Boogie Nights

Boogie Nights is a 1997 American period comedy-drama film written, directed, and co-produced 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 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.

For the song, see Boogie Nights (song). For the musical, see Boogie Nights (musical).

Boogie Nights
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPaul Thomas Anderson
Written byPaul Thomas Anderson
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyRobert Elswit
Edited byDylan Tichenor
Music byMichael Penn
Production
companies
  • Lawrence Gordon Productions
  • Ghoulardi Film Company
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release dates
  • September 11, 1997 (1997-09-11) (TIFF)
  • October 10, 1997 (1997-10-10) (United States)
Running time
155 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15 million
Box office$43.1 million

Boogie Nights premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 1997, and was theatrically released on October 10, 1997, garnering critical acclaim. It was 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 also received acclaim. It has since been considered one of Anderson's best works and one of the best films of all time.

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