Inherent Vice is a 2014 English-language Comedy Crime motion picture written by Paul Thomas Anderson and Thomas Pynchon. The movie is directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson, Joanne Sellar and Daniel Lupi under the banner of IAC Films in collaboration with RatPac-Dune Entertainment and Ghoulardi Film Company. In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry Doc Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend. Inherent vice stars Joaquin Phoenix, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, Katherine Waterston, Reese Witherspoon, Benicio Del Toro and Brook Power. The screenplay is written by Paul Thomas Anderson which is inspired from Inherent Vice by Thomas Pynchon. The music was composed by Berlin International Film Festival winner Jonny Greenwood. Cinematography was done by Robert Elswit and editing by Leslie Jones. The motion picture has a running time of 149 minutes. It was released on 29th January 2015. Inherent Vice was made on a budget of $20 million and at the box office it grossed only $14 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by Warner Bros.