Boogie Nights

Boogie Nights

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

Rating

4.0 (1)

Release Date

10/10/1997

Runtime

156 mins

Genres

Overview

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.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$15,000,000

Revenue

$43,101,594

Homepage

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How It Feels

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A dizzy, ensemble-driven chronicle of ambition and excess in the 1970s-80s porn industry, where the constant party high slowly reveals its devastating cost. Paul Thomas Anderson orchestrates a sprawling ensemble cast through the glittering rise and precipitous fall of his characters with infectious energy that gradually curdles into heartbreak.

Mood

EuphoricMelancholicDread-soakedWhimsical

Themes

Coming of ageAmbitionIdentityCorruptionFamily

Tone

Operatic

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

HandheldStylized genreHigh-contrast

Structure

Ensemble

Heads up

Sexual contentAddiction

Reviews

nicolascagegoons

boogie nights is a magnitude of an achievement for someone in their 20s.

i do not fuck with it as much as other people but i still think its crazy good.
mark wahlberg gives a great performance, everyone does but what holds this film together is its interesting deep dive into the world of adult films and how most of the times it ends up in shambles.
every actor gets at least one scene to shine but with that said i don't really care for some characters. like don cheadle, great performance but im utterly confused at his presence in the film.
its not a huge deal since his character and don cheadle himself still bounces off the cast very well but still.

i don't think the film looks as gorgeous as hard eight but like, its hard(eight) to beat that films casino settings, filled to the brim with lights, neon signs and colors.
only real negative is that, no, i didn't wanna see mark wahlbergs fucking dick. fuck you paul w.s anderson. 0/10

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