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Boogie Nights premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 1997, and was theatrically released by New Line Cinema on October 10, 1997, garnering critical acclaim.
"Boogie Nights" is a 1977 single by international funk-disco group Heatwave. It was written by keyboardist Rod Temperton and was included on Heatwave's debut album, Too Hot to Handle.
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In the San Fernando Valley in 1977, teenage busboy Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) gets discovered by porn director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds), who transforms him into adult-film sensation Dirk...
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The phrase "Boogie Nights" became ingrained with the disco era, and in 1997 a film with that title was released starring Mark Wahlberg that was set in 1977, the same year this song came out. The song was not part of the film.
- Garin Pirnia
- WAHLBERG INITIALLY DIDN’T WANT TO BE IN THE MOVIE, BECAUSE OF SHOWGIRLS. At this stage in Mark Wahlberg’s career, he had a hit song under the name Marky Mark, had done The Basketball Diaries—which is how Anderson discovered him—and was basically an underwear model.
- BURT REYNOLDS DISLIKED PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON AND THE MOVIE. It’s no secret the pair didn’t get along on set. Reynolds, who played porn filmmaker Jack Horner, recently told GQ why their personalities clashed.
- REYNOLDS AND ANDERSON NEARLY CAME TO PHYSICAL BLOWS. Everybody on the set knew Reynolds had a temper, and everybody knew the director and Reynolds didn’t quite get along.
- ANDERSON THINKS A GOOD PORN STAR NAME SHOULD HAVE TWO “G”S AND ONE “K” IN IT. The director told NPR he’s not sure how he came up with the name Dirk Diggler, but for some reason he wrote the name down on an index card when he was 17 years old.
Released in United States November 1997 (Shown at London Film Festival November 6-23, 1997.) Co-winner of the Metro Media Award (with "LA Confidential") at the 1997 Toronto International Film Festival.
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