Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981
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Sep 1, 2022 · The nerve-wracking Boogie Nights scene featuring Molina that ends in a hail of gunfire was inspired by Nash's real-life robbery incident.
Aug 19, 2019 · Alfred Molina on his Iconic Scene in "Boogie Nights". Filmed by Kyle and Carlos Plummer at the 2019 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival.
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Boogie Nights is a 1997 American period 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 ...
- Anderson, discussing the film’s opening music cue, wanted something to book-end the film that had a “broken circus” tone. He liked the idea of a type of funeral dirge kicking into a disco track.
- He also wanted to go a completely different direction from how his previous film, Sydney, opened. That film had a slow opening, whereas Boogie Nights kicks in hard, introducing us to a dozen characters who we’ll eventually “get to know.”
- Among the directors Anderson cites as being influences, he names Jonathan Demme, director of The Silence of the Lambs, as his chief influence. “I remember talking to him on the phone, he’s my idol, and asking, ‘Did you see all those shots I ripped off from you?’
- The first meeting between Jack Horner and Eddie Adams – Burt Reynolds and Mark Wahlberg – was shot twice, once very early in the film’s production. Everyone, Anderson included, knew the take they had done wasn’t good enough, and it was quickly decided they would reshoot the scene later on.
Boogie Nights Details. Full Cast and Crew; Release Dates; Official Sites; Company Credits; Filming & Production; Technical Specs
Alfred Molina walks us through his legendary career, discussing his roles in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark,' 'Boogie Nights,' 'Chocolat,' 'Frida,' 'Spider-Man 2,'...
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An interview with Alfred Molina discussing a behind-the-scenes story from his iconic scene in Paul Thomas Anderson's breakthrough hit, "Boogie Nights." Filmed by Kyle and Carlos Plummer at the 2019 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival.
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