Woo hoo! Here's the first full trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson's 'The Master'

I can't think of another director with as perfect a batting average as Paul Thomas Anderson, unless it's the unrelated Wes with the same last name. But seeing as how we've already seen the latest film from Wes Anderson, "Moonrise Kingdom" -- and a damned fine film it is -- it's time to shift our attention to the Anderson film we haven't seen yet -- P.T.'s "The Master."

It's the story of a troubled young man (Joaquin Phoenix) and a guru/writer (Philip Seymour Hoffman) who shows him the way through an organization (did I hear the word "cult" in the trailer?) that he's started in the years after World War II. Obviously, there's some sort of tie to Scientology, though whether it's explicit or not we can't say ... yet. That's one reason the movie is so intriguing (with extra bonus intrigue for the fact that a certain well-known proponent of Scientology earned an Oscar nod for his performance in P.T. Anderson's 1999 film, "Magnolia").

But what's really intriguing, of course, is the fact that this is the latest film from the visionary (the term seems to apply, don't you think?) who brought us -- deep breath now -- "Hard Eight," "Boogie Nights," "Magnolia," "Punch-Drunk Love" and "There Will Be Blood." I can only imagine what he's got up his sleeve next. Here's the trailer, which looks frankly spectacular.


"The Master" opens in theaters Oct. 12.