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DVD : Boogie Nights [1998] (REGION 1) (NTSC)

starring: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzmán, Rico Bueno
directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson


Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Binding: DVD EAN: 9780780631205 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 078063120X Label: New Line Home Video Manufacturer: New Line Home Video Number Of Items: 2 Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen Publisher: New Line Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 29, 2000 Running Time: 155 minutes Sales Rank: 59663 Studio: New Line Home Video Theatrical Release Date: October 10, 1997	Average Rating: Price: £12.43 Prices subject to change.
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Amazon.co.uk Review:
Even if the notorious 1970s porn-filmmaking milieu doesn't exactly turn you on, don't let it turn you off to this movie's extraordinary virtues, either. Boogie Nights is one of the key movies of the 1990s and among the most ambitious and exuberantly alive American movies in years. It's also the breakthrough for an amazing new director, whose dazzling kaleidoscopic style here recalls the Robert Altman of Nashville and the Martin Scorsese of Good Fellas.

Although loosely based on the sleazy life and times of real-life porn legend John Holmes, at heart it's a classic Hollywood rise-and-fall fable: a naive, good-looking young busboy is discovered in a San Fernando Valley disco by a famous motion picture producer, becomes a hotshot movie star, lives the high life and then loses everything when he gets too big for his britches, succumbs to insobriety and is left behind by new times and new technology.

Of course, it isn't exactly A Star Is Born or Singin' in the Rain. Writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson (in only his second feature) puts his own affectionately sardonic twist on the old showbiz biopic formula: the ambitious upstart changes his name and achieves stardom in porno films as "Dirk Diggler". Instead of drinking to excess, he snorts cocaine (the classic drug of 70s hedonism); and it's the coming of home video (rather than talkies) that helps to dash his big-screen dreams. As for the britches, well, the controversial "money shot" explains everything. And the cast is one of the great ensembles of the 90s, including Oscar nominees Burt Reynolds and Julianne Moore, Mark Wahlberg (who really can act--from the waist up, too!), Heather Graham (as Rollergirl), William H Macy, John C Reilly and Ricky Jay. --Jim Emerson

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- oh dear!
I can't understand why this is such a highly rated film!! There is nothing good about it except mindless violence, drug taking and stupid sexual innuendos. Fair enough this film is based on the porn industry so I would be a bit confused if there was no sex in it whatsoever but it's just the way it's shot and acted that seems so tacky. I apologize to people who have put this at the top of their hundred greatest films list but I really disliked it!

Rating:

- Oh What A Night!!
Ok before i start my review of this movie/DVD please note that the comments other people have made about the aspect ration being messed up are wrong! I found no problem what so ever with this disc and there was certainly no "oogie Nights" at the start!
Now onto the movie....
This film rightly deserves to be called a classic. Why? Becuase it's unique. There have been a few imitations (Wonderland is one) but non have ever come close to the sheer power and honesty of this movie. Many people ... Read More

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- One of the best films of the 90s (if not ever made)
Suprised to see more people hadnt given this film 5 stars (although evreyone is most certanly entitled to their own opinion) this movie shows you the dark side of the porn industry, this film is dark disturbing, funny, realistic and a film i truly belive diserves no less than 5 stars and for this price on amazon you realy cant go rong, truly one of the most entertaining films ever made.

Rating:

- Main theme...sex!
Okay the main plot of this film is a genrously endowed man rises and falls then rises (no jokes please) in the porn industry under the tutorship of Burt Reynolds and Julianne Moore. This is a very much 'if you like that sort of thing' movie. I've seen it several times and the beginning of Dirk Diggler's downfall still catches me by surprise. It seems to me to be a case of too much, too young. Rumor has it that Leonardo DiCaprio was offered the role. DiCaprio declined but suggested Mark Whalberg instead ... Read More

Rating:

- Some great moments
Never taken seriously because of its rubbish title and tiresome subject matter, this riches-to-rags story has great performances from all involved, some highly intelligent sub-plots, and keeps you riveted despite its rambling structure and two hour running time. Extra points for having both the scariest drug dealer scene and funniest music recording scene in any film ever.

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