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For | 1997 | Paul Thomas
Best First Feature | 1998 | Robert
Best Cinematography | 1998 | Robert
Best First Screenplay | 1998 | Paul Thomas
Best Supporting Male | 1998 | Samuel L.
Best Male Lead | 1998 | Philip Baker
Best First Feature Film | 1998 | Paul Thomas
1996 | Paul Thomas
1996 | Paul Thomas
Budget 3,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 222,559 USD
Paul Thomas Anderson's original title for this film was "Sydney". Since it was his first film, and he had basically no control over it (much less final cut, like he's had on his other features since), Rysher Entertainment re-cut the film and retitled it "Hard Eight". This enraged Anderson, and through many talks and deals, he convinced the studio to let him release his cut, but with the new title "Hard Eight". Anderson later said this experience taught him that doing your best to make the best possible movie was only "half the job" when being a director. The other half was dealing with all of the egos involved.
According to Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman improvised his scenes, including most of the craps scene.
When Jimmy (Samuel L. Jackson) and Sydney (Philip Baker Hall) have their confrontation, Jimmy mentions that he knows Sydney's friends Floyd Gondolli and Jimmy Gator. In Paul Thomas Anderson's next movie, Boogie Nights (1997), Philip Baker Hall plays Floyd Gondolli. In Anderson's followup to Boogie Nights, Magnolia (1999), Philip Baker Hall plays Jimmy Gator.
Paul Thomas Anderson, on the DVD commentary, admitted to successfully pulling off the casino rate card trick shown in the film, several times.
Paul Thomas Anderson has rarely commented on the movie since its release, and it remains his least known film. By 2015, DVD copies were selling for over one hundred dollars online.
"Sydney: You know the first thing they should've taught you at hooker school? You get the money up front!"
"Sydney: Never ignore a man's courtesy."
