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Boogie Nights

Movie · 1997 · 155 min

A sprawling, immersive rise-and-fall saga that wraps you in a seductive, chaotic world before tightening into a tense, melancholic reckoning.

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1997 film by Paul Thomas Anderson
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Year
1997
Runtime
155 min
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • addiction
  • family
  • identity
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour6
Realism7
Romance4
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight8

Details

Genres
drama, buddy
Directed by
Paul Thomas Anderson
Written by
Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring
Julianne Moore, Mark Wahlberg, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Heather Graham
Music
Michael Penn
Cinematography
Robert Elswit
Runtime
155 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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