On September 11, 1997, "Boogie Nights" premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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Boogie Nights



Theatrical release poster

Release dates: September 11, 1997 (TIFF); October 10, 1997 (United States)

Boogie Nights is a 1997 American period comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It is set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley and focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes a popular star of pornographic films, chronicling his rise in the Golden Age of Porn of the 1970s through to his fall during the excesses of the 1980s. The film is an expansion of Anderson's mockumentary short film The Dirk Diggler Story (1988), and stars Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Heather Graham.

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 1997, and was theatrically released on October 10, 1997, garnering critical acclaim. It was also nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Original Screenplay for Anderson, Best Supporting Actress for Moore and Best Supporting Actor for Reynolds. The film's soundtrack has also received acclaim.

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Boogie Nights (1997) - Official Trailer
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Director and Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson
Stars Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds..

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

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[TexasBushwhacker]

1. I loved that movie

I thought Burt Reynolds was great, but he was embarrassed by it.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. I got the DVD a few weeks ago. I had it on VHS.

Good movie.

[dingosatemyusername]

4. it's his best work

he was also great as the pervy senator in "Striptease"

[pnwest]

3. Terrific movie. The scene where he's fighting

with his mom is great. I became a huge William H Macy fan from this movie as well. And the soundtrack! I had to buy it.