Sinopsis
La película consta de nueve tramas paralelas que tienen lugar en el Valle de San Fernando, en Los Angeles: un niño prodigio, el presentador de un concurso de televisión, un ex-niño prodigio, un moribundo, su hijo perdido, la mujer y el enfermero del moribundo. Son historias aparentemente independientes, pero que guardan entre sí una extraña relación. Magnolia es el retrato de la vida americana visto a través de una serie de viñetas cómicas y conmovedoras.
Reparto
Tom Cruise — Frank T.J. MackeyPhilip Baker Hall — Jimmy GatorPhilip Seymour Hoffman — Phil ParmaJulianne Moore — Linda PartridgeWilliam H. Macy — Quiz Kid Donnie SmithJohn C. Reilly — Officer Jim KurringMelora Walters — Claudia Wilson GatorJeremy Blackman — Stanley SpectorJason Robards — Earl PartridgeMelinda Dillon — Rose GatorMichael Bowen — Rick SpectorApril Grace — GwenovierRicky Jay — Burt Ramsey / NarratorEmmanuel Johnson — DixonPat Healy — Sir Edmund William Godfrey / Young Pharmacy KidGenevieve Zweig — Mrs. GodfreyMark Flanagan — Joseph GreenNeil Flynn — Stanley BerryRod McLachlan — Daniel HillAllan Graf — FirefighterPatton Oswalt — Delmer DarionRaymond 'Big Guy' Gonzales — Reno Security GuardBrad Hunt — Craig HansenJim Meskimen — Forensic ScientistChris O'Hara — Sydney BarringerClement Blake — Arthur BarringerFrank Elmore — 1958 DetectiveJohn Kraft Seitz — 1958 PolicemanCory Buck — Young BoyTim Soronen — Infomercial GuyJim Ortlieb — Middle-Aged GuyThomas Jane — Young Jimmy GatorHolly Houston — Jimmy's ShowgirlBenjamin Niedens — Little Donnie SmithVeronica Hart — Dentist Nurse #1Missy Spell Tanner — Dentist Nurse #2James Kiriyama-Lem — Dr. LeeJake Cross — Pedestrian #1Charlie Scott Jr. — Pedestrian #2Juan Medrano — Nurse JuanJohn Pritchett — Police CaptainCleo King — MarcieDon McManus — Dr. LandonMichael Shamus Wiles — Captain MuffyJason Andrews — DocJohn S. Davies — CameramanKevin Breznahan — Geoff, Seminar GuyMiguel Pérez — Avi SolomonAlfred Molina — Solomon SolomonDavid Masuda — Coroner ManNeil Pepe — Officer #1Lionel Mark Smith — DetectiveAnnette Helde — Coroner WomanLynne Lerner — LibrarianFelicity Huffman — CynthiaScott Burkett — WDKK Page #1Bob Brewer — Richard's DadJulie Brewer — Richard's MomNancy Marston — Julia's MomMaurey Marston — Julia's DadJamala Gaither — WDKK P.A.Danny Wells — Dick JenningsAmy Brown — WDKK Page #2Eileen Ryan — MaryMeagen Fay — Dr. DianePatricia Forte — MimLuis Guzmán — LuisPatrick Warren — Todd GeronimoOrlando Jones — WormVirginia Pereira — Pink Dot Girl (voice)Craig Kvinsland — Brad the BartenderPatricia Scanlon — Cocktail WaitressHenry Gibson — Thurston HowellNatalie Elizabeth Marston — JuliaBobby Brewer — RichardClark Gregg — WDKK Floor DirectorArt Frankel — Old PharmacistMatt Gerald — Officer #2Guillermo Melgarejo — Pink Dot GuyPaul F. Tompkins — Chad (Seduce & Destroy) (voice)Mary Lynn Rajskub — Janet (Frank's Assistant) (voice)Jim Beaver — Smiling Peanut Patron #1Ezra Buzzington — Smiling Peanut Patron #2Denise Woolfork — Smiling Peanut Patron #3Michael Murphy — Alan Kligman, Esq.Robert Downey Sr. — WDKK Show DirectorWilliam Mapother — WDKK Show Director's AssistantLarry Ballard — WDKK MedicBrett Higgins — Mackey Disciple Twin #1Brian Higgins — Mackey Disciple Twin #2Michael Lee Phillips Jr. — Mackey Disciple in MiddleLillian Adams — Donnie's Old NeighborSteven Bush — Paramedic #1Mike Massa — Paramedic #2Dale Gibson — Paramedic #3Scott Alan Smith — E.R. DoctorPaul Thomas Anderson — Man Confiscating Sign (uncredited)Miriam Margolyes — Faye Barringer (uncredited)Bruno Angelico — Fireman #2 (uncredited)Robert Bella — Detective #2 (uncredited)Greg Bronson — Waiter (uncredited)Douglas Busby — Extra (uncredited)Marc Davies — Seminar Attendee #1 (uncredited)Bruce Gregory — Randy (uncredited)Phil Hawn — Bob (uncredited)Spencer Kayden — Seminar Patron (uncredited)Brian Kehew — Seminar Patron (uncredited)Michael Laren — Officer Tom 1958 (uncredited)Aimee Mann — Hot Date Infomercial (uncredited)Tom Ohmer — Detective (uncredited)Colleen Pelletier — Gameshow Audience Member (uncredited)Herb Santos Jr. — 21 Dealer (uncredited)Tom Tangen — Drunken Dart Player (uncredited)