 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Paakanga ari papurogiramu yeSundance Feature Film, Anderson akanga atova nechibvumirano neRysher Entertainment kuti atungamirire firimu rake rokutanga rakazara, Sydney, rakatumidzwazve kuti Hard Eight. Pashure pokupedza firimu racho, Rysher akarigadzirisazve. Anderson, uyo akanga achine chinyorwa chebasa rake rokutanga, akatumira firimu racho kuCannes Film Festival muna 1996, apo yakaratidzwa muchikamu cheUn Certain Regard. Anderson akakwanisa kubudisa shanduro yacho, asi pashure pokunge atumidzazve firimu racho, uye akaunganidza 200,000 yaidiwa kuti apedze. Anderson, Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, uye Gwyneth Paltrow vakapa mari yokupedzisira. Shanduro yakabudiswa yaiva yaAnderson uye kurumbidzwa kubva mufirimu kwakatangisa basa rake. Firimu rinotevera mutambi mukuru, uyo anotora murume asina musha pasi pemapapiro ake, apo iye anova nehukama hwepabonde nemushandi ane matambudziko. Yakaratidzawo Philip Seymour Hoffman semubhejeri anozvikudza, achitanga kubatana kwemafirimu mashanu pakati pevaviri. Mukudzokorora kwake firimu racho, Chicago Sun-Times mutsoropodzi Roger Ebert akanyora kuti, Mafirimu akaita se Hard Eight anondiyeuchidza nezvezvimiro zvepakutanga, zvinomanikidza izvo mafirimu anogona kutipa dzimwe nguva. 