Boogie Nights 1997

Boogie Nights is a 1997 American drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Set in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, the script focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher, Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg), who becomes a popular star of pornographic films, chronicling his rise in the Golden Age of Porn of the 1970s through his fall during the excesses of the 1980s. The film also features cameos by porn actresses Nina Hartley (as Little Bill's promiscuous wife) and Veronica Hart (as the custody hearing judge for Amber Waves' court case). The film is an expansion of Anderson's short film The Dirk Diggler Story (1988).
Initial release: October 10, 1997 (USA)
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson
Cinematography: Robert Elswit
Awards: MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor, National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Drama, British Independent Film Award for Best Foreign Independent Film - English Language, Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Drama, Satellite Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble