Sorry to see Philip Seymore Hoffman has died. I loved him in Synecdoche, Magnolia, Owning Mahowney, Jack Goes Boating, Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, Mary and Max, 25th hour and Capote. Thanks to you, Philip, for conveying such authentic, vulnerable and deeply human performances that have enriched my own experience of life.
Here is his IMDB page and below the only scene I could find from Magnolia.
In this scene Hoffman as nurse Phil Parma is searching for the long lost son of his employer. The son is the angry, self-help personality, misogynistic T. J. Mackey (Tom Cruise). Phil Parma calls the “Seduce and Destroy” helpline to try to get the message to Mackey about his dying father.
One more that brings me a smile, the dialog from the Magnolia scene where Phil Parma calls “Pink Dot” the delivery service on the phone.
Phil Parma:I’d like to get an order of peanut butter, umm, uh, cigarettes, Camel Light, uhh, water…
Pink Dot Girl: Bottled water?
Phil Parma: No. You know what, forget the water. Just give me a loaf of bread. White bread.
Pink Dot Girl: Okay.
Phil Parma: And, umm, do you have Playboy magazine?
Pink Dot Girl: Yeah.
Phil Parma: Okay, one of those, and uh, Penthouse? The magazine?
Pink Dot Girl: Yeah.
Phil Parma: You have that? Okay uh, one of those, and umm… Hustler?
Pink Dot Girl: Yeah.
Phil Parma: You have that?
Pink Dot Girl: Yeah, I said. That it?
Phil Parma: Yeah that’s it.
Pink Dot Girl: Still want the peanut butter, bread, and cigarettes?
