Boogie Nights

The story of a young man’s adventures in the Californian pornography industry of the 1970s and 1980s.

• Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
• Genre:Drama
• Runtime:156 minutes

Cast

Luis Guzmán : Maurice TT Rodriguez (as Luis Guzman)
Burt Reynolds : Jack Horner
Julianne Moore : Amber Waves
Rico Bueno : Hot Traxx Waiter
John C. Reilly : Reed Rothchild.

Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) is a handsome high school dropout and male prostitute that lives with his father and alcoholic mother in Torrance, California. He works at a suburban nightclub owned by Maurice Rodriguez (Luis Guzmán[2]) where he is discovered by porn director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds). He then gives himself the screen name of Dirk Diggler and becomes an instant star because of his extraordinary endowment and youthful charisma. His success allows him to purchase a new house, an extensive wardrobe, and his most prized possession: a “competition orange” Chevrolet Corvette. Dirk and his best friend/fellow porn star Reed Rothchild (John C. Reilly), who aspires to be a magician, star in a series of very successful porn/action films.

Assistant director Little Bill (William H. Macy) is married to a blonde porn star (Nina Hartley) who frequently engages in sexual behavior with other men. At a New Year’s Eve party at Jack’s house marking the year 1980, he shoots and kills her and her lover and then turns the gun on himself in front of the guests.

The film moves from one character to another, showing their attempts to make lives for themselves in the adult film industry and their failures when they leave it. Jack’s porn empire flounders after his main source of funding, The Colonel James (Robert Ridgely), is imprisoned for possession of child pornography. His new financier, Floyd Gondolli (Philip Baker Hall), 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 (Heather Graham) riding in a limousine while they search for random strangers for her to have sex with in the back seat while a crew tapes it. When a man they choose recognizes Rollergirl, then subsequently insults both her and Jack they attack him and leave him bleeding and half-conscious on the street. Read more

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