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'{{About|the 1997 film|the Heatwave song|Boogie Nights (song)|the UK stage musical|Boogie Nights (musical)}} {{Infobox film | name = Boogie Nights | image = Boogie nights ver1.jpg | image_size = 215px | alt = | caption = American Theatrical release poster | director = [[Paul Thomas Anderson]] | producer = Paul Thomas Anderson<br />[[Lawrence Gordon (producer)|Lawrence Gordon]]<br />[[Lloyd Levin]] | writer = Paul Thomas Anderson | starring = [[Mark Wahlberg]]<br />[[Julianne Moore]]<br />[[Burt Reynolds]]<br />[[Don Cheadle]]<br />[[John C. Reilly]]<br />[[William H. Macy]]<br />[[Heather Graham (actress)|Heather Graham]] | music = [[Michael Penn]] | cinematography = [[Robert Elswit]] | editing = [[Dylan Tichenor]] | distributor = [[New Line Cinema]] | released = {{Film date|1997|10|10}} | language = English | country = United States | runtime = 155 minutes | budget = $15 million | gross = $43,101,594 }} '''''Boogie Nights''''' is a 1997 [[drama film]] written and directed by [[Paul Thomas Anderson]]. Set in [[Los Angeles]]'s [[San Fernando Valley]], the script focuses on a young [[nightclub]] dishwasher who becomes a popular star of [[pornographic film]]s, and chronicles his rise and fall from the [[Golden Age of Porn]] of the 1970s through the excess of the 1980s. The film also features cameos by porn actors [[Nina Hartley]] (as Little Bill's promiscuous wife) and [[Veronica Hart]] (as the custody hearing judge for Amber Waves' court case). The film was an expansion of Anderson's [[short film]] ''[[The Dirk Diggler Story]]'' (1988).<ref name=latimes>{{Cite web |last =McKenna|first =Kristine |title = Knows It When He Sees It | work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|publisher = |date = October 12, 1997|url = http://articles.latimes.com/print/1997/oct/12/entertainment/ca-41788| accessdate =2012-06-25}}</ref><ref name=rebels115>{{cite book |url= http://books.google.com/books?id=aQRM1yBVkjAC&lpg=PP1&dq=rebels%20on%20the%20backlot&pg=PA115#v=onepage&q&f=false|last= Waxman |first= Sharon R. |coauthors= |page=115 |pages=|title= Rebels on the backlot: six maverick directors and how they conquered the Hollywood studio system |publisher= [[HarperCollins]] |year= 2005 |month= |isbn= 978-0-06-054017-3}}</ref><ref name=nytimes2>{{Cite web |last =Hirshberg |first =Lynn |title =His Way| publisher=[[The New York Times Company]]|work =[[The New York Times|NYTimes.com]] |date = December 19, 1999|url =http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/19/magazine/his-way.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm | accessdate =2012-06-25}}</ref><ref name=sundancekids>{{cite book |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=dNgIU-dg2KEC&pg=PA129&dq=%22cigarettes+%26+coffee%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=J77oT-TGObGJ6wGLypHiDg&ved=0CDsQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=%22cigarettes%20%26%20coffee%22&f=false| last = Mottram | first = James | title = The Sundance Kids : how the mavericks took back Hollywood | publisher = Faber & Faber, Inc | location = NY | year = 2006 | isbn = 9780865479678 |page=129 }}</ref> ==Plot== In 1977, Eddie Adams is a high school dropout who lives with his father and [[alcoholic]] mother in [[Torrance, California]]. He works at a [[Los Angeles]] nightclub owned by Maurice Rodriguez, where he is discovered by porn director Jack Horner, who auditions him by watching him having sex with Rollergirl, a porn starlet who always wears skates. After a heated argument with his mother about his girlfriend and his sexual life, Adams runs away from home and moves in with Horner at his [[San Fernando Valley]] home. After agreeing to enter the world of pornography, he gives himself the screen name "Dirk Diggler", and becomes a star because of his good looks, youthful charisma, and extraordinarily large penis. His success allows him to buy a new house, an extensive wardrobe, and a "competition orange" [[Chevrolet Corvette]]. Dirk and his best friend/fellow star Reed Rothchild star in a series of successful action-themed porn films. Assistant director Little Bill is married to a porn star who frequently embarrasses him by having sex with other men in public. At a [[New Year's Eve]] party at Jack's house marking the year 1980, he shoots both her and her lover, then turns the gun on himself. Jack's porn empire struggles after his main source of funding, the Colonel, is imprisoned for possession of [[child pornography]]. His new financier, Floyd Gondolli, insists on cutting costs by shooting on videotape, a format that Jack detests. He is also unhappy with the lack of scripts and character development in the projects Gondolli expects him to churn out as quickly as possible. One of these projects involves him and Rollergirl, riding in a limousine searching for random men for her to have sex with while a crew tapes it. When a man recognizes Rollergirl as a former high school classmate, he insults both her and Jack. They beat him and leave him bleeding and half-conscious on the street. Leading lady Amber Waves, who took Eddie under her wing when he joined Jack's stable of actors, finds herself in a custody battle with her former husband. The court determines she is an unfit mother due to her involvement in the porn industry, prior criminal record, and [[cocaine]] [[drug addiction|addiction]]. Buck Swope marries fellow porn star Jessie St. Vincent, who shortly thereafter becomes pregnant. Because of his past, Buck is denied a bank loan to open a stereo equipment store. He stops at a donut shop and finds himself in the middle of a hold up, in which the clerk, the thief and an armed customer are killed in the crossfire. Buck escapes with the money and uses it to finance his store. Dirk becomes addicted to cocaine and [[methamphetamine]], and as a result, he finds it increasingly difficult to achieve an [[erection]], and falls into violent mood swings. After he has a falling out with Jack during a film shoot, he and Reed decide to pursue their dream of [[rock and roll]] stardom, a move supported by Scotty, a [[gay]] [[Boom operator (media)|boom operator]] who is in love with Dirk. However, they squander their money, leaving them unable to pay the recording studio for the demo tapes. Desperate for money, Dirk resorts to [[prostitution]], but he is assaulted and robbed by a gang of thugs. Dirk, Reed, and their friend Todd attempt to scam drug dealer Rahad Jackson by selling him a half-kilo of baking soda disguised as cocaine. The sale seems to have been executed smoothly, but Todd unexpectedly tries to rob Rahad, and is killed in the ensuing gunfight. Frightened by his brush with death, Dirk tearfully reconciles with Jack. By 1984, Amber, Rollergirl, and Dirk, now living in Jack's house, prepare to shoot a film. THE GUY WHO WROTE THIS IS A FUCKING IDIOT AND THIS ENTIRE SUMMARY IS IN AN INCORRECT ORDER ==Cast== * [[Mark Wahlberg]] as Eddie Adams ("Dirk Diggler"). [[Joaquin Phoenix]] was also considered for the role.<ref>{{cite news | title=Great roles actors have turned down | work=Yahoo Movies | url=http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/blog/article/113577/great-roles-actors-have-turned-down.html | accessdate=}}</ref> * [[Burt Reynolds]] as Jack Horner * [[Julianne Moore]] as Maggie ("Amber Waves") * [[Heather Graham]] as Brandi ("Rollergirl") * [[John C. Reilly]] as Reed Rothchild * [[Don Cheadle]] as Buck Swope * [[Nicole Ari Parker]] as Becky Barnett * [[William H. Macy]] as "Little" Bill Thompson * [[Nina Hartley]] as "Little" Bill's wife * [[Thomas Jane]] as Todd Parker * [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]] as Scotty J. * [[Melora Walters]] as Jessie St. Vincent * [[Robert Ridgely]] as Colonel James * [[Philip Baker Hall]] as Floyd Gondolli * [[Michael Jace]] as Jerome * [[Alfred Molina]] as Rahad Jackson * [[Luis Guzmán]] as Maurice Rodriguez * [[Ricky Jay]] as Kurt Longjohn * [[Joanna Gleason]] as Dirk's mother * [[Laurel Holloman]] as Sheryl Lynn * [[Michael Penn]] as Nick * [[Robert Downey Sr.]] as Burt * [[John Doe (musician)|John Doe]] as Amber's ex-husband ==Release and reception== The film premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]], and was shown at the [[New York Film Festival]], before opening on two screens in the U.S. on October 10, 1997. It grossed $50,168 on its opening weekend. Three weeks later it expanded to 907 theaters and grossed $4,681,934, ranking #4 for the week. It eventually earned $26,400,640 in the U.S. and $16,700,954 in foreign markets for a worldwide box office total of $43,101,594.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=boogienights.htm |title=BoxOfficeMojo.com |publisher=BoxOfficeMojo.com |date= |accessdate=2011-06-25}}</ref> ''Boogie Nights'' was met with very positive reviews. It currently has 92% positive reviews on film review aggregator site [[Rotten Tomatoes]], with 59 of 64 counted reviews giving it a "fresh" rating and an average rating of 8.1 out of 10.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/boogie_nights/|title=''Boogie Nights''|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=2012-05-16}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film holds an average score of 85 out of 100, based on 28 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/boogie-nights|title=''Boogie Nights''|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=2010-07-01}}</ref> [[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' said, "Everything about ''Boogie Nights'' is interestingly unexpected," although "the film's extravagant 2-hour 32-minute length amounts to a slight tactical mistake ... [it] has no trouble holding interest ... but the length promises larger ideas than the film finally delivers." She praised Burt Reynolds for "his best and most suavely funny performance in many years" and added, "The movie's special gift happens to be Mark Wahlberg, who gives a terrifically appealing performance."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/library/film/boogie-film-review.html |title='&#39;New York Times'&#39; review |publisher=Nytimes.com |date=1997-10-08 |accessdate=2011-06-25}}</ref> [[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' observed, "Few films have been more matter-of-fact, even disenchanted, about sexuality. Adult films are a business here, not a dalliance or a pastime, and one of the charms of ''Boogie Nights'' is the way it shows the everyday backstage humdrum life of porno filmmaking ... The sweep and variety of the characters have brought the movie comparisons to [[Robert Altman]]'s ''[[Nashville (film)|Nashville]]'' and ''[[The Player]]''. There is also some of the same appeal as ''[[Pulp Fiction (film)|Pulp Fiction]]'' in scenes that balance precariously between comedy and violence ... Through all the characters and all the action, Anderson's screenplay centers on the human qualities of the players ... ''Boogie Nights'' has the quality of many great films, in that it always seems alive."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19971017/REVIEWS/710170301/1023 |title='&#39;Chicago Sun-Times'&#39; review |publisher=Rogerebert.suntimes.com |date= |accessdate=2011-06-25}}</ref> [[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' stated, "''Boogie Nights'' is the first great film about the 1970s to come out since the '70s ... It gets all the details right, nailing down the styles and the music. More impressive, it captures the decade's distinct, decadent glamour ... [It] also succeeds at something very difficult: re-creating the ethos and mentality of an era ... Paul Thomas Anderson ... has pulled off a wonderful, sprawling, sophisticated film ... With ''Boogie Nights'', we know we're not just watching episodes from disparate lives but a panorama of recent social history, rendered in bold, exuberant colors."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1997/10/17/DD67372.DTL |title='&#39;San Francisco Chronicle'&#39; review |publisher=Sfgate.com |date=1997-10-17 |accessdate=2011-06-25 |first=Mick |last=LaSalle}}</ref> [[Kenneth Turan]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called it "a startling film, but not for the obvious reasons. Yes, its decision to focus on the pornography business in the San Fernando Valley in the 1970s and 1980s is nerviness itself, but more impressive is the film's sureness of touch, its ability to be empathetic, nonjudgmental and gently satirical, to understand what is going on beneath the surface of this raunchy ''Nashville''-esque universe and to deftly relate it to our own ... Perhaps the most exciting thing about ''Boogie Nights'' is the ease with which writer-director Anderson ... spins out this complex web. A true storyteller, able to easily mix and match moods in a playful and audacious manner, he is a filmmaker definitely worth watching, both now and in the future."{{Dead link|date=September 2011}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Boucher |first=Geoff |url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie971111-40,0,7782501.story |title=Los Angeles Times review |publisher=Calendarlive.com |date= |accessdate=2011-06-25}}{{Dead link|date=September 2011}}</ref> [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' said, "[T]his chunk of movie dynamite is detonated by Mark Wahlberg ... who grabs a breakout role and runs with it ... Even when ''Boogie Nights'' flies off course as it tracks its bizarrely idealistic characters into the '80s ... you can sense the passionate commitment at the core of this hilarious and harrowing spectacle. For this, credit Paul Thomas Anderson ... who ... scores a personal triumph by finding glints of rude life in the ashes that remained after [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]]. For all the unbridled sex, what is significant, timely and, finally, hopeful about ''Boogie Nights'' is the way Anderson proves that a movie can be mercilessly honest and mercifully humane at the same time."<ref>[http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/boogie-nights-19971010 ''Rolling Stone'' review]</ref> ==Soundtrack== {{Unreferenced section|date=March 2012}} Two [[Boogie Nights (soundtrack)|''Boogie Nights'' soundtracks]] were released, the first at the time of the film's initial release and the second the following year. Although the two albums encompass nearly every major song featured in the film, they did not include "[[99 Luftballons]]" by [[Nena]], "[[Lonely Boy (Andrew Gold song)|Lonely Boy]]" by [[Andrew Gold]], "Compared to What" by [[Roberta Flack]], "Fat Man" by [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]], "Sunny" by [[Boney M.]], and "The Sage," a [[cello]] piece by [[Chico Hamilton]]. ==Awards and nominations== {{Unreferenced section|date=March 2012}} {| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;" cellpadding="5" |- ! style="width:20%;"|Organization ! style="width:35%;"|Category ! style="width:35%;"|Recipients and nominees ! style="width:10%;"|Result |- |rowspan="3"|[[70th Academy Awards]] |[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] |[[Burt Reynolds]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] |[[Julianne Moore]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] |[[Paul Thomas Anderson]] |{{nom}} |- |rowspan="2"|[[55th Golden Globe Awards]] |[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture]] |[[Burt Reynolds]] |{{won}} |- |[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture]] |[[Julianne Moore]] |{{nom}} |- |rowspan="2"|[[51st British Academy Film Awards]] |[[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]] |[[Burt Reynolds]] |{{nom}} |- |[[BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] |[[Paul Thomas Anderson]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1997]] |Best New Filmmaker |[[Paul Thomas Anderson]] |{{won}} |- |[[British Independent Film Awards]] |Best Foreign Independent Film{{spaced ndash}}English Language | |{{won}} |- |[[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1997]] |[[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] |[[Burt Reynolds]] |{{won}} |- |[[Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 1997]] |[[Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] |[[Burt Reynolds]] |{{won}} |- |rowspan="2"|[[Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 1997]] |[[Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast|Best Cast]] | |{{won}} |- |[[Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] |[[Julianne Moore]] |{{won}} |- |[[Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards 1997]] |[[Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] |[[Burt Reynolds]] |{{won}} |- |rowspan="3"|[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1997]] |[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] |[[Burt Reynolds]] |{{won}} |- |[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] |[[Julianne Moore]] |{{won}} |- |[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1997|New Generation Award]] |[[Paul Thomas Anderson]] |{{won}} |- |rowspan="2"|[[National Society of Film Critics Awards 1997]] |[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] |[[Burt Reynolds]] |{{won}} |- |[[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] |[[Julianne Moore]] |{{won}} |- |[[1997 New York Film Critics Circle Awards]] |[[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] |[[Burt Reynolds]] |{{won}} |- |rowspan="8"|[[Golden Satellite Awards 1997]] |[[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture]] |[[Burt Reynolds]] |{{won}} |- |[[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture]] |[[Julianne Moore]] |{{won}} |- |[[Satellite Award for Best Cast - Motion Picture|Best Cast - Motion Picture]] | |{{won}} |- |[[Satellite Award for Best Film - Drama|Best Film - Drama]] | |{{nom}} |- |[[Satellite Award for Best Director|Best Director]] |[[Paul Thomas Anderson]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay|Original Screenplay]] |[[Paul Thomas Anderson]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama|Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama]] |[[Mark Wahlberg]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Satellite Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]] | |{{nom}} |- |rowspan="3"|[[4th Screen Actors Guild Awards]] |[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]] | |{{nom}} |- |[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture]] |[[Burt Reynolds]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Motion Picture]] |[[Julianne Moore]] |{{nom}} |- |[[Writers Guild of America Awards 1997]] |[[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] | |{{nom}} |} ==See also== *[[Lovelace (film)]] *[[The Pornographer]] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Wikiquote}} * {{IMDb title|0118749|Boogie Nights}} * {{Allmovie title|158673|Boogie Nights}} * {{mojo title|boogienights|Boogie Nights}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|boogie_nights|Boogie Nights}} * {{metacritic film|boogie-nights|Boogie Nights}} * {{imsdb|Boogie-Nights.html|Boogie Nights}} * [http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/tt/tt971031paul_thomas_anderson Paul Thomas Anderson radio interview] {{Paul Thomas Anderson}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Boogie Nights}} [[Category:1997 films]] [[Category:1990s drama films]] [[Category:American films]] [[Category:American drama films]] [[Category:English-language films]] [[Category:Films directed by Paul Thomas Anderson]] [[Category:Features based on short films]] [[Category:Films about actors]] [[Category:Films about filmmaking]] [[Category:Films about pornography]] [[Category:Films set in the 1970s]] [[Category:Films set in the 1980s]] [[Category:Films set in the San Fernando Valley]] [[Category:Films shot anamorphically]] [[Category:Films shot in multiple formats]] [[Category:Male prostitution in the arts]] [[Category:Disco films]] [[Category:New Line Cinema films]] [[da:Boogie Nights]] [[de:Boogie Nights]] [[es:Boogie Nights]] [[fr:Boogie Nights]] [[it:Boogie Nights - 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