A film about the porn industry may seem shocking or offensive to some, but Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights is more than merely an expose on the exploits of porn. Boogie Nights is a colorful, emotional drama about the halcyon days of the industry and the real people within it.
The year is 1977. Nightclubs pulsate with the sounds of disco music, and men think tight pants and platform shoes are a killer combination. In a California club, 17-year-old dishwasher Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) dreams of joining this instant-thrill nirvana. He gets his chance when Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds) makes him an offer he can't refuse: to be a star. He's talking about porno flicks, and he hears that Eddie is amply endowed for his line of business.
When Eddie joins Jack's production group, he becomes part of a bizarre but rather wonderful family, with Horner as the patriarch, porno actress Amber Waves (Julianne Moore) as the surrogate mother and Rollergirl (Heather Graham) as the sort-of sister. Changing his name to Dirk Diggby, Eddie becomes a rapid success. But the rise to fame has its costs, and soon Dirk finds himself sliding down the slippery slope of sex, drugs and violence...
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