A History of Hoffman in Film

Academy Award winner Philip Seymour Hoffman died on Feb. 2 in his New York City apartment. To honor the late actor, IU Cinema is playing host to a 24-hour film marathon, which began at 4 p.m. Tuesday. The following 12 Hoffman films, in order of showtimes, are part of the tribute. For showtimes, visit the IU Cinema website, cinema.indiana.edu.
 
2010 - “Jack goes boating”

Hoffman starred in the title role of the 2010 romantic comedy, which he also directed. The film was based on a play of the same name by Robert Glaudini and starred John Ortiz, Amy Ryan and Daphne Rubin-Vega.

2007 - “The Savages”
Hoffman played a man who teamed up with his estranged sister, played by Laura Linney, to take care of his elderly father in the drama from writer and director Tamara Jenkins.

2012 - ”The Master”

Hoffman earned his final Oscar nomination for his role as religious leader Lancaster Dodd in the Paul Thomas Anderson drama opposite Joaquin Phoenix. Many critics named the film the best of 2012.

2006 - ”Mission: Impossible III”

As arms dealer Owen Davian, Hoffman appeared opposite Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt in the third installment of the “Mission: Impossible” series, directed by J.J. Abrams.

2000 - ”Almost Famous”

Hoffman portrayed rock music journalist Lester Bangs in director Cameron Crowe’s semi-autobiographical film. Following Hoffman’s death, Crowe said of the actor, “He was a forceful presence with a big heart.”

2012 - ”A Late Quartet”

Hoffman played violinist Robert Gelbart in Yaron Zilberman’s drama about a string quartet. “I really got into the violin thing because it’s not acting, and I got off on that,” Hoffman said of the role.

2008 - ”Doubt”

Hoffman appeared opposite Meryl Streep, Amy Adams and Viola Davis in the film adaptation of John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 2004 stage play, “Doubt: A Parable.” He earned a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Father Brendan Flynn.

2008 - ”Synecdoche, New York”

Hoffman played theater director Caden Cotard in screenwriter Charlie Kaufman’s directorial debut. The drama premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Palme d’Or, the festival’s highest prize. In December 2009, Roger Ebert said, “‘Synecdoche, New York’ is the best film of the decade.”

1999 - ”Magnolia”

Hoffman again worked with Paul Thomas Anderson when he played Phil Parma, a nurse for a cancer-stricken man, in the 1999 drama. “I really feel ... that ‘Magnolia’ is, for better or worse, the best movie I’ll ever make,” Anderson said.

1997 - ”Boogie Nights”

Hoffman played boom operator Scotty J. in the Paul Thomas Anderson-directed drama about the Golden Age of pornography in the 1970s and ’80s.

2005 - ”Capote”

Hoffman gained worldwide fame for his critically-acclaimed role as author Truman Capote in the 2005 biographical film directed by Bennett Miller. The performance earned Hoffman an Academy Award for Best Actor.

2003 - ”Owning Mahowny”

Hoffman played a Toronto bank employee with a gambling addiction in the Richard Kwietniowski-directed movie, which was named one of the ten best films of 2003 by film critic Roger Ebert.

— Rachel Osman