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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Paul Thomas Anderson |
| Stars: |
Heather Graham |
| Actors: |
Tony Tedeschi |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · Showbiz · Racy · Lowlife · Drugs · 1970s · Essential Cinema |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS: Extra Footage Spanish Subtitled |
| UPC: |
794043503320 |
| Release Date: |
1997 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 35min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: 2-Disc Special Platinum Series Edition, 2hr 35min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (August 29, 2000)
UPC: 794043503320 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS: Spanish Subtitled, 2hr 35min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (April 07, 1998)
UPC: 794043462535 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Paul Thomas Anderson |
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Professional Reviews
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(09/12/1997, p.43, Roger Ebert): "...The kind of grimy, intense, passionate film we identify more with the 1970s than with today's slick productions..." |
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Quotes from the Movie
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"I've got a feeling that behind those jeans is something wonderful just waiting to get out."--Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds), upon first meeting Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg)
"Aren't you gonna take your skates off?"--Dirk Diggler to Rollergirl (Heather Graham)
"I never take my skates off."--Rollergirl
"You're not the boss of me, Jack! You're not the king of Dirk! I'm the boss of me! I'm the king of me. I'm Dirk Diggler! I'm the star!"--Dirk Diggler to Jack Horner
"That's not an MP, that's a YP--your problem. Come up with the money or forget about it."--Record producer to Dirk Diggler and Reed Rothchild (John C. Reilly)
"I am a star. I'm a star, I'm a star, I'm a star. I'm a big, bright, shining star."--Dirk Diggler (the last lines of the film) |
| More Information |
| Details: |
It's Los Angeles, 1977, and adult film director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds) meets Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg), a well-endowed dishwasher in a nightclub. Jack recruits Eddie to be his newest star and Eddie, hungry for fame, quickly agrees, changing his name to Dirk Diggler. Soon Dirk is the hottest star in the porn industry, alongside Rollergirl (Heather Graham), a high school dropout who never removes her roller skates, and Amber Waves (Julianne Moore), the veteran star who pines for the son she's not allowed to visit. On the fringes, Little Bill (William H. Macy) fumes while his wife cheats on him in public, and Buck Swope (Don Cheadle) tries to escape the stigma of being a porn actor. The good times roll, but before long Dirk falls victim to the pressures of stardom and a drug habit that ruins his career while Jack struggles with porn's conversion from film to cheaper videotapes. Director Paul Thomas Anderson's breakthrough film is an exhilarating ride along the underbelly of the 1970s inspired by the ... |
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