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 | Subject: Boogie Nights - Paul Thomas Anderson 1997  Tue May 20, 2008 8:05 am | |
| the rise and fall of the supersized dick of Dirk Diggler!   Starring Mark Wahlberg, (aka dj Marky Mark http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marky_Mark_and_the_Funky_Bunch) playing the role of his life as pornstar Dirk Diggler, sexy Heather Graham as pornbabe Rollergirl, Burt Reynolds as kingpin porn Jack Horner, and furthermore Julianne Moore, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, Philip Seymour Hoffma... wikipedia sais... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boogie_Nights - Quote :
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The film depicts the pornographic film industry of the late 1970s and early 1980s as seen through the life of a young porn star, Dirk Diggler, played by Mark Wahlberg. This film details his discovery by porn director Jack Horner (based on William Margold), played by Burt Reynolds. The story concerns Diggler's entry into the business, his rise to stardom, and his eventual downfall due to cocaine and methamphetamine-induced paranoia and impotence, having become an arrogant "star". It ends with his reconciliation with Horner.
Dirk Diggler's rise and fall serves as a way to explore a number of characters and the fashions and foibles of the late 1970s and early 1980s. All the characters experience a variety of highs and lows as the plot intertwines the stories of the characters Jack, Amber, Buck, Rollergirl, and Dirk.
Jack discovers a young Eddie Adams working in a nightclub and shortly after recruits him into the industry. Eddie adopts the moniker "Dirk Diggler" and quickly becomes an adult film celebrity, winning several adult film awards and spending his earnings on clothes, shoes, a new house, and his most prized possession, a "competition orange" Chevrolet Corvette.
Jack's assistant, Little Bill (William H. Macy) is married to another porn star (played by real-life porn queen Nina Hartley) who constantly humiliates him by having sex with other men, occasionally in public. He catches her cheating on him at a New Years Eve party, goes to his car, retrieves a revolver and shoots her and her lover and then turns the gun on himself in front of the party crowd. This marks a major turning point of the movie, as most of the characters' lives take a turn for the worse afterward.
In a lengthy sequence, the film moves from one character to another, showing their attempts and failures to make lives for themselves after they have left the adult film industry. Jack's efforts to continue his porno empire flounder after his main source of funding, Colonel James, (Robert Ridgely) is imprisoned for child pornography. His new financier, Floyd Gondoli (Philip Baker Hall), insists on cutting costs by shooting on video and using amateur actors. Jack dislikes the videotape format and films without script, character development, or direction, yet (having no choice) he goes along, and tries to revitalize his career by having Rollergirl (Heather Graham) ride with him in a limousine enticing random strangers to have sex with her on film (based on Jamie Gillis's On the Prowl). The ploy goes badly when the man they choose at random knows Rollergirl from high school (he addresses her by her real first name "Brandy") and insults her. She and Jack beat him severely and leave him bleeding on the street.
Amber Waves (Julianne Moore) finds herself in a nasty custody battle with her former husband (John Doe) over their child. She is stunned when the court determines that she is unfit to be a mother due to her involvement in the porn industry, her past criminal record and her addiction to cocaine.
Buck Swope (Don Cheadle) marries another porn star, Jessie St. Vincent (Melora Walters), who, shortly thereafter, becomes pregnant. After being denied a bank loan to open a stereo store, Buck stops at a donut shop that is subsequently held up. In a strange twist of fate, the clerk, thief, and a gun-wielding customer who tries to stop the robbery end up killing each other. Buck escapes with the money the thief would otherwise have stolen, and uses the money to open a stereo store.
Dirk (Mark Wahlberg) becomes addicted to cocaine and methamphetamine, and has a violent falling out with Jack (Burt Reynolds) during a film shoot. He and Reed (John C. Reilly) leave to pursue their dream of forming an early-'80s rock band; however, due to their cocaine addiction, they are unable to pay the recording studio for their demo tapes. Dirk tries to prostitute himself but is assaulted by a gang of thugs. Dirk and Reed, along with their mutual friend, Todd (Thomas Jane), attempt to scam an associate, Rahad Jackson (Alfred Molina), into purchasing a half-kilo of baking soda, which they claim is cocaine. During the deal, Todd attempts a much larger robbery and is killed during the ensuing gunfight. (The incident is loosely based on the real life Wonderland murders.) Dirk and Reed barely escape the house alive. Not long after, Dirk returns to Jack's house and the two reconcile. Dirk re-enters the adult industry and most of the characters appear to be living in Jack's house, their version of a family. my personal opinion??? THIS IS ONE GREAT MOVIE!!! FUNNY AS HELL, disco, drama, drugs, porn, superb acting... MUST-SEE STUFF!!!  8/10!!!  | |
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| | Subject: Re: Boogie Nights - Paul Thomas Anderson 1997 Tue May 20, 2008 10:47 am | |
| Yeah, I really liked Boogie Nights as well, the way it depicts the porn industry is great, the acting is solid...
Soundtrack's great as well!
8.5/10 | |
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| | Subject: Re: Boogie Nights - Paul Thomas Anderson 1997 Mon Sep 22, 2008 8:32 pm | |
| Nice movie! Great fun to wacth, funny and entertaining (arghh my yesterday's post was better  )  | |
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