INHERENT VICE - THE FILM. Original Souvenir Program for the Film ‘Inherent Vice’. Los Angeles: Warner Bros., 2014. First Edition. Original illustrated souvenir program for the film ‘Inherent Vice’. Paperbound, 12” x 8 3/4”. The film was written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on the novel by Thomas Pynchon, and stars Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Eric Roberts, Benicio Del Toro, Jena Malone, Katherine Waterston, Reese Witherspoon, Maya Rudolph, and Martin Short. Laid in is a 8” square announcement from Warner Bros. for the opening of the film in Los Angeles and New York on December 12, 2014 with nationwide release on January 9, 2015. Fine condition. The film received two Oscar nominations; Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay and Best Achievement in Costume Design. Joaquin Phoenix was nominated for a Golden Globe, Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical. The film is set in the 1970s and follows the story of Los Angeles detective Larry “Doc” Sportello (Phoenix) as he reconnects with a former girlfriend and becomes entangled in her various kidnapping schemes. From the rear panel of the program, this quote from the New York Times: “There is nothing remotely like ‘Inherent Vice’...a surreal vision of a bygone Southern California...The comic noir to end all comic noirs...The best approach is not to look for profundity but to lie back, and go with the flow...”