Boogie Nights Page #8

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


COLONEL:

You look great, honey.

LADY FRIEND:

Is there gonna be coke at this party, Colonel?

COLONEL:

Yes.

Jack is right there to greet the Colonel.

JACK:

Colonel, hello and welcome!

COLONEL:

Hello, Jack. This is my Lady Friend.

JACK:

Hello, darling.

LADY FRIEND:

Do you have coke at this party?

JACK:

Well I'm sure we can find you some.

COLONEL:

Find her some coke, Jack.

JACK:

We will, we will. Thanks for coming by.

They exit. CAMERA follows the Limo Driver into the pool area --

CUT TO:

35 EXT. POOL AREA/JACK'S HOUSE - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA follows the Limo Driver for a while, then moves away, to find;

Maurice and Amber. They're sitting down, speaking.

MAURICE:

. . . y'see, Miss Amber, I'm just a poor fellow

from Puerto Rico. I have the club, yes,

that's one thing . . . but soon . . . the club goes . . .

I die . . . and what do I have? I've got nothing.

AMBER:

Uh-huh.

MAURICE:

I want something to send back home.

Something to send back to my brothers and say:

Look At Me. Look At The Women I've Been With.

AMBER:

So what . . . do you want me to talk to him?

MAURICE:

Yes . . . I mean . . . y'know . . . what do you

think I'm askin' here?

AMBER:

. . . you wanna be in a movie?

MAURICE:

Please. Tell him I won't be bad. Please.

AMBER:

I'll see what I can do.

CAMERA moves away, through the party, to find Buck and Becky.

BECKY:

. . . because it's old . . . it's old deal.

BUCK:

Lemme tell you something:

BECKY:

He was obviously pissed about the music.

BUCK:

What's wrong with it, y'know?

BECKY:

Look, Buck:
The cowboy look ended

about six years ago --

BUCK:

-- it's comin' back.

BECKY:

No it's not. It's over, it's dead.

BUCK:

You don't know what you're talkin' about.

BECKY:

I'm just saying and it seems like your

boss at the stereo store is saying the

same thing --

BUCK:

-- what, what?

BECKY:

Get a new look.

BUCK:

Yeah . . . yeah . . . yeah . . . you get a new look.

BECKY:

The look I've got is just fine.

BUCK:

What's your look?

BECKY:

Chocolate Love, Baby.

BUCK:

Yeah, right.

OC we hear the new song start to play.

BECKY:

OH SH*T! TURN IT UP! I LOVE THIS SONG!

Becky leaves. CAMERA moves away to find:

The Colonel's Lady Friend approaches a Young Stud, who's wearing

bikini-speedos and holding court over a table of coke.

LADY FRIEND:

Excuse me . . . ?

YOUNG STUD:

Yes?

LADY FRIEND:

May I please join in?

YOUNG STUD:

Most certainly.

CUT TO:

36 EXT. JACK'S HOUSE/DRIVEWAY - DAY - MOMENTS LATER

Little Bill and his Wife get out of his Station Wagon and enter the party

from the driveway. She's dressed up. He's dressed down.

LITTLE BILL:

Just don't embarrass me, alright?

LITTLE BILL'S WIFE

F*** you, Bill.

LITTLE BILL:

I work with these people, alright?

These are my coworkers, so just --

LITTLE BILL'S WIFE

Bite it.

LITTLE BILL:

Don't make me do something.

LITTLE BILL'S WIFE

Ohhh . . . I'm so scared.

She moves away. Rollergirl passes and takes a SNAPSHOT.

CU. THE POLAROID - DEVELOPED

Little Bill in sort of an angry-confused-surprised face.

ROLLERGIRL:

What's wrong, Little Bill?

LITTLE BILL:

Nothing. How are you, Rollergirl?

ROLLERGIRL:

I'm fine.

LITTLE BILL:

Is Jack around?

ROLLERGIRL:

He's in the house.

Little Bill leaves. CAMERA follows Rollergirl around as she mingles and

snaps more Polaroids.

CUT TO:

37 INT. JACK'S OFFICE - DAY - THAT MOMENT

Jack and the Colonel are sitting, drinks in their hand. The Colonel smokes

a cigar.

JACK:

The idea is this: Amber is a director

of porno films and she's down on her luck.

She hasn't had a hit in a year. She's

desperate. Her landlord is threatening to kick her

out, so she's desperate for a big dick hit, right?

COLONEL:

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