Boogie Nights
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Paul Thomas Anderson
Lawrence Hudd
Michael Scott Stencil
Henry Lee
Joanna Gleason
Stanley Desantis
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A dark comedy following the rise and fall of Eddie Adams, a handsome, uneducated teenager who works in the kitchen of a popular San Fernando Valley nightclub. Back at home, Eddie has to face the oppressive company of a passive father and a domineering mother who keeps reminding him he's stupid and a failure. But when he's spotted at the club by Jack Horner, a successful porn producer, Eddie is instantly lured to a promising career in the adult entertainment industry.
Director
Paul Thomas Anderson
Cast
Lawrence Hudd
Michael Scott Stencil
Henry Lee
Joanna Gleason
Stanley Desantis
Tom Dorfmeister
Melora Walters
Jason Andrews
Michael Jace
Jack Wallace
Michael Penn
Lance Macdonald
Nicole Ari Parker
George Anthony Rae
Jack Riley
Dustin Courtney
Selwyn Emerson Miller
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Luis Guzman
Don Cheadle
Israel Juarbe
Don Amendolia
Samson Barkhordarian
Greg Lauren
Dee Dee Weathers
Ron Hyatt
Kai Lennox
Mark Wahlberg
Laura Gronewold
Nathan Prevost
Mike Gunther
Melanie Gage
Chris Carriveau
Alfred Molina
Raymond Laboriel
Joe Gm Chan
Darrel Wright
Tom Lenk
Allan Graf
Brad Braeden
Leslie Redden
Scott Fowler
William H. Macy
Robert Ridgely
Diane Mizota
Gregg Daniel
Amber Hunter
Eddie Garcia
Patricia Forte
Ricky Jay
Tony Tedeschi
Veronica Hart
Jonathan Quint
Lexi Leigh
Anne Fletcher
Jose Chaidez
Lisa Ratzin
Alexander D Slanger
B Philly Johnson
Sebastian Lacause
Howard Morris
Jamielyn Kane
Rico Bueno
Loren Lazerine
Vernon Guichard
Channon Roe
Philip B. Hall
Kevin Breznahan
John C. Reilly
Jody Wood
Laurel Holloman
Burt Reynolds
Nina Hartley
Robert Downey
Thomas Jane
Eric Winzenried
Heather Graham
Melissa Spell
John Doe
Sharon Ferrol
Jake Cross
Julianne Moore
Crew
Kimberly Adams-galligan
Tom Ajar
Colin Alexander
Dwayne Mark Alezandre
Paul Thomas Anderson
Paul Thomas Anderson
Nick Arnds
Karrie Aubuchon
Brian Edward Avery
Mark Balda
Tony Barattini
Maria K. Battle
Victor Bazaz
Ron Bedrosian
Bradford Bell
Howard Berger
Ted Berner
Kamar Bitar
Michael Blair
Mark W J Borg
James Borgardt
Joseph Bosco
Mark Bridges
Steve Brock
Benny Buck
Adam Campbell
Diane Carlucci
John Carlucci
Lou Carlucci
Ken Carriveau
Andrea Carter
Joe Colangelo
Valeria Migliassi Collins
Eddie Conna
Brad Coombs
Linda S Cormany
Joe Cosentino
Pat Cosentino
Shawn Crowder
Cliff Cudney
Liam Curtin
Gregg Dandridge
Max Daniels
David Davenport
Valerie Davidson
Dane A. Davis
Keith M Davis
Kenny Davis
Michael De Luca
Mark Deallessandro
Eva Marie Denst
Angel Desanti
Joseph Dianda
Suzanne Diaz-westmore
William T Dreher
Adam Druxman
Jennifer Duclos
Minnie Duerr
Jenna Dupree
Erik Ellner
Robert Elswit
Robert Elswit
Robert Elswit
R Shawn Ensign
Avy Eschenasy
Ron Finn
Anne Fletcher
Stephen Flynn
Jamie Fronta
Marie Gaerlan
Marie Gaerlan
Kristen Gassner
Greg Gateley
Anna Geyer
Jeffrey Lee Gibson
Penny A Gillman
Emily Glatter
Larry Gordon
William J Gray
Mark Graziano
Nina Grossman
Nina Grossman
Josh Hakian
David Halbert
Peter Halbert
Stephen Halbert
Lana Hale
James Hall
Tom Hammond
Julie Hansen
Barbara Harris
Lynn Harris
Bob Hart
Geno Hart
Stephen Hart
Stephen Hart
Gregg Hartman
Jonathan Herman
Bill Holmquist
Kevin Hughes
Ron Hughes
Garrett Immel
Janet Ingram
Olga Ishkhanova
Scott L Jackson
Patrick Jager
Joel Jaspan
Ron Jeremy
Mark S. Kaufman
Kini Kay
Jocelyne Kelly
Michael Keys
Brian King
Rich King
Louis Kiss
Richard Klein
Lou Kleinman
Jon Krueger
Cassandra Kulukundis
Robert Kurtzman
Chad Lane
Suzanne Lapick
Bobby Lavelle
Greg Lay
Gillian Lefkowitz
James Lenox
Lloyd Levin
Frank Long
Arnie Lopez
Cookie Lopez
Jose Lopez
George Lozano
Daniel Lupi
Daniel Lupi
John S. Lyons
Laura Macias
Eileen Malyszko
Craig Markey
Robert Maverick
Theo Mayes
Richard Mcconnell
Bill Mcdevitt
Robert Mcgovern
Brian K Mcmanus
David Mcrell
Lucas Meyers
Lucas Meyers
Sharon Michaels
Danny Miller
Martin Milligan
Sean Moe
Jeremy Molod
Rob Montalbano
Jeff L Moore
Marnie Moore
Marnie Moore
Jennifer Mosberg
Greg Musselman
Ron Myers
Pablo B. Nantas
Gregory A Newton
Steve M Nickolai
David Nickoll
Patrizia Nicoloso
Greg Nicotero
Ngoli Nirenda
Andrea Nunn
Hugh Aodh O'brien
Karri O'reilly
Jack Orlando
Bethany Orlemann
Jeff Orsa
Mark B Palma
David Parker
Rick Partlow
Rick Partlow
Scott Patten
David Peck
John Pellegrino
Michael Penn
Michael Phillips
Michael Phillips
Michael L Phillips
Adam Pinkstaff
Marshall Plumb
Dana Porter
Paul Prokop
Karyn Rachtman
Hilmar Ragnarsson
Jeff Ramsey
Fred Raskin
Michael Riba
Marc Rindner
Larry Ring
Charles W Ritter
Lynn Rodgers
Tina Roesler-kerwin
Layla Ross
Evelyn Rozenfeld
Chanel Salzer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Original Screenplay
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for the 1997 award for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen by the Writers Guild of America (WGA).
Winner of the 1997 award for Best New Filmmaker for both "Boogie Nights," and his other directorial effort "Hard Eight" (USA/1996) from the Boston Society of Film Critics.
Winner of the 1997 award for Best Supporting Actor (Burt Reynolds) from the Chicago Film Critics Association.
Winner of the 1997 award for Best Supporting Actor (Burt Reynolds) from the New York Film Critics Circle.
Winner of three 1997 awards, including Best Supporting Actor (Burt Reynolds), Best Supporting Actress (Julianne Moore), and the New Generation Award (Paul Thomas Anderson) from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
Released in United States Fall October 12, 1997
Released in United States October 17, 1997
Limited Release in United States October 24, 1997
Wide Release in United States October 31, 1997
Released in United States on Video April 7, 1998
Released in United States 1997
Released in United States November 1997
Shown at New York Film Festival September 26 - October 12, 1997.
Shown at London Film Festival November 6-23, 1997.
Feature adaptation of Paul Thomas Anderson's short film "The Dirk Diggler Story" (1988).
Began shooting July 10, 1996.
Completed shooting October 7, 1996.
Released in United States Fall October 12, 1997
Released in United States October 17, 1997 (Los Angeles and Chicago)
Limited Release in United States October 24, 1997
Wide Release in United States October 31, 1997
Released in United States on Video April 7, 1998
Released in United States 1997 (Shown at New York Film Festival September 26 - October 12, 1997.)
Released in United States November 1997 (Shown at London Film Festival November 6-23, 1997.)
Co-winner of the Metro Media Award (with "LA Confidential") at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival.
