Editing Boogie Nights (section)

==Plot==
In 1977, high-school dropout Eddie Adams is living with his father and emotionally and physically abusive mother in [[Torrance, California]]. He works at a [[Reseda, Los Angeles|Reseda]] nightclub owned by Maurice Rodriguez, where he meets [[Pornographic film|porn filmmaker]] Jack Horner. Interested in bringing Eddie into porn, Jack auditions the latter by watching him have sex with Rollergirl, a porn starlet who always wears [[roller skates]].

After a fight with his alcoholic mother, Eddie moves in with Jack at his [[San Fernando Valley]] home. He gives himself the [[Stage name|screen name]] "Dirk Diggler" and becomes a star because of his good looks, youthful charisma, and abnormally large penis. His success allows him to buy a new house, an extensive wardrobe, and a "competition orange" [[Chevrolet Corvette (C3)#1975–1977|1977 Chevrolet Corvette]]. With his friend and co-star Reed Rothchild, Dirk pitches a series of successful [[action fiction|action]]-themed porn films. He works and socializes with others from the porn industry, and they live carefree lifestyles in the late 1970s [[disco]] era. While attending a [[New Year's Eve]] party at Horner's house on December 31, 1979, assistant director Little Bill Thompson discovers his adulterous wife having sex with another man. Bill, tired of being repeatedly cheated on, shoots the pair dead and commits suicide.

Dirk and Reed begin using [[cocaine]] on a regular basis. Due to his drug use, Dirk finds it increasingly [[Erectile dysfunction|difficult to achieve an erection]], falls into violent mood swings, and becomes irritated with Johnny Doe, a rival leading man Jack has recently recruited, and whom Dirk worries will replace him. In 1983, after arguing with Jack, Dirk is fired and takes off with Reed to start a music career along with Scotty, a [[Boom operator (media)|boom operator]] who is in love with Dirk. Jack rejects business overtures from Floyd Gondolli, a local theater magnate who insists on cutting costs by shooting on [[videotape]] rather than [[film stock]], because Jack believes that video will diminish the quality of his films.

After his friend and financier, Colonel James, is incarcerated for possession of [[child pornography]], Jack cooperates with Gondolli but becomes disillusioned with the work he is expected to churn out. One of these projects involves Jack and Rollergirl riding in a limousine, searching for random men for her to have sex with while being taped by a crew. One man recognizes Rollergirl as a former high-school classmate, and after a failed attempt at intercourse, he insults her and Jack. Both Jack and Rollergirl attack the man, leaving him bloodied on the sidewalk.

Leading lady Amber Waves lands in a [[Child custody|custody battle]] with her ex-husband. The court determines that she is an unfit mother due to her involvement in the porn industry, criminal record, and cocaine addiction. Buck Swope marries fellow porn star Jessie St. Vincent, who becomes pregnant. Because of his past as a pornographer, Buck is disqualified from a bank loan and cannot open his own stereo equipment store. That night, he finds himself in the middle of a holdup at a donut shop in which the clerk, the robber, and an armed customer are killed. Buck is the sole survivor and escapes with the money.

Having spent most of their money on drugs, Dirk and Reed are unable to pay a recording studio for demo tapes they believe will enable them to become music stars. Desperate for money, Dirk resorts to [[male prostitution|prostitution]] but he is assaulted and robbed by three men. Dirk, Reed, and their friend Todd Parker attempt to scam local drug dealer Rahad Jackson at his estate by selling him a half-kilo of baking soda disguised as cocaine. Dirk and Reed intend to leave quickly before Rahad's bodyguard inspects it, but a drugged-up and armed Todd attempts to steal more money, as well as some more drugs, from Rahad. In the ensuing gunfight, Todd kills Rahad's bodyguard and is killed by Rahad, while Dirk and Reed narrowly escape. Dirk returns to Jack's home and they reconcile.

In 1984, Amber shoots the television commercial for the opening of Buck's store, Rollergirl takes a [[General Educational Development|GED]] class, Maurice opens a nightclub with his brothers, Reed performs magic acts at a [[strip club]], and Jessie gives birth to her and Buck's son. Dirk, Jack, and Amber prepare to start filming again.