Paul Thomas Anderson’s THE MASTER Trailer Stars Joaquin Phoenix

Watch the trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s THE MASTER. It was one of three films previewed at Cannes by The Weinstein Company.

From Variety:

Footage for “The Master,” which may or may not be based on Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, started with Joaquin Phoenix being interrogated by a military officer followied by Philip Seymour Hoffman in multiple guises — “I do many things” — as a doctor, speaker and physicist and Amy Adams as his intense spouse.

So. Pretentious PTA or Oscar gold?

A 1950s-set drama centered on the relationship between a charismatic intellectual known as “the Master” whose faith-based organization begins to catch on in America, and a young drifter who becomes his right-hand man.

The film will be in theaters October 12, 2012.