Boogie Nights Page #9

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
8,617 Views


Yes. Good dilemma.

JACK:

Yes. So she calls up all the agencies

in town and says: "Send over your best

actors, I'm casting a porno picture."

Well, the story goes and develops with

Amber auditioning various men and

women . . . the whole thing wraps up with

the Landlord, I'd like to get Jeremy if

he's still in town to play the part --

he comes in -- the landlord says:

You better pay rent or you're through.

Well, Amber does one helluva suck job,

ass f***, come in the face, sort of thing

and fade out - the end.

COLONEL:

That's great.

JACK:

There's a kid, a young man, I met him

last night:
His name is Eddie Adams.

He's here, he's at the party. He's something

special and I want to cast him.

COLONEL:

What films has he done?

JACK:

This would be his first.

Little Bill pokes his head into the office, sees the conversation and

quickly apologizes and exits. The Colonel looks to Jack;

COLONEL:

Casting is up to you, Jack. You wanna do it?

Then do it. If it has big tits, tight p*ssy

and focus:
I'm happy. You tell the stories

you wanna tell, make yourself happy.

CUT TO:

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

Reed and Dirk are swimming. Dirk gets up on the diving board.

REED:

Do a cannonball.

DIRK:

No, no. Watch this Jacknife.

Dirk runs and jumps --

DIRK:

JACKNIFE.

He lands in the pool and swims to the surface.

DIRK:

How did it look?

REED:

Great. Check this out.

(gets on the board)

This is gonna be a full-flip.

Reed runs, jumps, goes for the flip but lands FLAT ON HIS BACK.

CUT TO:

39 INT. POOL/UNDERWATER - THAT MOMENT

Reed lands. CAMERA moves in on his face. He's in SERIOUS PAIN. He floats

down for a moment . . . .

CUT TO:

40 EXT. POOL AREA - THAT MOMENT

Everyone at the party is looking . . . holding their breath and waiting . .

. Reed comes to the surface.

REED:

Ouch.

The party people turn back to their conversations . . .

DIRK:

You gotta try and bring your legs

all the way around . . . .

REED:

Yeah.

41 INT. JACK'S HOUSE/THE PARTY - DAY - THAT MOMENT

CAMERA follows behind Little Bill. He's walking around, looking for his

wife. He greets a few people here and there.

He runs into a big guy, ROCKY (late 30s). He's a CREW member.

LITTLE BILL:

How you doin', Rocky?

ROCKY:

Good, good, what's wrong?

LITTLE BILL:

Nothin'. Nothin' at all.

ROCKY:

Do you have the schedule for the shoot, or . . . ?

LITTLE BILL:

Yeah. You're on.

ROCKY:

Is it here?

LITTLE BILL:

Yeah, it's gonna be here, but it's a simple one . . .

CAMERA picks up with the Lady Friend and the Young Stud with the coke . . .

ZOOM after them down a long hallway towards a BEDROOM door. They close the

door in the CAMERA'S FACE.

CUT TO:

42 INT. JACK'S KITCHEN - DAY - THAT MOMENT

Maurice and Buck are talking;

MAURICE:

Hey, hey, hey, my point is this:

BUCK:

What?

MAURICE:

You know what I say?

BUCK:

What-What?

MAURICE:

Wear What You Dig.

The PHONE RINGS. Maurice picks up the phone.

MAURICE:

Hello?

(beat)

I'm sorry . . . I can't hear you

that well . . . say again . . . ? Maggie?

(to Buck)

Is there a Maggie here?

BUCK:

I don't know a Maggie.

MAURICE:

(into phone)

I think you might have the wrong number . . . .

Your mother? I'm sorry . . . wait . . . just . . . wait . . .

Maurice sets the phone down, looks to Buck.

MAURICE:

Watch that a minute . . . .

CAMERA follows him as he walks out to the pool area --

MAURICE:

(calls out)

Is there a Maggie here?

No one at the pool area responds so he walks back inside to the phone. Buck

is still watching it closely.

MAURICE:

(into phone)

I'm sorry . . . there's no Maggie here.

Okay . . . okay . . . no problem . . . Bye.

BUCK:

What was it?

MAURICE:

Some kid lookin' for his mother.

CUT TO:

43 INT. BATHROOM/JACK'S HOUSE - THAT MOMENT

Amber is sitting in the bathroom, on the toilet. She reaches to the window,

sets aside the curtains and looks.

AMBER'S POV:
Looking out to the pool area. Dirk dives off the board and

does a perfect FLIP in SLOW MOTION.

CUT TO:

44 EXT. JACK'S HOUSE/DRIVEWAY - MOMENTS LATER

CAMERA follows Little Bill. He spots six people in a semi-circle around

something. He walks over -- inside the semi-circle, on the pavement, Little

Bill's Wife is getting f***ed by some BIG DUDE.

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