Boogie Nights (1997)

Regisseur:

Paul Thomas Anderson

Drehbuchautor (WGA):

Paul Thomas Anderson (written by)

Premierendatum:

10. Oktober 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Werbezeile:

Everyone has one special thing

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Magician | No Opening Credits | New House | Male Prostitution | Underwater

Filmpreise:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 19 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Brilliant, Bold, Powerful!

Besetzung

Mark Wahlberg	...	Eddie Adams - 'Dirk Diggler'
Burt Reynolds	...	Jack Horner
John C. Reilly	...	Reed Rothchild
Julianne Moore	...	Amber Waves - Maggie
Heather Graham	...	Brandy 'Rollergirl'
Don Cheadle	...	Buck Swope
Luis Guzmán	...	Maurice TT Rodriguez (as Luis Guzman)
Philip Seymour Hoffman	...	Scotty J.
William H. Macy	...	Little Bill
Thomas Jane	...	Todd Parker
Melora Walters	...	Jessie St. Vincent
Ricky Jay	...	Kurt Longjohn
Robert Ridgely	...	The Colonel James
Alfred Molina	...	Rahad Jackson
Philip Baker Hall	...	Floyd Gondolli

Alternativ:

Pushing Thirteen (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sex scenes with explicit dialogue, nudity, drug use, language and violence.

Länge:

156 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (DeLuxe)

Seitenverhältnis:

2.35 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Japan:R-15 | Canada:18A (British Columbia) | Canada:R (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Italy:VM14 | Australia:MA (TV rating) | 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

Drehorte:

Gourmet Video, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Ghoulardi Film Company

Dies und das:

Many porn stars and porn directors and producers of the actual time the film was based on discouraged the film, saying it was inaccurate for the popularity Dirk achieved, and explaining in the late '70s filming porn was illegal.

Pannen:

Anachronismus: When Dirk and the others go to rip-off the drug dealer a Neighborhood Watch sign is visible on a pole across from the front door. This type of sign did not come out until the 1990s

Dialogzitate:

Little Bill's wife: Don't stop, Big Stud!

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweist auf/spielt an auf/erwähnt Serpico (1973)

Soundtrack:

Do Your Thing

Brilliant, Bold, Powerful!

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.