Film1997156 min

Boogie Nights

Name: Boogie Nights
Genre: Drama
Released: 1997
Duration: 156 min
Cast: Luis Guzmán, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, Rico Bueno, John C. Reilly

Taste attributes: dramadetectivesexmafia/gangstermusic/danceteentried & testedunsavouryheavyrealisticsimplelinearenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcoming of agecomplex relationshipdeep rivalryfighting eviltroubled leads

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"The life of a dreamer, the days of a business, and the nights in between."

Boxlist takeA grounded drama that is small-scale, heavy and stirring. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Pace: balanced · Originality: tried and tested · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: very confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

7.6/10

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Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it

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Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Originality: Tried & tested, where this profile leans fresh / original

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Synopsis

Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole world seems to know his porn alter ego, "Dirk Diggler". Now, when disco and drugs are in vogue, fashion is in flux and the party never seems to stop, Adams' dreams of turning sex into stardom are about to collide with cold, hard reality.

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