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Release Date
• USA: Oct 10, 1997
DVD Release Date
• R1: Apr 7, 1998
Budget $15,000,000
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong sex scenes with explicit dialogue, nudity, drug use, language and violence.
Running Time
2 hours, 32 minutes
Country USA
Studio Lawrence Gordon Productions, New Line Cinema
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Other Titles
• Boogie Nights
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Genre: Drama, Drugs, Showbiz, Racy, Period Piece, Coming Of Age, Prostitution, Infidelity, Gay/Lesbian, Thieves, Murder, Gore
Tagline: Everyone has one special thing
Plot: It’s Los Angeles, 1977, and adult film director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds) meets Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg), a well-endowed dishwasher in a nightclub. Jack recruits Eddie to be his newest star and Eddie, hungry for fame, quickly agrees, changing his name to Dirk Diggler. Soon Dirk is the hottest star in the porn industry, alongside Rollergirl (Heather Graham), a high school dropout who never removes her roller skates, and Amber Waves (Julianne Moore), the veteran star who pines for the son she's not allowed to visit. On the fringes, Little Bill (William H. Macy) fumes while his wife cheats on him in public, and Buck Swope (Don Cheadle) tries to escape the stigma of being a porn actor. The good times roll, but before long Dirk falls victim to the pressures of stardom and a drug habit that ruins his career while Jack struggles with porn’s conversion from film to cheaper videotapes. Director Paul Thomas Anderson’s breakthrough film is an exhilarating ride along the underbelly of the 1970s inspired by the films of Altman and Scorsese, featuring colorful camera work, a dynamic soundtrack, and excellent performances from the entire cast, most notably Reynolds in an Oscar-nominated comeback role.
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