Boogie Nights (1997)

  • R
  • 10/08/1997 (US)
  • Drama
  • 2h 36m

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

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.

Paul Thomas Anderson

Director, Writer

Cast

Mark Wahlberg's headshot

Mark Wahlberg

Eddie Adams / Dirk Diggler
Burt Reynolds's headshot

Burt Reynolds

Jack Horner
Julianne Moore's headshot

Julianne Moore

Amber Waves
John C. Reilly's headshot

John C. Reilly

Reed Rothchild
Heather Graham's headshot

Heather Graham

Rollergirl
Don Cheadle's headshot

Don Cheadle

Buck Swope
Philip Seymour Hoffman's headshot

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Scotty J.
William H. Macy's headshot

William H. Macy

Little Bill

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