Boogie Nights
Paul Thomas Anderson’s breakthrough film has one of the more unusual storylines for cinematic success: a decades-spanning tale of a Valley boy who strikes it rich (for a while) in the then-thriving ’70s porn industry. Anderson’s empathic style makes this motley crew of sex workers positively endearing. The film follows a top-notch cast headed by Mark Wahlberg as “Dirk Diggler,” a naif who’s headed for a mighty fall. Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, and Philip Seymour Hoffman are just a few of the scene-stealers in this Altman-esque comedy-drama that, thankfully, has something of a happy ending.
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About John Landis
John Landis is the director of Animal House, The Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf In London, Trading Places, Schlock, Kentucky Fried Movie, Spies Like Us, Three Amigos!, Into The Night, The Stupids, Innocent Blood, Coming To America, Burke & Hare, and Michael Jackson’s Thriller and Black Or White among many other films, commercials and extensive work in television. He was the Executive Producer and often director of HBO's celebrated series Dream On, and contributed two movies to the Masters of Horror series, Deer Woman and Family. His feature length documentaries Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project premiered on HBO, and Slasher on IFC.