Boogie Nights (1997)

Director:

Paul Thomas Anderson

Writer (WGA):

Paul Thomas Anderson (written by)

Release Date:

10 October 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Everyone has one special thing

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

No Opening Credits | Award | Oral Sex | Drug Overdose | Limousine

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 19 nominations

Cast

Luis Guzmán	...	Maurice TT Rodriguez (as Luis Guzman)
Burt Reynolds	...	Jack Horner
Julianne Moore	...	Amber Waves
Rico Bueno	...	Hot Traxx Waiter
John C. Reilly	...	Reed Rothchild
Nicole Ari Parker	...	Becky Barnett
Don Cheadle	...	Buck Swope
Heather Graham	...	Rollergirl
Mark Wahlberg	...	Eddie Adams - Dirk Diggler
William H. Macy	...	Little Bill
Samson Barkhordarian	...	Hot Traxx Chef
Nina Hartley	...	Little Bill's Wife
Brad Braeden	...	Big Stud
Joanna Gleason	...	Dirk's Mother
Lawrence Hudd	...	Dirk's Father
Michael Stein	...	Stereo Customer
Stanley DeSantis	...	Buck's Manager
Patricia Forte	...	Teacher
Kai Lennox	...	High School-College Kid
Laurel Holloman	...	Sheryl Lynn
Jason Andrews	...	Johnny - Limo Driver
Robert Ridgely	...	The Colonel James
Lil' Cinderella	...	Colonel's Lady Friend (as Amber Hunter)
Greg Lauren	...	Young Stud
Tom Dorfmeister	...	Watcher #1
Jason 'Jake' Cross	...	Watcher #2 (as Jake Cross)
Ricky Jay	...	Kurt Longjohn
Philip Seymour Hoffman	...	Scotty J.
Jack Wallace	...	Rocky
Selwyn Emerson Miller	...	Hot Traxx DJ
Jamielyn Kane	...	Colonel's Hot Traxx Girlfriend (as Jamielyn Gamboa)
Melissa Spell	...	Becky's Girlfriend
Raymond Laboriel	...	Becky's Girlfriend's Friend
Melora Walters	...	Jessie St. Vincent
Jon Brion	...	Awards Ceremony Band Member
Brian Kehew	...	Awards Ceremony Band Member
Robin Sharp	...	Awards Ceremony Band Member
Audrey Wiechman	...	Awards Ceremony Band Member
Tim Soronen	...	Raphael (as Tim 'Stuffy' Soronen)
Michael Jace	...	Jerome
Philip Baker Hall	...	Floyd Gondolli
Alexander D. Slanger	...	Floyd's Boy Kid
Tom Lenk	...	Floyd's Boy Kid (as Thomas Lenk)
Lexi Leigh	...	Floyd's Girl Kid
Laura Gronewold	...	Floyd's Girl Kid (as Laura Gronewald)
Thomas Jane	...	Todd Parker
Vernon Guichard II	...	Mugsy Jack's Bartender
Tony Tedeschi	...	New Year's Eve Young Stud
Leslie Redden	...	KC Sunshine
Gregory T. Daniel	...	Minister (as Gregory Daniel)
Jonathan Quint	...	Johnny Doe
Michael Penn	...	Nick the Engineer
Don Amendolia	...	Bank Worker
Summer Cummings	...	Herself - Jacuzzi Girl (as Summer)
Skye Blue	...	Herself - Jacuzzi Girl (as Skye)
Robert Downey Sr.	...	Burt - Studio Manager (as Robert Downey Sr. 'A Prince')
Veronica Hart	...	Judge
Jack Riley	...	Lawyer
John Doe	...	Amber's Husband
Channon Roe	...	Joe - Surfer
Mike Gunther	...	Surfer Punk
Michael Raye Smith	...	Surfer Punk
Michael S. Stencil	...	Surfer Punk (as Michael Scott Stencil)
Dustin Courtney	...	Donut Boy
Allan Graf	...	Man with Gun
Jose Chaidez	...	Puerto Rican Kid
B. Philly Johnson	...	Rahad's Bodyguard
Alfred Molina	...	Rahad Jackson
Joe G.M. Chan	...	Cosmo - Rahad's Boy
Goliath	...	Tyrone
Israel Juarbe	...	Maurice's Brother
George Anthony Rae	...	Maurice's Brother
Eric Winzenried	...	Doctor
Sharon Ferrol-Young	...	Hot Traxx Dancer (as Sharon Ferrol)
Anne Fletcher	...	Hot Traxx Dancer
Scott Fowler	...	Hot Traxx Dancer
Melanie A. Gage	...	Hot Traxx Dancer
Eddie Garcia	...	Hot Traxx Dancer
Sebastian Lacause	...	Hot Traxx Dancer (as Sebastian LaCause)
Lance MacDonald	...	Hot Traxx Dancer (as Lance Macdonald)
Diane Mizota	...	Hot Traxx Dancer
Nathan Prevost	...	Hot Traxx Dancer (as Nathan Frederic Prevost)
Lisa Ratzin	...	Hot Traxx Dancer (as Lisa E. Ratzin)
Dee Dee Weathers	...	Hot Traxx Dancer
Darrel W. Wright	...	Hot Traxx Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Grace Bustos	...	Underwater Swimming Girl at Pool Party (uncredited)
Tyrone D. Dixon	...	Actor in 'Angels Live in My Town' (uncredited)
Theo Mayes	...	Dirk Diggler's Hairstylist (uncredited)
Coleman McClary	...	Jack's Pool Party Guest (uncredited)
Jami Philbrick	...	Dancer (uncredited)

Directed by
Paul Thomas Anderson

Writing credits (WGA)
Paul Thomas Anderson		(written by)

Produced by
Paul Thomas Anderson	....	producer
Michael De Luca	....	co-executive producer
Lawrence Gordon	....	executive producer
Lynn Harris	....	co-executive producer
Lloyd Levin	....	producer
Daniel Lupi	....	co-producer
John S. Lyons	....	producer (as John Lyons)
JoAnne Sellar	....	producer (as Joanne Sellar)

Original Music by
Michael Penn

Cinematography by
Robert Elswit		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Dylan Tichenor

Casting by
Christine Sheaks

Production Design by
Bob Ziembicki

Art Direction by
Ted Berner

Set Decoration by
Sandy Struth

Costume Design by
Mark Bridges

Makeup Department
Karrie Aubuchon	....	special makeup effects runner
Howard Berger	....	special makeup effects supervisor
Kamar Bitar	....	special makeup effects coordinator
Eva Marie Denst	....	additional makeup artist
Suzanne Diaz	....	assistant makeup artist
James Hall	....	special makeup effects crew
Garrett Immel	....	special makeup effects crew
Louis Kiss	....	special makeup effects crew
Robert Kurtzman	....	special makeup effects supervisor: K.N.B. EFX Group
Robert Maverick	....	special makeup effects crew
Theo Mayes	....	hair stylist supervisor
Brian McManus	....	makeup artist: Burt Reynolds (as Brian K. McManus)
Gregory Nicotero	....	special makeup effects supervisor (as Greg Nicotero)
Lynn Rodgers	....	additional makeup artist
Tina K. Roesler	....	makeup supervisor
Evelyn Rozenfeld	....	additional hair stylist
Jon von Lingner	....	assistant hair stylist (as Jon Von Lingner)
Laverne Caracuzzi	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Gloria Pasqua Casny	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Emjay Olson	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)
Solina Tabrizi	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Jennifer Turchi	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)
Barbara Wilder	....	additional hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Daniel P. Collins	....	unit supervisor
Carla Fry	....	executive in charge of production
Mark Graziano	....	post-production supervisor
Daniel Lupi	....	unit production manager
Craig Markey	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Maria K. Battle	....	second second assistant director
Adam Druxman	....	second assistant director
John Wildermuth Jr.	....	first assistant director (as John Wildermuth)

Art Department
Colin Alexander	....	propmaker
Philip Cheyenne Ali	....	painter (as Philip C. Ali)
Mark Balda	....	general foreman
Victor Bazaz	....	swing gang
Michael Blair	....	propmaker
Mark Borg	....	propmaker
Chris Carriveau	....	leadman
Kenneth Carriveau	....	swing gang (as Ken Carriveau)
Andrea Carter	....	art department supervisor
Stephen Flynn	....	assistant property master
Kristen Gassner	....	set decoration buyer
Gregg M. Hartman	....	swing gang (as Gregg Hartman)
Bill Holmquist	....	construction coordinator
Kevin Hughes	....	property master
Joel Jaspan	....	propmaker
Suzanne Lapick	....	assistant property master
Greg Lay	....	propmaker
Richard McConnell	....	propmaker
Martin Milligan	....	on-set dresser
Greg Musselman	....	painter
Gregory A. Newton	....	propmaker
Patrizia Nicoloso	....	lead scenic
Jack Orlando	....	propmaker
Mark B. Palma	....	propmaker
David Peck	....	general foreman
Hilmar Ragnarsson	....	painter
Gayle Simon	....	assistant art director
George Atamian	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Eduardo H. Esparza	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Martin L. Mercer	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Chris Patterson	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Dana Austin	....	foley recordist (as Dana Porter)
Ron Bedrosian	....	foley mixer
Bradford Bell	....	digital/analog sound engineer
Denise Bell	....	pre-dub recordist
Jim Borgardt	....	adr supervisor (as James Borgardt)
Joe Bosco	....	adr recordist (as Joseph Bosco)
Frank Canonica	....	machine room supervisor
Valerie Davidson	....	foley supervisor
Dane A. Davis	....	supervising sound editor
Barbara Delpuech	....	assistant sound editor (as Barbara Way)
Grant Foerster	....	machine room operator
Anna Geyer	....	machine room operator
David Halbert	....	boom operator
Peter Halbert	....	additional sound
Stephen Halbert	....	sound mixer
Tom Hammond	....	foley editor
Stephen Hart	....	foley mixer
Kini Kay	....	sound effects editor (as Kina Kay)
Lou Kleinman	....	dialogue editor
John Kwiatkowski	....	sound effects editor
Samuel Lehmer	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Sam Lehmer)
Frank Long	....	digital/analog sound engineer
Laura Macias	....	foley artist
David McRell	....	assistant sound editor
Sharon Michaels	....	foley artist
Jeremy Molod	....	foley recordist
Marnie Moore	....	foley artist
Michael A. Morongell	....	pre-dub re-recording engineer (as Mike Morongell)
Dan Olmsted	....	machine room operator
David Parker	....	supervising re-recording mixer
Richard Partlow	....	foley artist (as Rick Partlow)
Sergio Reyes	....	pre-dub re-recording mixer
Charles W. Ritter	....	dialogue editor
Ryan Robinson	....	pre-dub re-recording engineer
B. Tennyson Sebastian III	....	pre-dub re-recording mixer (as Sebastian Tennyson)
Dean St. John	....	adr mixer
Eric 'Sprocket' Uporsky	....	utility sound technician (as E. Sprocket Uporksy)
Mark Yardas	....	sound effects editor
Richard Chaim	....	sound (uncredited)
Marsha Sorce	....	additional sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
David Blair	....	special effects (as Blair)
Adam Campbell	....	special effects
Diane Carlucci	....	special effects administrator
John C. Carlucci	....	special effects (as John Carlucci)
Lou Carlucci	....	special effects supervisor
Josh Hakian	....	special effects
Ronald L. Myers	....	special effects (as Ron Myers)
Mick Strawn	....	special effects

Stunts
Brian Avery	....	stunts (as Brian Edward Avery)
Edward Conna	....	stunts (as Edward L.F. Conna)
Shawn Crowder	....	stunts
Cliff Cudney	....	stunt coordinator
Gregg Dandridge	....	stunts
Max Daniels	....	stunts
Mark De Alessandro	....	stunts (as Mark DeAlessandro)
Jeffrey Lee Gibson	....	stunts
Bob McGovern	....	stunts (as Robert McGovern)
Hugh Aodh O'Brien	....	stunts
Jeff Ramsey	....	stunts
Mary Nitschke	....	stunts (uncredited)
Michael Owen	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ted Shred	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mike Smith	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Nick Arnds	....	grip (as Burton Nick Arnds IV)
Stephen Brock	....	best boy
Benny Buck	....	electrician
Joe Colangelo	....	electrician
Keith Davis	....	electrician
Kenny Davis	....	dolly grip
Joseph Dianda	....	key grip
Shawn Ensign	....	company grip (as R. Shawn Ensign)
Jamie Franta	....	grip (as Jamie Fronta)
Willie J. Gray	....	electrician (as Willie Gray)
Gillian Lefkowitz	....	unit photographer
George Lozano Jr.	....	electrician
William J. McDevitt	....	grip (as Bill McDevitt)
Sean Hunter Moe	....	camera loader
Ngoli Vukani Nyirenda	....	electrician (as Ngoli Nirenda)
Jeff Orsa	....	rigging gaffer
Scott Patten	....	best boy grip
Michael G. Riba	....	first assistant camera (as Michael Riba)
Andy Shuttleworth	....	second camera operator
Andy Shuttleworth	....	steadicam operator
John Stradling	....	second assistant camera
Jeff Zucker	....	chief lighting technician
Valeska Difrieri	....	grip (uncredited)
Peter Shultz	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)
Ronald Vidor	....	steadicam operator: underwater photography (uncredited)

Casting Department
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting
Rich King	....	extras casting
Cassandra Kulukundis	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kimberly Adams-Galligan	....	assistant costume designer
Linda S. Cormany	....	costumer (as Linda Cormany)
David Davenport	....	costume supervisor
Marie Gaerlan	....	wardrobe estimator
Olga Ishkhanova	....	seamstress
Cookie Lopez	....	key costumer
Pablo Nantas	....	tailor
Janet Stirner Ingram	....	costumer (as Janet Stirner-Ingram)
Lori Jean Sacks	....	costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Joe Fineman	....	executive in charge of post-production
Marie Gaerlan	....	post-production assistant
Phil Hetos	....	color timer
Danny Miller	....	apprentice editor
Bethany Orlemann	....	apprentice editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Fred Raskin	....	second assistant editor
Joan Sobel	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Apollo 100	....	performers: "Joy"
Robert Ascot	....	performer: "Data World"
Willie Beck	....	composer: "I Want to Be Free" (as W. Beck)
Jon Brion	....	musician
Silver Convention	....	performers: "Fly, Robin, Fly"
Hank DeVito	....	composer: "Queen of Hearts"
Carol Dunn	....	music coordinator
Toby Emmerich	....	executive in charge of music
Ron Finn	....	music editor
Richard Gilka	....	performer: "Off the Road"
Michael Hausman	....	composer: "Voices Carry"
Belford Hendricks	....	composer: "It's Just a Matter of Time"
Robert Holmes	....	composer: "Voices Carry"
Mark Kaufman	....	music clearance executive
Bobby Lavelle	....	music supervisor
Tom Parker	....	arranger: "Joy"
Michael Penn	....	musician
Joseph Pesce	....	composer: "Voices Carry"
Karyn Rachtman	....	music supervisor
Paul Roberts	....	composer: "Driver's Seat"
Dana Sano	....	music executive
Anton Scott	....	composer: "J.P. Walk"
Clive Scott	....	arranger: "Joy"
Lori Silfen	....	music executive
Sniff 'n The Tears	....	performers: "Driver's Seat"
Sound Experience	....	performers: "J.P. Walk"
Casey Stone	....	scoring mixer
Til Tuesday	....	performers: "Voices Carry"
Patrick Warren	....	musician
Paul Thomas Anderson	....	executive music producer (uncredited)
Mike Deasy	....	musician (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Tony Barattini	....	driver
Joe Cosentino	....	transportation captain
Pat Cosentino	....	driver
Angel Desanti	....	driver (as Angel DeSanti)
William Dreher	....	driver
Jennifer Duclos	....	driver
Geno Hart	....	transportation coordinator
Michael Keys	....	driver
Jeffrey L. Moore	....	driver (as Jeff Moore)
Sal Navarro	....	driver (as Salvatore Navarro)
Bill Needham	....	driver (as William Needham)
Steve Nickolai	....	picture car captain
John Pellegrino	....	driver
Adam Pinkstaff	....	second transportation captain (as Adam R. Pinkstaff)
Leo Stefanos	....	transportation operations manager
Randy Tenhaeff	....	driver
Chris Waldoch	....	transportation co-captain
Steven Luke Weible	....	driver (as Steve Weible)
David D.B. Wilson	....	driver (as David Wilson)
Brian Apt	....	transportation office (uncredited)
William R. Peck	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Tom Ajar	....	projectionist
Dwayne Mack Alezandre	....	location scout
Richard Bellos	....	stand-in: Burt Reynolds
Eric Berger	....	unit production assistant
Valeria Migliassi Collins	....	craft service
Brad Combs	....	office staff assistant
Liam Curtin	....	office staff assistant
Tyrone D. Dixon	....	security
Leon Dudevoir	....	production executive
Minnie Duerr	....	first assistant accountant
Jenna Dupree	....	office staff assistant (as Jenna DuPree)
Erik Ellner	....	production attorney
Avy Eschenasy	....	production attorney
Anne Fletcher	....	assistant choreographer
Gregory Donald Gateley	....	additional production assistant (as Gregory Donald Gately)
Penny Gillman	....	payroll accountant
Emily Glatter	....	in-house coordinator
Nina Grossman	....	assistant to producers
Nina Grossman	....	production clearances
Lana Hale	....	rights clearances: Clearvision
Julie Hansen	....	production accountant
Jonathan Herman	....	additional production assistant
Ron Hughes	....	police coordinator
Scott Jackson	....	assistant: Burt Reynolds
Patrick Jager	....	rights clearances: Clearvision
Ron Jeremy	....	consultant
Brent Kaviar	....	film services
Jocelyne Kelly	....	assistant: P.T. Anderson
Brian King	....	title designer
Jon Krueger	....	unit production assistant
Thomas Krueger	....	additional set medic
Chad Lane	....	stand-in: Mark Wahlberg
Michael Lawson	....	unit publicist: The Pogachefsky Company
James Lenox	....	location scout
Arnie Lopez	....	assistant cook: Sunrise Catering
Jose Lopez	....	assistant cook: Sunrise Catering
Eileen Malyszko Lee	....	production