Boogie Nights

Year:

1997

Duration:

155 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.9

Director:

Paul Thomas Anderson

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 32 wins & 31 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1997-10-31

Filming Locations: 16801 Encino Hills Dr., Encino, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $15,000,000

Opening Weekend: $4,681,934 (USA) (2 November 1997)

Gross: $26,384,919 (USA) (12 April 1998)

Cast

Actor

Character

Julianne Moore

Boogie Nights

Greg Lauren

Luis Guzmán

Maurice TT Rodriguez

Burt Reynolds

Jack Horner

Rico Bueno

Hot Traxx Waiter

John C. Reilly

Reed Rothchild

Nicole Ari Parker

Becky Barnett

Don Cheadle

Buck Swope

Heather Graham

Rollergirl

Mark Wahlberg

Eddie Adams

William H. Macy

Little Bill

Samson Barkhordarian

Hot Traxx Chef

Nina Hartley

Little Bill's Wife

Brad Braeden

Big Stud

Joanna Gleason

Dirk's Mother

Lawrence Hudd

Dirk's Father

Michael Stein

Stereo Customer

Stanley DeSantis

Buck's Manager

Patricia Forte

Teacher

Kai Lennox

High School / College Kid

Laurel Holloman

Sheryl Lynn

Jason Andrews

Johnny - Limo Driver

Robert Ridgely

The Colonel James

Lil' Cinderella

Colonel's Lady Friend (as Amber Hunter)

Tom Dorfmeister

Watcher #1

Jason 'Jake' Cross

Watcher #2 (as Jake Cross)

Ricky Jay

Kurt Longjohn

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Scotty J.

Jack Wallace

Rocky

Selwyn Emerson Miller

Hot Traxx DJ

Jamielyn Kane

Colonel's Hot Traxx Girlfriend (as Jamielyn Gamboa)

Missy Spell Tanner

Becky's Girlfriend (as Melissa Spell)

Raymond Laboriel

Becky's Girlfriend's Friend

Melora Walters

Jessie St. Vincent

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 Soronen

Raphael (as Tim 'Stuffy' Soronen)

Michael Jace

Jerome

Philip Baker Hall

Floyd Gondolli

Alexander D. Slanger

Floyd's Kid - Boy

Tom Lenk

Floyd's Kid - Boy (as Thomas Lenk)

Lexi Leigh

Floyd's Kid - Girl

Laura Gronewold

Floyd's Kid - Girl (as Laura Gronewald)

Thomas Jane

Todd Parker

Vernon Guichard II

Mugsy Jack's Bartender

Tony Tedeschi

New Year's Eve Young Stud

Leslie Redden

KC Sunshine

Gregory T. Daniel

Minister (as Gregory Daniel)

Jonathan Quint

Johnny Doe

Michael Penn

Nick the Engineer

Don Amendolia

Bank Worker

Summer Cummings

Herself - Jacuzzi Girl (as Summer)

Skye Blue

Herself - Jacuzzi Girl (as Skye)

Robert Downey Sr.

Burt - Studio Manager (as Robert Downey Sr. 'A Prince')

Veronica Hart

Judge

Jack Riley

Lawyer

John Doe

Amber's Husband

Channon Roe

Surfer

Mike Gunther

Surfer Punk

Michael Raye Smith

Surfer Punk

Michael S. Stencil

Surfer Punk (as Michael Scott Stencil)

Dustin Courtney

Donut Boy

Allan Graf

Man with Gun

Jose Chaidez

Puerto Rican Kid

B. Philly Johnson

Rahad's Bodyguard

Alfred Molina

Rahad Jackson

Joe G.M. Chan

Cosmo - Rahad's Boy

Goliath

Tyrone

Israel Juarbe

Maurice's Brother

George Anthony Rae

Maurice's Brother

Eric Winzenried

Doctor

Sharon Ferrol-Young

Hot Traxx Dancer (as Sharon Ferrol)

Anne Fletcher

Hot Traxx Dancer

Scott Fowler

Hot Traxx Dancer

Melanie A. Gage

Hot Traxx Dancer

Eddie Garcia

Hot Traxx Dancer

Sebastian La Cause

Hot Traxx Dancer (as Sebastian LaCause)

Lance MacDonald

Hot Traxx Dancer (as Lance Macdonald)

Diane Mizota

Hot Traxx Dancer

Nathan Prevost

Hot Traxx Dancer (as Nathan Frederic Prevost)

Lisa Ratzin

Hot Traxx Dancer (as Lisa E. Ratzin)

Dee Dee Weathers

Hot Traxx Dancer

Darrel W. Wright

Hot Traxx Dancer

Grace Bustos

Underwater Swimming Girl at Pool Party

Tyrone D. Dixon

Actor in 'Angels Live in My Town' (uncredited)

Theo Mayes

Dirk Diggler's Hairstylist (uncredited)

Coleman McClary

Jack's Pool Party Guest (uncredited)

Jami Philbrick

Dancer (uncredited)

Misty Tamburelli

Girl in Red Dress (uncredited)

Sean Welch

Party Man (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Sean Penn was considered for the role of Rahad Jackson.

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According to an interview with Paul Thomas Anderson, he and Burt Reynolds did not get along during filming. Anderson still planned to hire Reynolds for Magnolia (1999), but Reynolds became angry with Anderson during the film's promotional tour and turned the role down.

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Although Amber Waves' actual name is never stated in the film, it's clear that her real first name is Maggie. During the party scene, Amber's young son, whom her ex-husband has forbidden her to have contact with due to her work in porn and drug use, calls her house asking for her. Maurice Rodriguez tries to find her, but can't because he and the people he asks at the party don't know that Maggie and Amber are the same person. Her ex-husband later calls her as Maggie during their custody hearing.

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Goofs

Dirk Diggler performs a studio recording of Stan Bush's song "The Touch" in March 1983. The song was written for The Transformers: The Movie, which was released in 1986.

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In 1977, when Eddie, Reed, and Scotty buy outfits in a clothing store, the bay window behind Scotty shows 1990s minivans and SUVs driving by.

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When Amber and her ex-husband met with a judge about custody in September of 1983, portraits of President Ronald Reagan and Governor Jerry Brown are on the wall. Brown was governor from January 1975 to January 1983; George Deukmejian had been governor for several months by September 1983.

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Quotes

Dirk: I wanna fuck. It's my fucking big dick. Who wants to fuck?

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Dirk: Does he want me to keep going until I come?

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Floyd Gondolli: This here's the future. Videotape tells the truth.

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Faq

Q

Were any of the characters based on real life people?

A

Several characters were inspired by the lives of real people, many who have been involved with moviemaking in and around Hollywood over the last several decades. The rise and fall of Eddie Adams was inspired by porn star Shauna Grant (born Colleen Applegate), while the more multilayered inspiration came from John Holmes for the Dirk Diggler/Brock Landers characters. Amber Waves's story was also supposedly inspired by porn actress, Veronica Hart, who played the judge in the custody scene.

Q

At the end of credits, a voice can be heard. What does it say?

A

The voice is that of Mark Walhberg. The dialogue is from the scene he was about to shoot when the credits began. The dialogue is: "I just want to talk to you... Raphael... *groans*... Goddamit... *heavy breathing*... Shit... Raphael... Where is he? Where's Ringo?"

Q

What was the Colonel's crime?

A

It's only hinted at in the scene where the Colonel talks to Jack Horner in prison but the Colonel had a number of pornographic films featuring children that he'd either collected OR shot himself in his basement. It probably wasn't mentioned specifically in the dialogue because it heightened the drama and intensity of the scene - we're meant to focus on Jack's reaction to the news, rather than the Colonel's confession.

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