# Boogie Nights (1997)

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**Runtime**: 156 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: Paul Thomas Anderson
**Written by**: Paul Thomas Anderson
**Starring**: Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, John C. Reilly, Heather Graham, Don Cheadle

> *The life of a dreamer, the days of a business and the nights in between.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

San Fernando Valley, 1977, a film camera rolls. A nightclub busboy becomes a porn star, surrounded by misfits and eccentives. Anderson directs a cautionary tale of fleeting fame.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, playful, raw

**Critic & audience scores**: IMDb 7.9/10 (294236 users) · Rotten Tomatoes 91% · Metacritic 86/100

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