Contents

• Project Introduction

Characters

Major Characters

• Jimmy Gator
• Rose Gator
• Jim Kurring
• Frank T.J. Mackey
• Phil Parma
• Earl Partridge
• Linda Partridge
• Donnie Smith
• Stanley Spector
• Claudia Wilson Gator

Minor but Critical Characters

• Brad (bartender)
• Dixon (rapping child)
• Gwenovier (television interviewer)
• Lily Partridge (deceased wife of Earl Partridge)
• Marcie (she who drags the couch)
• Narrator (Ricky Jay)
• Rick Spector (Stanley's father)
• Thurston Howell (old man in the bar)
• Worm

Prologue Characters

• Sydney Barringer

Themes

• Confession
• Confusing Children with Angels
• Public Humiliation
• Sexual Abuse
• Sins of the Father
• Storytelling

Motifs

Biblical References

• Chapter 8 Verse 2
• Exodus Chapter 8 Verse 2
• Psalms Chapter 8 Verse 2

Living Things

• Frogs
• Animals
• Plants

Other

• Freemasonry
• Male-Female Confrontation

Questions

• Race

Credits

Writer/Director

• Paul Thomas Anderson

Music

• Jon Brion

Songs

• Aimee Mann

Resources

• Culture Snob Magnolia Class Outline
• Internet Movie Databse entry
• Wikipedia entry
• Cigarettes and Red Vines: A P.T Anderson Resource

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