Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Luis Guzmán | ... | Maurice t.t. Rodriguez (as Luis Guzman) | |
Burt Reynolds | ... | Jack Horner | |
Julianne Moore | ... | Amber Waves | |
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 / Dirk Diggler | |
William H. Macy | ... | Little Bill | |
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Samson Barkhordarian | ... | Hot Traxx Chef |
Nina Hartley | ... | Little Bill's Wife | |
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Brad Braeden | ... | Big Stud |
Joanna Gleason | ... | Dirk's Mother | |
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Lawrence Hudd | ... | Dirk's Father |
Adult film director Jack Horner is always on the lookout for new talent and it's only by chance that he meets Eddie Adams who is working as a busboy in a restaurant. Eddie is young, good looking and plenty of libido to spare. Using the screen name Dirk Diggler, he quickly rises to the top of his industry winning awards year after year. Drugs and ego however come between Dirk and those around him and he soon finds that fame is fleeting. Written by garykmcd
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.