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Boogie Nights

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7.6/10 • 3.3K

1997-10-102h 36m

Drama

The life of a dreamer, the days of a business and the nights in between.

Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole world seems to know his porn alter ego, "Dirk Diggler". Now, when disco and drugs are in vogue, fashion is in flux and the party never seems to stop, Adams' dreams of turning sex into stardom are about to collide with cold, hard reality.

Directors
Paul Thomas Anderson
Writters
Paul Thomas Anderson
Editors
Dylan Tichenor

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Mark Wahlberg

    Mark Wahlberg

    Eddie Adams / Dirk Diggler

  2. Burt Reynolds

    Burt Reynolds

    Jack Horner

  3. Julianne Moore

    Julianne Moore

    Amber Waves

  4. John C. Reilly

    John C. Reilly

    Reed Rothchild

  5. Heather Graham

    Heather Graham

    Rollergirl

  6. Don Cheadle

    Don Cheadle

    Buck Swope

  7. Philip Seymour Hoffman

    Philip Seymour Hoffman

    Scotty J.

  8. William H. Macy

    William H. Macy

    Little Bill

  9. Thomas Jane

    Thomas Jane

    Todd Parker

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CinemaSerf

May 28, 2023

7/10

Yikes, but was there fuss around this when it was released? A film about porn, yes, but a film about men in porn - and with the ribbed and toned "Marky Mark" too! What will we see? What will he show? I remember the general interest in this hitherto rather unsavoury topic was insatiable. Well, what we do get is a rather interesting and lively exposé of just how the porn industry might have worked in the late 1970s. Experienced producer "Horner" (Burt Reynolds) spots hunky waiter "Eddie" (Mark Wahlberg) in a restaurant and next thing, the young man is the hottest of properties. With the timeless moniker of "Dirk Diggler" (try finding that on PornHub!) he is soon a true star with money and girls and drugs galore. Fame is a fickle friend, however, and the writing is soon on the wall for our emotionally ill-equipped young man who never for a moment considers that this escalator can go down as well as up. This story is filled with engaging and enigmatic characters - ranging from the stoic "Amber Waves" (a cracking effort from Julianne Moore) who seems to try and instil a sense of proportion and responsibility to the gorgeously stereotypical "Reed Rothschild" (an unlikely casting, I thought, in John C. Reilly). It's Mark Wahlberg who proves to be the revelation here, though. He works quite naturally with the on-form, and entirely plausible, veteran Reynolds and for quite a while, their roller-coaster of sex and success is compelling and quite enjoyable to follow. Is anything real in that scene at the end? Well who knows - but 2½ hours peppered with some great disco just flew by in a cinema that was packed to the rafters.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$15,000,000.00
Revenue
$43,101,594.00
Keywords
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