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Boogie Nights

Cast

Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle View All

Crew

Paul Thomas Anderson (Screenplay), Paul Thomas Anderson (Director) View All

Release: Oct. 7th, 1997

Runtime: 2 hours, 35 minutes

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...

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13 Boogie Nights

What did you think of Boogie Nights? I LOVED it! I love PT Anderson. GO Magnolia! . Anyways, some of my friends hated it, but me like. Also, did anyone see PT Anderson's Hard Eight? If so, what ...

1 Boogie Nights Car Scene

My question is, in Boogie Nights when the guy gets in the car with Jack and Rollergirl and then they beat him up after he insults them, is that the same guy who was making lewd gestures to Rollergirl ...

28 Magnolia vs. Boogie Nights

Which P.T. Anderson film did you like more, Magnolia or Boogie Nights? I thought they were both great and Boogie Nights might have the edge on entertainment value, Magnolia was much more deeper and p...

4 Boogie Nights Debate

I just watched Boogie Nights again with a friend. After the movie, instead of commenting on the references to Scorsese movies or how good it was, all we could talk about was to debate as to whether Am...

40 Rate that Movie: Boogie Nights

BOOGIE NIGHTS (Paul Thomas Anderson, 1997) MoFo Rating: 7.8 (27 votes) ...

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seanc
After this brief introduction into the brokenness of some of these characters, PTA immerses us into this lifestyle for a long period of time without ever coming up for air in the real world.

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