Boogie Nights Page #15

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
8,633 Views


go to the stock footage -- get a close up --

JACK:

It's not gonna match, we don't

have a cock that big on film --

Dirk hears this and turns to Jack and Little Bill.

DIRK:

Jack?

JACK:

Yes, Dirk?

DIRK:

I can do it again if you need a close-up.

Everyone in the room looks at Dirk. HOLD.

MUSIC CUE. CONTINUES OVER CUT AND THE FOLLOWING SCENES:

55 INT. JACK'S LIVING ROOM - NIGHT - LATER Sequence "A"

The entire cast and crew together.

ECU - CHAMPAGNE BOTTLES POP

ECU - ROLLERGIRL'S CAMERA.

she snaps POLAROIDS

ECU - DEVELOPED PICTURES

cast and crew smiling, holding thumbs up. Dirk in the middle.

CUT TO:

56 INT. RESEDA SHOE STORE - DAY

CAMERA TRACKS ALONG a row of shoes. Dirk, Reed and Scotty J. are in the

store, picking some out. Dirk falls in love with a pair of half-boots,

zip-up style --

CUT TO:

57 INT. HOT TRAXX NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT

CAMERA BEGINS ON THE SHOES, DOES A QUICK BOOM UP TO A CU. ON DIRK. He's

dancing with Rollergirl. They talk about his shoes.

QUICK DISSOLVE TO:

OVERHEAD ANGLE, JACK'S TABLE.

Jack is eating Clams on the Half Shell and talking to Amber. The Colonel is

sitting with a NEW LADY FRIEND. CAMERA begins a BOOM DOWN as Scotty J.

enters FRAME and begins talking the Colonel's ear off.

QUICK DISSOLVE TO:

ANGLE, MAURICE

CAMERA follows behind him as he shouts orders to waiters and busboys and

bouncers --

QUICK DISSOLVE TO:

ANGLE, BECKY

She's hanging out near the bathroom with a GIRLFRIEND and flirting with

some YOUNG GENT, who's a body-builder type.

QUICK DISSOLVE TO:

INSIDE THE DJ BOOTH. A couple young girls surround the DJ, who is a BLACK

MIDGET, wearing headphones, dancing and doing coke with the girls. He sets

up another RECORD on the turntable. CAMERA DOLLIES IN QUICK ON THE RECORD,

NEW MUSIC CUE.

CUT TO:

58 INT. MOTEL ROOM FILM SET - ANOTHER DAY

Cast and Crew shooting a new film with a Spanish-theme. Jack watches

Rollergirl and Dirk who are on a WATERBED. They block the scene.

JACK:

What we can do is make it all one thing, right?

You can go from being on top -- below and then

move and shift to the side -- pump away

there for a while, then --

Dirk gets on the bed with Rollergirl and tries a move.

DIRK:

If she . . . Rollergirl . . . if you wrap your leg

around . . . other one . . . your left leg . . . right . . .

up around my neck. And over. Good.

We can go right into Doggy Style.

KURT LONGJOHN:

Is the movement of the waterbed a problem?

DIRK:

Not at all, Kurt. Matter of fact, I dig it.

CUT TO:

59 OMITTED ** Director's Note: 2nd Unit/TBA

BURN TO:

60 INT. JACK'S HOUSE/KITCHEN - DAY

Jack is reading "Oui." Dirk, Reed and Amber listen.

JACK:

Jack Horner has found something special

in newcomer Dirk Diggler. It's another

stellar, sexual standout from Horner and Company.

Diggler delivers a performance worth a thousand

hard-ons. His presence when dressed is powerful

and demanding . . .

CAMERA DOLLIES IN ON THE PAGE, TRACKS ALONG THE WORDS. CAMERA catches

glimpses of the words on the page, ". . . Diggler . . ." ". . . sexual

standout . . ." ". . . supple ass . . ." Continue w/STILL PHOTOGRAPHS from

the film.

SPLIT SCREEN TO:

61 INT. STUDIO CITY HAIR SALON - DAY

CAMERA DOLLIES DOWN THE LINE OF HAIRSTYLISTS. Dirk is getting a fluffy new

hair style. Reed stands nearby and watches;

JACK (VO)

. . . when stripped to the bone, Diggler's

more eruptive than a volcano on a bad day.

Amber Waves ripe-cherry lips do a wonderful

job of handling Diggler's wide load and

Reed Rothchild's stiff biceps do a slapping

good job with Becky Barnett's supple ass . . .

THREE-WAY SPLIT TO:

62 "A CLIP FROM THE FILM, 'SPANISH PANTALONES." (16mm)

This is filmed on the Motel Room Film Set. Reed is wearing speedos and a

sombrero. Becky is naked. He slaps her ass. Dirk is facing CAMERA, Amber is

kneeling down, covering his crotch giving him a blow job. CU. Dirk for the

money shot.

FOUR WAY SPLIT TO:

63 INT. HOT TRAXX NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT

Dirk is disco dancing with Rollergirl and Becky and Reed.

JACK (VO)

. . . but it's Diggler that remains the standout

in this film. It's easy to predict, after only

two films, that's Diggler's suck-cess can only grow

and grow and grow --

END FOUR WAY SPLIT, STAYING WITH DIRK DANCING IN THE CLUB. Dirk, Reed,

Rollergirl, Buck, Maurice and Becky begin doing a DANCE NUMBER. (Complete

w/choreographed moves, etc.)

CUT TO:

64 OMITTED

65 INT. JACK'S HOUSE/AMBER'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Amber is on the phone. Dirk is sitting with her, holding her hand.

AMBER:

Please let me talk to him, Tom.

Please. I just want to say hello

and that's all -- I'm not. I'm completely sober.

I'm not -- Tom -- Tom -- Tom --

Dial tone from the phone, she hangs up --

AMBER:

I don't know what to do now.

CUT TO:

66 INT. HOT TRAXX NIGHTCLUB/BACKROOM - DAY

Maurice slips a PHOTOGRAPH and a letter into an envelope and seals it up.

The VO is in Spanish, with SUB-TITLES.

MAURICE (VO)

Dear brothers:
I'm sending you a picture --

CUT TO:

67 INT. APARTMENT BLDG./PUERTO RICO - DAY

Maurice's two BROTHERS rip open the letter and check out a picture of

Maurice standing next to Rollergirl.

MAURICE (VO)

-- this is my girlfriend. I had sex

with her last night. Isn't she hot?

I get chicks like this every night.

CUT TO:

68 OMITTED

69 INT. KARATE STUDIO - DAY

Buck, Dirk and Reed dressed in Karate-gear, are taking lessons. Buck speaks

about the ancient history of Karate.

CUT TO:

70 INT. DEPARTMENT STORE - DAY

CAMERA TRACKS ALONG A ROW OF SUITS. Dirk picks one out, tries it on and

pays for it in cash. CAMERA then PUSHES IN through a series of QUICK

DISSOLVES on SUITS hanging individually on the wall.

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