 critics conducted by the BBC in 2016 to determine the 100 best films of the 21st century.

=Top ten lists=

Inherent Vice was listed on many film critics' top ten lists of 2014 films.{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critic-top-10-lists-best-movies-of-2014 |title=Best of 2014: Film Critic Top Ten Lists |publisher=CBS Interactive |work=Metacritic |date=January 26, 2015 |access-date=May 16, 2015 |first=Jason |last=Dietz |archive-date=November 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125224513/https://www.metacritic.com/feature/film-critic-top-10-lists-best-movies-of-2014 |url-status=live }}

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Accolades

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
scope="col" | Award

! scope="col" | Date of ceremony

! scope="col" | Category

! scope="col" | Recipients

! scope="col" | Result

! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|References}}

rowspan="2" |87th Academy Awards

| rowspan="2"| February 22, 2015

| Best Adapted Screenplay

| Paul Thomas Anderson

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|{{cite news | title=2015 Oscar Nominations Led By 'Birdman' & 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' With 9 Nominations Each | date=January 15, 2015 | work=The Playlist | publisher=Penske Business Media | url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/live-the-2015-oscar-nominations-as-they-happen-20150115 | first1=Kevin | last1=Jagernauth | access-date=January 15, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116101351/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/live-the-2015-oscar-nominations-as-they-happen-20150115 | archive-date=January 16, 2015 | url-status=dead }}

Best Costume Design

| Mark Bridges

| {{nom}}

ACE Eddie Awards

| January 30, 2015

| Best Edited Feature Film – Comedy or Musical

| Leslie Jones

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2015/artisans/news/american-sniper-boyhood-gone-girl-among-ace-eddie-award-nominees-full-list-1201390870/ |title='American Sniper,' 'Boyhood,' 'Gone Girl' Among ACE Eddie Award Nominees (FULL LIST) |work=Variety |publisher=Penske Business Media |first=Dave |last=McNary |date=January 2, 2015 |access-date=January 2, 2015 |archive-date=January 4, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104173717/http://variety.com/2015/artisans/news/american-sniper-boyhood-gone-girl-among-ace-eddie-award-nominees-full-list-1201390870/ |url-status=live }}

Art Directors Guild Awards

| January 31, 2015

| Excellence in Production Design for a Period Film

| David Crank

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/01/birdman-foxcatcher-among-art-directors-guild-nominees-1201341121/ |title='Birdman', 'Foxcatcher' Among Art Directors Guild Nominees |website=Deadline Hollywood |publisher=Penske Business Media |author=The Deadline Team |date=January 5, 2015 |access-date=January 5, 2015 |archive-date=January 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150108044009/http://deadline.com/2015/01/birdman-foxcatcher-among-art-directors-guild-nominees-1201341121/ |url-status=live }}

rowspan="1"|Boston Online Film Critics Association

| rowspan="1"|December 6, 2014

| colspan="2"|The Ten Best Films of the Year

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=http://www.awardscircuit.com/2014/12/06/boston-online-film-critics-names-snowpiercer-best-picture-gleeson-cotillard-win/|title=Boston Online Film Critics Names 'Snowpiercer' Best Picture, Gleeson and Cotillard Win|date=December 6, 2014|access-date=December 8, 2014|work=The Awards Circuit|first=Clayton|last=Davis|archive-date=April 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407075550/http://www.awardscircuit.com/2014/12/06/boston-online-film-critics-names-snowpiercer-best-picture-gleeson-cotillard-win/|url-status=live}}

rowspan="1"|Boston Society of Film Critics

| rowspan="1"|December 7, 2014

| Best Use of Music in a Film

| Jonny Greenwood

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=http://www.awardscircuit.com/2014/12/07/boston-society-film-critics-winners-tba/|title=Boston Society of Film Critics Winners – Boyhood Wins Big|date=December 7, 2014|access-date=December 8, 2014|work=The Awards Circuit|first=Clayton|last=Davis|archive-date=April 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407132729/http://www.awardscircuit.com/2014/12/07/boston-society-film-critics-winners-tba/|url-status=live}}

rowspan="2" |Central Ohio Film Critics Association

| rowspan="2" |January 8, 2015

| Best Supporting Actor

| Josh Brolin

| {{draw|Runner-up (tie)}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2" |{{cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/birdman-strong-with-central-ohio-film-critics-nomiantions/|title='Birdman' strong with Central Ohio film critics nominations|date=January 5, 2015|access-date=January 5, 2015|work=Hitfix|publisher=Uproxx|first=Kristopher|last=Tapley|archive-date=June 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623004706/https://uproxx.com/hitfix/birdman-strong-with-central-ohio-film-critics-nomiantions/|url-status=live}}
{{cite web|url=https://cofca.org/awards-2014/|title=Awards 2014|publisher=Columbus Film Critics Association|access-date=June 22, 2018|archive-date=August 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825004606/https://cofca.org/awards-2014/|url-status=live}}

Best Adapted Screenplay

| Paul Thomas Anderson

| {{nom}}

Costume Designers Guild

| February 17, 2015

| Excellence in Period Film

| Mark Bridges

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2015/01/costume-designers-guild-award-nominations-2015-full-list-1201342597/ |title=Costume Designers Guild Awards: 'Birdman', 'Boyhood', 'Grand Budapest Hotel' Among Nominees |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=January 7, 2015 |access-date=January 7, 2015 |first=Denise |last=Petski |publisher=Penske Business Media |archive-date=February 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211180031/https://deadline.com/2015/01/costume-designers-guild-award-nominations-2015-full-list-1201342597/ |url-status=live }}

rowspan="4"|Critics' Choice Movie Awards

| rowspan="4"|January 15, 2015

| Best Supporting Actor

| Josh Brolin

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="4"|{{cite web |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/2015-critics-choice-awards-nominations/ |title=2015 Critics Choice Awards Nominations |website=Rotten Tomatoes |date=December 15, 2014 |access-date=December 27, 2014 |publisher=Fandango Media |author=RT Staff |archive-date=September 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150902062131/http://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/2015-critics-choice-awards-nominations/ |url-status=live }}

Best Adapted Screenplay

| Paul Thomas Anderson

| {{nom}}

Best Art Direction

| David Crank
Amy Wells

| {{nom}}

Best Costume Design

| Mark Bridges

| {{nom}}

rowspan="6" |Denver Film Critics Society

| rowspan="6" |January 12, 2015

| Best Picture

| Inherent Vice

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="6" |{{cite web|url=http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/denver-critics-nominate-american-sniper-birdman-and-inherent-vice |title=Denver critics nominate 'American Sniper,' 'Birdman' and 'Inherent Vice' |date=January 7, 2015|access-date=January 9, 2014|work=Hitfix|publisher=Uproxx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191652/http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/denver-critics-nominate-american-sniper-birdman-and-inherent-vice|archive-date=March 4, 2016|first=Kristopher|last=Tapley}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/denver-critics-name-clint-eastwoods-american-sniper-the-years-best-film |title=Denver critics name Clint Eastwood's 'American Sniper' the year's best film |work=Hitfix|publisher=Uproxx |date=January 12, 2015 |access-date=January 12, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212241/http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/denver-critics-name-clint-eastwoods-american-sniper-the-years-best-film |archive-date=March 4, 2016|first=Kristopher|last=Tapley}}

Best Director

| Paul Thomas Anderson

| {{nom}}

Best Supporting Actor

| Josh Brolin

| {{nom}}

Best Supporting Actress

| Katherine Waterston

| {{nom}}

Best Adapted Screenplay

| Paul Thomas Anderson

| {{won}}

Best Score

| Jonny Greenwood

| {{nom}}

rowspan="1"|Film Independent Spirit Awards

| rowspan="1"|February 21, 2015

| colspan="2"|Robert Altman Award

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center;" | {{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2014/11/film-independent-spirit-awards-nominations-2015-list-1201295941/ |title=Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations 2015 – Full List |date=November 25, 2014 |website=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=December 27, 2014 |publisher=Penske Business Media |author=The Deadline Team |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162429/https://deadline.com/2014/11/film-independent-spirit-awards-nominations-2015-list-1201295941/ |url-status=live }}

rowspan="3" |Georgia Film Critics Association

| rowspan="3" |January 9, 2015

| Best Adapted Screenplay

| Paul Thomas Anderson

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3" |{{cite web|url=http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/birdman-boyhood-grand-budapest-and-selma-lead-georgia-critics-nominations |title='Birdman,' 'Boyhood,' 'Grand Budapest' and 'Selma' lead Georgia critics nominations |work=Hitfix|publisher=Uproxx |date=January 5, 2015 |access-date=January 5, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924065014/http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/birdman-boyhood-grand-budapest-and-selma-lead-georgia-critics-nominations |archive-date=September 24, 2015|first=Kristopher|last=Tapley}}
{{cite web|url=http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/jake-gyllenhaal-tilda-swinton-among-georgia-critics-2014-winners |title=Jake Gyllenhaal, Tilda Swinton among Georgia Critics' 2014 winners |work=Hitfix|publisher=Uproxx |date=January 9, 2015 |access-date=January 9, 2015 |first=Matt|last=Patches|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804141330/http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/jake-gyllenhaal-tilda-swinton-among-georgia-critics-2014-winners|archive-date=August 4, 2016}}

Best Cinematography

| Robert Elswit

| {{nom}}

Best Production Design

| David Crank

| {{nom}}

Golden Globe Awards

| January 11, 2015

| Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

| Joaquin Phoenix

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/1932343/watch_the_golden_globes_nominations_live/|title=2015 Golden Globe Nominations|publisher=Fandango Media|work=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=December 11, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107150911/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/1932343/watch_the_golden_globes_nominations_live/|author=RT Staff|archive-date=January 7, 2015}}

rowspan="5"| Houston Film Critics Society Awards

| rowspan="5"| January 12, 2015

| Best Picture

| Inherent Vice

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"|{{cite web|url=http://www.awardsdaily.com/blog/2014/12/houston-film-critics-announce-nominees/|title=Houston Film Critics Announce Nominees|work=Awards Daily|date=December 16, 2014|access-date=December 18, 2014|first=Sasha|last=Stone|archive-date=September 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910052347/http://www.awardsdaily.com/blog/2014/12/houston-film-critics-announce-nominees/|url-status=live}}
{{cite web |url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/boyhood-larry-mcmurtry-and-the-grand-budapest-poster-win-houston-critics-awards/ |title='Boyhood,' Larry McMurtry and the 'Grand Budapest' poster win Houston critics awards |work=Hitfix |publisher=Uproxx |date=January 12, 2015 |access-date=January 12, 2015 |first=Kristopher |last=Tapley |archive-date=October 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004085512/http://uproxx.com/hitfix/boyhood-larry-mcmurtry-and-the-grand-budapest-poster-win-houston-critics-awards/ |url-status=live }}

Best Director

| Paul Thomas Anderson

| {{nom}}

Best Supporting Actor

| Josh Brolin

| {{nom}}

Best Cinematography

| Robert Elswit

| {{nom}}

Best Poster

| Inherent Vice

| {{nom}}

rowspan="1"| International Film Music Critics Association Awards

| rowspan="1"| February 19, 2015

| Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film

| Jonny Greenwood

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web |url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/composers-behind-godzilla-and-maleficent-lead-film-music-critics-nominations/ |title=Composers behind 'Godzilla' and 'Maleficent' lead film music critics nominations |work=Hitfix |publisher=Uproxx |date=February 5, 2015 |access-date=February 5, 2015 |first=Kristopher |last=Tapley |archive-date=November 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107221421/http://uproxx.com/hitfix/composers-behind-godzilla-and-maleficent-lead-film-music-critics-nominations/ |url-status=live }}

rowspan="1" |London Film Critics' Circle

| rowspan="1" |January 18, 2015

| Technical Achievement Award

| Mark Bridges (costumes)

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/mr-turner-leads-london-critics-nominations/5081175.article?referrer=RSS|title=Mr. Turner leads London Critics nominations|date=December 16, 2014|access-date=December 16, 2014|work=Screen Daily|publisher=Screen International|first=Wendy|last=Mitchell|archive-date=December 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217062036/http://www.screendaily.com/mr-turner-leads-london-critics-nominations/5081175.article?referrer=RSS|url-status=live}}

rowspan="1"|Los Angeles Film Critics Association

| rowspan="1"|December 7, 2014

| Best Music Score {{small|(tied with Mica Levi for Under the Skin)}}

| Jonny Greenwood

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center;"| {{cite web|url=http://www.awardscircuit.com/2014/12/07/los-angeles-film-critics-association-winners-tba/|title=Los Angeles Film Critics Association Winners – Boyhood Pulls a Sunday Sweep|date=December 7, 2014|access-date=December 8, 2014|work=The Awards Circuit|first=Clayton|last=Davis|archive-date=April 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407205530/http://www.awardscircuit.com/2014/12/07/los-angeles-film-critics-association-winners-tba/|url-status=live}}

rowspan="2"|National Board of Review

| rowspan="2"|January 6, 2015

| colspan="2"|Top 10 Films

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center;"rowspan=2|{{cite journal |url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/national-board-of-review-winners-full-list-nbr-2014-1201368782/ |title='A Most Violent Year' Named Best Film by National Board of Review |date=December 2, 2014 |first1=Gordon |last1=Cox |first2=Ramin |last2=Setoodeh |journal=Variety |publisher=Penske Business Media |access-date=December 27, 2014 |archive-date=December 30, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230045245/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/national-board-of-review-winners-full-list-nbr-2014-1201368782/ |url-status=live }}

Best Adapted Screenplay

| Paul Thomas Anderson

| {{won}}

rowspan="3"|San Francisco Film Critics Circle

| rowspan="3"|December 14, 2014

| Best Adapted Screenplay

| Paul Thomas Anderson

| {{won}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="3"|{{cite web|url=http://sffcc.org/2014/12/2014-san-francisco-film-critics-circle-award-nominees/|title=2014 SAN FRANCISCO FILM CRITICS AWARDS|publisher=San Francisco Film Critics Circle|date=December 14, 2014|access-date=December 14, 2014|author=SFFCC|archive-date=December 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214130322/http://sffcc.org/2014/12/2014-san-francisco-film-critics-circle-award-nominees/|url-status=live}}
{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/s-f-critics-name-boyhood-the-best-film-of-2014-1201379362/|title=S.F. Critics Name 'Boyhood' Best Film of 2014|work=Variety|date=December 14, 2014|access-date=December 14, 2014|author=Variety Staff|publisher=Penske Business Media|archive-date=December 16, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216045419/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/s-f-critics-name-boyhood-the-best-film-of-2014-1201379362/|url-status=live}}

Best Production Design

| David Crank

| {{nom}}

Best Editing

| Leslie Jones

| {{nom}}

rowspan="3"|Satellite Award

| rowspan="3"|February 15, 2015

| Best Supporting Actress

| Katherine Waterston

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3|{{cite web |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-international-press-academy-announces-nominations-for-the-19th-annual-satellite-awards-300002370.html |title=The International Press Academy Announces Nominations for the 19th Annual Satellite™ Awards |website=PR Newswire |publisher=Cision |author=International Press Academy |author-link=International Press Academy |date=December 1, 2014 |access-date=December 27, 2014 |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924160237/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-international-press-academy-announces-nominations-for-the-19th-annual-satellite-awards-300002370.html |url-status=live }}

Best Adapted Screenplay

| Paul Thomas Anderson

| {{nom}}

Best Cinematography

| Robert Elswit

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"|Saturn Award

| rowspan="2"|June 25, 2015

| Best Action or Adventure Film

| Inherent Vice

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"| {{cite web|url=https://cosmicbook.news/content/2015-saturn-awards-guardians-galaxy-chris-pratt-james-gunn|title=2015 Saturn Awards: Guardians Of The Galaxy, Chris Pratt, James Gunn|work=Cosmic Book News|author=Matt McGloin|access-date=June 26, 2015|archive-date=May 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529171905/https://cosmicbook.news/content/2015-saturn-awards-guardians-galaxy-chris-pratt-james-gunn}}

Best Supporting Actor

| Josh Brolin

| {{nom}}

USC Scripter Award

| January 31, 2015

| Best Adapted Screenplay

| Paul Thomas Anderson

| {{nom}}

| style="text-align:center;" |{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/01/usc-scripter-award-nominations-2015-full-list-1201344323/|title=USC Scripter Award Nominations Unveiled|website=Deadline Hollywood|publisher=Penske Business Media|first=Patrick|last=Hipes|date=January 8, 2015|access-date=January 8, 2015|archive-date=January 11, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111093033/http://deadline.com/2015/01/usc-scripter-award-nominations-2015-full-list-1201344323/|url-status=live}}

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