period drama

Boogie Nights is a 1997 American period drama film written, produced and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

a 1997 drama film written, produced, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

Boogie Nights is a 1997 drama film written, produced, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

porn

Boogie Nights is about porn movies so that could turn off some that are squeamish to the subject.

a 1997 American drama film that traces the rise and fall of a young man's transformation from an innocent high school dropout to a charismatic and talented porn star in the late 1970s and early 1980s

Boogie Nights is a 1997 American drama film that traces the rise and fall of a young man's transformation from an innocent high school dropout to a charismatic and talented porn star in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

British musical play

Boogie Nights is a British musical play, based upon the pop music of the 1970s, written by Jon Conway with Shane Richie and Terry Morrison.

a period coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

Boogie Nights is a period coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

writer/producer/director Paul Thomas Anderson’s coming-out party, a film that, though primarily a drama, defied the boundaries of traditional genre

Boogie Nights was writer/producer/director Paul Thomas Anderson’s coming-out party, a film that, though primarily a drama, defied the boundaries of traditional genre.

a tragicomedy, (with a big cock) the story of a big star who reaches fame and fortune, only to fall into addiction, impotence, and crime

Boogie Nights is a tragicomedy, the story of a big star (with a big cock) who reaches fame and fortune, only to fall into addiction, impotence, and crime.

a 1997 period comedy drama film

Boogie Nights is a 1997 period comedy drama film.

a drama film , released in 1997written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, and starring Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, and Heather Graham

“Boogie Nights” is a drama film released in 1997, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, and starring Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, and Heather Graham.

the complex and funny character study of the pornography industry during the 70's and 80's

Boogie Nights is the complex and funny character study of the pornography industry during the 70's and 80's.

the quintessential film about pornography

Boogie Nights is perhaps the quintessential film about pornography.

dance club

More Information Boogie Nights is the ultimate 70s amp; 80s dance club.

all about rise and of the Golden Era of Pornography in the 70s—not as a sort of exploitation or fall humiliation film as a complex multi-character drama which lasts for 155 minutes

Boogie Nights is all about rise and fall of the Golden Era of Pornography in the 70s—not as a sort of exploitation or humiliation film, but as a complex multi-character drama which lasts for 155 minutes.

a fast-paced musical cabaret featuring the music of Gloria Gaynor, ABBA, The Village People, The Pointer Sisters, The Bee Gees, Janis Joplin, and more

Boogie Nights is a fast-paced musical cabaret featuring the music of Gloria Gaynor, ABBA, The Village People, The Pointer Sisters, The Bee Gees, Janis Joplin, and more!

even P.T. Anderson's first time and, perhaps more importantly working with a few of even P.T. Anderson's favorite collaborators – William H. Macy, Julianne Moore, editor Dylan Tichenor and eventual Oscar-winning collaborator Robert Elswit –

Boogie Nights, the ensemble film set in the porn industry in the Valley of the 70s and 80s, was even P.T. Anderson's first time working with a few of even P.T. Anderson's favorite collaborators – William H. Macy, Julianne Moore, editor Dylan Tichenor and eventual Oscar-winning collaborator Robert Elswit – and, perhaps more importantly, the first time that even P.T. Anderson's brilliance and ego were unleashed on Hollywood.

a welcome rush of cinematic amyl nitrate from writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson, who, at the tender age of 27, has peaked with a film which, despite the subject matter, isn't a drooly old leer into the writhing gynaecology of the porno industry

Boogie Nights is a welcome rush of cinematic amyl nitrate from writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson, who, at the tender age of 27, has peaked with a film which, despite the subject matter, isn't a drooly old leer into the writhing gynaecology of the porno industry.

a uniquely American tragedy on the dueling forces of love and hedonism

Ultimately, Boogie Nights is a uniquely American tragedy on the dueling forces of love and hedonism.

one of the all-time great movies that is both a prestige-y awards film (three Oscar noms) and a cult comedy that I can watch over and over

Boogie Nights is one of the all-time great movies that is both a prestige-y awards film (three Oscar noms) and a cult comedy that I can watch over and over, quoting scenes like Stepbrothers (or, probably more accurately, like Goodfellas).

the nightclub around which a tale of love, life, relationships and experiences unfolds among a group of young people in 1970s London

Boogie Nights is the nightclub around which a tale of love, life, relationships and experiences unfolds among a group of young people in 1970s London.