Boogie Nights (1997)
Boogie Nights is a comedy/drama that follows a young high-school dropout named Eddie Adams in the '70s who stumbles into the porn industry after a fortuitous meeting with a filmmaker. The film chronicles his career and life, illuminating the problematic stigmas and troubles facing the sector heading into the 1980s.
Boogie Nights
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- Director
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Release Date
- October 7, 1997
- Studio(s)
- New Line Cinema
- Distributor(s)
- New Line Cinema
- Cast
- John C. Reilly , Don Cheadle , Julianne Moore , Heather Graham , Mark Wahlberg , William H. Macy , Burt Reynolds , Philip Seymour Hoffman
- Writers
- Paul Thomas Anderson
- Runtime
- 155 minutes
- Budget
- $15 million
Summary
The story of a young man's adventures in the California pornography industry of the late 1970s and early 1980s.
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