Boogie Nights Page #7

Synopsis: 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 Diggler. Brought into a supportive circle of friends, including fellow actors Amber Waves (Julianne Moore), Rollergirl (Heather Graham) and Reed Rothchild (John C. Reilly), Dirk fulfills all his ambitions, but a toxic combination of drugs and egotism threatens to take him back down.
Genre: Drama
Production: New Line Cinema
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 29 wins & 49 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
85
Rotten Tomatoes:
93%
R
Year:
1997
155 min
8,602 Views


You work at a car wash, school never

occurred to you?

Dirk stands up, places his plates in the sink and exits.

CUT TO:

14 OMITTED

15 OMITTED

16 INT. HIGH SCHOOL CLASSROOM - DAY

A crowded high school geometry classroom. In the back of the class, sitting

at a desk is Rollergirl. A TEACHER walks about, handing out the final exam.

Rollergirl looks it over; a lot of questions, diagrams and generally

confusing material. She looks across the room;

Two BOYS are looking at her and chuckling to themselves. One guy looks to

the other and makes a "blow job" gesture.

She looks away, they continue their gestures and giggling. Other students

notice and smile.

CAMERA ARRIVES CU. ON ROLLERGIRL. She stands up, heads for the door -- the

teacher calls after her -- but she's gone.

CUT TO:

17 INT. SUPER-DUPER STEREO SHOP - DAY

A semi-high end stereo store in the valley. Buck, dressed in his usual

cowboy-digs, is talking to a CUSTOMER about a stereo unit. The manager, a

skinny-white guy with a mustache and mustard suit, JERRY (30s) is standing

nearby.

BUCK:

-- so basically you're gettin'

twice the base, cause of the TK421

modification we got in this system here.

CUSTOMER:

I don't know - do I need that much bass?

BUCK:

If you want a system to handle

what you want -- yes you do.

See this system here. This is Hi-Fi.

"High Fidelity." What that means is

that it's the highest quality fidelity.

CUSTOMER:

It's the price --

BUCK:

I have this unit at home.

CUSTOMER:

. . . really . . . ?

BUCK:

Yes. But -- I've got it modified

with the TK421, which is a bass unit

that basically kicks in another two,

maybe three quads when you really

crank -- lemme put another eight track

in so you can get a better idea what

I'm talkin about --

Buck ejects the Eight Track that was playing and puts in his own of a

country western song.

BUCK:

Hear that bass? It kicks and turns

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Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson (born June 26, 1970) also known as P.T. Anderson, is an American filmmaker. Interested in film-making since a young age, Anderson was encouraged by his father to become a filmmaker. more…

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