Joaquin Phoenix Plays WWII veteran with PTSD in "The Master"

Joaquin Phoenix Makes a 'Crazy' Comeback in 'The Master'
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Posted by Linda Sharps
May 21, 2012

While The Master has been described as a thinly-veiled attack on Scientology (it centers on the leader/creator of a faith-based organization, with Philip Seymour Hoffman playing the leader), you can't really tell that from the teaser. It's focused entirely on Joaquin Phoenix, who plays a psychologically-scarred WW II vet who Hoffman eventually taps to be his right-hand man.

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