Boogie Nights [Blu-ray]

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Paul Thomas Anderson

Overview

Recreating the years 1977-84, a time of bellbottoms, disco and drugs, this film from 27-year-old writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson (Hard Eight) explores the world of the adult entertainment industry. Naive and uneducated Southern California teen Eddie Adams (Mark Walhberg) isn't very happy with his passive father and a domineering mother. He labors as a kitchen worker in a popular San Fernando Valley nightclub, where one night he's noticed by successful porn producer Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds). Seduced by the "glamour" of the adult entertainment scene, Eddie takes on a new name, Dirk Diggler, and a new life when he joins the makeshift extended family of filmmakers and performers who assemble at Horner's film company. The idealistic Horner dreams of elevating his craft into an art form. Meanwhile, there's money to be made, and Diggler rises to the top. As king of the adult film world, he acquires a suitable wardrobe, a sleek sportscar, and a luxurious house. It's all an endless party. Diggler's ego excesses begin to backfire as the years pass, while his drug intake escalates. He fails to see the new faces eager to replace him. After a humiliating removal from a film set, Diggler spirals downward, hustling in parking lots. The Capitol Records soundtrack features classic songs from the Seventies and Eighties. Choreographer Adam Shankman was brought it to teach the cast accurate disco dance steps of the period. Premiere at the 1997 Toronto Film Festival. Shown at the New York Film Festival. Rated R "for strong sex scenes with explicit dialogue, nudity, drug use, language and violence."

Product Details

Release Date:	01/19/2010
UPC:	0794043132926
Original Release:	1997
Rating:	R
Source:	New Line Home Video
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:35:00

Special Features

Commentary by director Paul Thomas Anderson; Commentary by Don Cheadle, Heather Graham, Luiz Guzman, William H. Macy, Julianne Moore, John C Reilly, Mark Wahlberg and Melora Walters; Additional scenes ; Michael Penn Try music video; The John C. Reilly files: Outtakes and extended sequences ; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Mark Wahlberg	Eddie Adams/Dirk Diggler
Burt Reynolds	Jack Horner
Julianne Moore	Amber Waves
John C. Reilly	Reed Rothchild,Actor
Don Cheadle	Buck Swope
Heather Graham	Rollergirl
Luis Guzman	Maurice T. Rodriguez
Philip Seymour Hoffman	Scotty
William H. Macy	Little Bill
Alfred Molina	Rahad Jackson
Philip Baker Hall	Floyd Gondolli
Robert Ridgely	The Colonel
Melora Walters	Jessie St. Vincent
Nina Hartley	Little Bill's Wife
Thomas Jane	Todd Parker
Ricky Jay	Kurt Longjohn
Stanley DeSantis	Jerry, Buck's Manager
Michael Jace	Jerome
Howard Morris	Mr. Brown
Joanna Gleason	Dirk's Mother
Laurel Holloman	Sheryl Lynn
Jack Wallace	Rocky
Don Amendolia	Bank Worker
Jason Andrews	Johnny, the Colonel's Limo Driver
Samson Barkhordarian	Hot Traxx Chef
Brad Braeden	Big Stud
Kevin Breznahan	Sheryl Lynn's Husband
Rico Bueno	Hot Traxx Waiter
Jose Chaidez	Puerto Rican Kid
Joe GM Chan	Rahad's Asian Kid, Cosmo
Dustin Courtney	Donut Boy
Jake Cross	Watcher No. 2,Watcher #2
Gregory Daniel	Minister
John Doe	Thomas, Amber's Husband
Tom Dorfmeister	Watcher No. 1
Robert Downey	Burt, Recording Studio Manager
Patricia Forte	Teacher
Jamielyn Gamboa	Colonel's Girlfriend at Hot Traxx
Goliath	Tyrone
Allan Graf	Man with Gun
Laura Gronewald	Angie, Floyd's Kid
Vernon Guichard II	Mugsy Jack's Bartender
Mike Gunther	Surfer Punk No. 2
Veronica Hart	Judge
Lawrence Hudd	Dirk's Father
Amber Hunter	Colonel's O.D. Lady Friend
Ron Jeremy	Jail Guard
B. Philly Johnson	Rahad's Bodyguard
Israel Juarbe	Maurice's Brother No. 1
Raymond Laboriel	Hot Traxx Patron
Greg Lauren	Young Stud
Loren Lazerine	Police Officer
Henry Lee	Tailor
Lexi Leigh	Amateur Actress, Floyd's Kid
Thomas Lenk	Tommy, Floyd's Kid
Kai Lennox	High School/College Kid
Selwyn Emerson Miller	Hot Traxx DJ
Michael Penn	Nick, Recording Studio Engineer,Composer
Jonathan Quint	Johnny Doe
George Anthony Rae	Maurice's Brother No. 2
Leslie Redden	KC Sunshine
Jack Riley	Lawyer
Cannon Roe	Surfer
Skye	Jacuzzi Girl No. 1
Alexander D. Slanger	Pete, Floyd's Kid
Michael Raye Smith	Surfer Punk No. 1
Melissa Spell	Becky's Friend in Hot Traxx
Michael Stein	Super-Duper Stereo Customer
Michael Scott Stencil	Surfer Punk No. 3
Summer	Jacuzzi Girl No. 2
Tony Tedeschi	New Year's Eve Young Stud
Eric Winzenried	Doctor
Jody Wood	Pedestrian
Sharon Ferrol	Hot Traxx Dancer
Anne Fletcher	Hot Traxx Dancer
Scott Fowler	Hot Traxx Dancer
Melanie A. Gage	Hot Traxx Dancer
Eddie Garcia	Hot Traxx Dancer
Sebastian LaCause	Hot Traxx Dancer
Lance MacDonald	Hot Traxx Dancer
Diane Mizota	Hot Traxx Dancer
Nathan Frederic Prevost	Hot Traxx Dancer
Lisa E. Ratzin	Hot Traxx Dancer
Dee Dee Weathers	Hot Traxx Dancer
Darrel W. Wright	Hot Traxx Dancer
Jon Brion	Awards Ceremony Band Member
Brian Kehew	Awards Ceremony Band Member
Robin Sharp	Awards Ceremony Band Member
Audrey Wiechman	Awards Ceremony Band Member
Tim 'Stuffy' Soronen	Raphael,Raphael
Nicole Ari Parker	Becky Barnett
Paul W.S. Anderson	Actor
Jamielyn Lippman	Colonel's Hot Traxx Girlfriend
Missy Tanner	Becky's Girlfriend

Technical Credits

Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson	Director,Screenwriter,Producer
Lloyd Levin	Producer
Joanne Sellar	Producer
John Lyons	Producer,Producer
Lou Carlucci	Special Effects
Cliff Cudney	Stunts
Lawrence Gordon	Executive Producer,Producer
Christine Sheaks	Casting
David Blair	Special Effects
Brian Avery	Stunts
Dana Austin	Sound Effects
Stephen Halbert	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

"Everyone's blessed with one special thing," says Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg), the porn-star hero of director Paul Thomas Anderson's sprawling Altman-esque ensemble drama Boogie Nights. Diggler is blessed with a very large "special thing," plus childlike enthusiasm, and both help catapult him to sex-film stardom under the guiding hand of adult-film director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds). Set in late '7s and early '80s Los Angeles, Boogie Nights celebrates the era of eight-track tapes, disco, and cocaine. The times comevividly alive here, with a high-energy period soundtrack and a sharp cast that includes Julianne Moore (who earned an Oscar nomination for her role), Heather Graham, Don Cheadle, William H. Macy, John C. Reilly, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Their beautifully rounded performances bring a lot of warmth and compassion to a story that has plenty of sex and drugs, but is ultimately about family and forgiveness. Wahlberg is winningly boyish in the lead, but it's Reynolds who holds the film together (he also got an Oscar nomination) with his portrayal of a curiously asexual porn auteur and patriarch of an offbeat clan.