Boogie Nights
Released Date
October 10, 1997
Distributor
New Line Cinema
Genre
Drama
Rating
R
Budget
$15,000,000
Worldwide Gross
Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$26,400,640 + $16,700,954 = $43,101,594
$26,400,640 + $16,700,954 = $43,101,594
Back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, an idealistic porn producer aspires to elevate his craft to an art when he discovers a hot young talent.
About
Three-time Academy Award-nominated film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson focusing on a nightclub dishwasher who becomes a monumental figure in the adult film world.
Trivia
The movie is an expansion of PTA's mockumentary short film The Dirk Diggler Story. The lead role of Eddie was originally offered to Leonardo DiCaprio, but he turned it down to star in Titanic. Joaquin Phoenix was also offered the role.