Cigarettes & Coffee
At a desert diner, the lives of five strangers become linked through a single twenty-dollar bill. Shot for $20,000 and starring Philip Baker Hall, the short premiered at Sundance and later inspired Anderson’s debut feature Hard Eight (1996).
Cast

Kirk Baltz
Douglas Walker

Philip Baker Hall
Sydney

Scott Coffey

Kim Gillingham

Miguel Ferrer
Bill

Michael Harris
Steve
Jennifer Kaplan
Bonnie Fidelman





