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Boogie Nights (1997) -- The story of a young man's adventures in the Californian pornography industry of the 1970s and 1980s.
Boogie Nights (1997) -- The story of a young man's adventures in the Californian pornography industry of the 1970s and 1980s.
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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   65,770 votes
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Writer (WGA):
Paul Thomas Anderson (written by)
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Release Date:
10 October 1997 (USA) more
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Everyone has one special thing more
Plot:
The story of a young man's adventures in the Californian pornography industry of the 1970s and 1980s. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 19 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(57 articles)
Paul Thomas Anderson Announces Next Film, Starts His Own Religion
 (From Cinematical. 2 December 2009, 8:32 PM, PST)

Graham Has The Magic Touch - Literally
 (From WENN. 4 June 2009, 6:35 PM, PDT)

User Reviews:
Brilliant, Bold, Powerful! more (477 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Pushing Thirteen (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong sex scenes with explicit dialogue, nudity, drug use, language and violence.
Runtime:
155 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Japan:R-15 | Canada:18A (British Columbia) | Canada:R (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Italy:VM14 | USA:TV-MA (TV rating) | Brazil:18 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Canada:16+ (Québec) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-16 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:18 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Mexico:C | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) (cut) | Singapore:R21 (re-rating) | South Korea:(Banned) (original rating) | South Korea:18 (re-rating) (cut) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #34763) | Iceland:16

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Trivia:
Dirk Diggler mentions John Holmes and one of his characters, Johnny Wadd, in the scene when he proposes the idea of a serial porn detective story (with the characters of Brock Landers and Chest Rockwell) to Jack. Dirk says, "I don't want to do stuff like Holmes is doing with his Johnny Wadd character, hitting women and stuff. That just ain't right." This leads the viewer to believe that Dirk and Holmes are rivals in the industry, not that Dirk is a direct representation of Holmes. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): During the filming of the first love scene between Eddie and Amber waves, Eddie says to her (just before she tells him she's fixed and he can cum inside her), "you feel so good inside me." more
Quotes:
[the Colonel James is in jail after being arrested for cocaine possession and attempted statutory rape]
Colonel James: They found something else.
Jack Horner: What?
Colonel James: Well... it's just... they're so cute when they're so young like that...
Jack Horner: Ah, Jesus...
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Movie Connections:
References Serpico (1973) more
Soundtrack:
Do Your Thing more

FAQ

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84 out of 99 people found the following review useful.
Brilliant, Bold, Powerful!, 15 October 2002
Author: Humberto Vergara (hb_ver@yahoo.com) from El Paso, Texas

Director Paul Thomas Anderson has created a fascinating account of a family of pornographers in the late 1970s. It is a frank, compelling, and disturbing vignette of unforgettable characters. Mark Whalberg (in his best performance to date) plays a well-endowed 17 year old who begins working in the porn industry under porn director Burt Reynolds (in an Oscar nominated performance). John C. Reilly plays a fellow porn star, Julianne Moore (never better) as a famous porn queen, Philip Seymour Hoffman as a timid homosexual porn crew member, William H. Macy as a fatalistic loser who's wife is always cheating on him, and Heather Graham (Reynolds daughter) as a rising porn star. Everybody does a fine job. The best scenes belong to former porn star couple Don Cheadle and Nicole Parker who add some of the comic relief to the film. What's intriguing is the way the actors interact with each other and the way they struggle to find their self-identity, plus a bravura script, colorful and startling cinematography, and a rousing rocking 70s soundtrack that make Boogie Nights one of the best films of 1997. It is a touching, humorous, and shocking film bursting with originality with an overall message of: redemption and forgiveness.

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