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{{Short description|1997 film by Paul Thomas Anderson}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Boogie Nights
| image          = Boogie Nights poster.png
| alt            = 
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Paul Thomas Anderson]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Lloyd Levin]]
* John Lyons
* Paul Thomas Anderson
* [[JoAnne Sellar]]
}}
| writer         = Paul Thomas Anderson<!-- The Dirk Diggler Story isn't officially the film's basis -->
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Mark Wahlberg]]
* [[Julianne Moore]]
* [[Burt Reynolds]]
* [[Don Cheadle]]
* [[John C. Reilly]]
* [[William H. Macy]]
* [[Heather Graham]]
* [[Nicole Ari Parker|Nicole Parker]]
* [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]]
}}
| music          = [[Michael Penn]]
| cinematography = [[Robert Elswit]]
| editing        = [[Dylan Tichenor]]
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* Lawrence Gordon Productions
* Ghoulardi Film Company
}}
| distributor    = [[New Line Cinema]]
| released       = {{Film date|1997|09|11|[[1997 Toronto International Film Festival|TIFF]]|1997|10|10|United States}}
| runtime        = 155 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 155:35--><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/boogie-nights-1970 |title=''Boggie Nights'' (18) |date=October 28, 1997 |work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] |access-date=July 5, 2013 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305072818/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/boogie-nights-1970 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $15 million<ref name="BoxOfficeMojo" />
| gross          = $43.1 million<ref name="BoxOfficeMojo">{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=boogienights.htm |title=Box Office Mojo: ''Boogie Nights'' |access-date=September 27, 2008 |archive-date=September 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918020132/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=boogienights.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
}}

'''''Boogie Nights''''' is a 1997 American [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] film written, directed, and co-produced by [[Paul Thomas Anderson]].<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Connor |first=Kyrie |date=March 26, 1998 |title=BOOGIE NIGHTS |url=https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1998-03-26-9803260044-story.html |work=Hartford Courant |location=Hartford, Connecticut |access-date=June 13, 2022 |archive-date=June 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613192418/https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1998-03-26-9803260044-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It is set in [[Los Angeles]]'s [[San Fernando Valley]] and focuses on a young [[nightclub]] dishwasher who becomes a popular star of [[pornographic film]]s, chronicling his rise in the [[Golden Age of Porn]] of the 1970s through his fall during the excesses of the 1980s. The film is an expansion of Anderson's [[mockumentary]] [[short film]] ''[[The Dirk Diggler Story]]'' (1988),<ref name=latimes>{{cite news |last=McKenna |first=Kristine |title=Knows It When He Sees It |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=October 12, 1997 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-oct-12-ca-41788-story.html |access-date=June 25, 2012 |archive-date=January 3, 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103142038/http://articles.latimes.com/print/1997/oct/12/entertainment/ca-41788 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=rebels115>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aQRM1yBVkjAC&pg=PA115 |last=Waxman |first=Sharon R. |page=115 |title=Rebels on the backlot: six maverick directors and how they conquered the Hollywood studio system |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-06-054017-3 |access-date=October 5, 2018 |archive-date=August 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826110533/https://books.google.com/books?id=aQRM1yBVkjAC&pg=PA115 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=nytimes2>{{cite news |last=Hirshberg |first=Lynn |title=His Way |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 19, 1999 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/19/magazine/his-way.html |access-date=June 25, 2012 |archive-date=June 2, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602232739/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/12/19/magazine/his-way.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=sundancekids>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/sundancekidshowm0000mott|url-access=registration|quote=cigarettes & coffee.| last = Mottram | first = James | title =The Sundance Kids: how the mavericks took back Hollywood |publisher=Faber & Faber, Inc |location=NY |year=2006 |isbn=9780865479678 |page=[https://archive.org/details/sundancekidshowm0000mott/page/129 129]}}</ref> and stars [[Mark Wahlberg]], [[Julianne Moore]], [[Burt Reynolds]], [[Don Cheadle]], [[John C. Reilly]], [[William H. Macy]], [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]], and [[Heather Graham]].

''Boogie Nights'' premiered at the [[1997 Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto International Film Festival]] on September 11, 1997, and was theatrically released by [[New Line Cinema]] on October 10, 1997, garnering critical acclaim. It was nominated for three [[Academy Awards]], including [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]] for Anderson, [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for Moore, and [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] for Reynolds. The [[#Music|film's soundtrack]] also received acclaim. It has since been considered one of Anderson's best works and one of the [[List of films voted the best|best films of all time]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://variety.com/lists/best-movies-of-all-time/boogie-nights-1997-3/ | title=The 100 Greatest Movies of All Time | date=December 21, 2022 | access-date=June 18, 2023 | archive-date=June 18, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618225706/https://variety.com/lists/best-movies-of-all-time/boogie-nights-1997-3/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://movieweb.com/boogie-nights-at-25-paul-thomas-andersons-best-film/ | title=Boogie Nights at 25: Why it Might be Paul Thomas Anderson's Best Film | date=October 19, 2022 | access-date=June 18, 2023 | archive-date=June 18, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618225703/https://movieweb.com/boogie-nights-at-25-paul-thomas-andersons-best-film/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

==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.

==Cast==
{{cast list|
* [[Mark Wahlberg]] as Eddie Adams / Dirk Diggler
* [[Julianne Moore]] as Maggie / Amber Waves
* [[Burt Reynolds]] as Jack Horner
* [[Don Cheadle]] as Buck Swope
* [[John C. Reilly]] as Reed Rothchild
* [[William H. Macy]] as Little Bill
* [[Heather Graham]] as Brandy / Rollergirl
* [[Nicole Ari Parker]] as Becky Barnett
* [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]] as Scotty J.
* [[Luis Guzmán]] as Maurice Rodriguez / T. T. Rodriguez
* [[Philip Baker Hall]] as Floyd Gondolli
* [[Thomas Jane]] as Todd Parker
* [[Robert Ridgely]] as The Colonel James
* [[Robert Downey Sr.]] as Burt
* [[Nina Hartley]] as Little Bill's Wife
* [[Melora Walters]] as Jessie St. Vincent
* [[Alfred Molina]] as Rahad Jackson
* [[Ricky Jay]] as Kurt Longjohn
* [[Joanna Gleason]] as Dirk's mother
* [[Laurel Holloman]] as Sheryl Lynn
* [[Michael Jace]] as Jerome
* [[Michael Penn]] as Nick
}}

==Production==

===Development===
''Boogie Nights'' is based on a [[mockumentary]] [[short film]] that Paul Thomas Anderson wrote and directed while he was still in high school called ''[[The Dirk Diggler Story]]''.<ref name=latimes /> The short itself was based on the 1981 documentary ''Exhausted: John C. Holmes, The Real Story'', a documentary about the life of legendary porn actor [[John Holmes (actor)|John Holmes]], on whom Dirk Diggler is based.<ref name=filmschoolrejects>{{cite web | last=Kirk | first=Jeremy | title=37 Things We Learned From the 'Boogie Nights' Commentary | url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/37-things-we-learned-from-the-boogie-nights-commentary-fb8bba501524/ | work=Film School Rejects | date=September 13, 2012 | access-date=November 28, 2016 | archive-date=October 29, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065738/https://filmschoolrejects.com/37-things-we-learned-from-the-boogie-nights-commentary-fb8bba501524/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Mark Wahlberg.jpg|thumb|upright|''Boogie Nights'' helped establish Wahlberg as a film actor; he was previously only known as the frontman of [[Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch]]]]
Anderson originally wanted the role of Eddie to be played by [[Leonardo DiCaprio]], after seeing him in ''[[The Basketball Diaries (film)|The Basketball Diaries]]''. DiCaprio enjoyed the screenplay, but had to turn it down because he had signed on to star in [[James Cameron]]'s ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]''. He recommended his ''Basketball Diaries'' co-star [[Mark Wahlberg]] for the role.<ref name=filmschoolrejects /> DiCaprio would later say that he wished he had done both.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gq.com/story/leonardo-dicaprio-revolutionary-road-kate-winslet | title=Leading Man: Leonardo DiCaprio | date=November 2008 | access-date=July 3, 2023 | archive-date=March 20, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180320060459/https://www.gq.com/story/leonardo-dicaprio-revolutionary-road-kate-winslet | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Joaquin Phoenix]] was also offered the role of Eddie, but he declined it due to concerns about playing a porn star. Phoenix later collaborated with Anderson on the films ''[[The Master (2012 film)|The Master]]'' and ''[[Inherent Vice (film)|Inherent Vice]]''.<ref>{{cite web | last=Brooks | first=Xan | title=Joaquin Phoenix set to star in Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jan/25/joaquin-phoenix-paul-thomas-anderson | work=The Guardian | date=January 25, 2013 | access-date=November 28, 2016 | archive-date=March 5, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305000955/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jan/25/joaquin-phoenix-paul-thomas-anderson | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Bill Murray]], [[Harvey Keitel]], [[Warren Beatty]], [[Albert Brooks]] and [[Sydney Pollack]] declined or were passed up on the role of Jack Horner, which went to [[Burt Reynolds]].<ref name=yahoo>{{cite web | last=Zakarin | first=Jordan | title=5 Things We Just Learned About 'Boogie Nights' | url=https://www.yahoo.com/movies/5-things-we-just-learned-about-boogie-nights-104867842112.html | work=Yahoo! Movies | date=December 10, 2014 | access-date=November 28, 2016 | archive-date=March 5, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305134030/https://www.yahoo.com/movies/5-things-we-just-learned-about-boogie-nights-104867842112.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://grantland.com/features/boogie-nights/ | title=Livin' Thing | access-date=December 22, 2022 | archive-date=December 22, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222114220/https://grantland.com/features/boogie-nights/ | url-status=live }}</ref> After starring in ''[[Hard Eight (film)|Hard Eight]]'', [[Samuel L. Jackson]] declined the role of Buck Swope, which went to Don Cheadle.<ref name=filmschoolrejects /> Anderson initially did not consider [[Heather Graham]] for Rollergirl, because he had never seen her do nudity in a film. However, Graham's agent called Anderson asking if she could read for the part, which she won.<ref name=filmschoolrejects /> [[Gwyneth Paltrow]], [[Drew Barrymore]] and [[Tatum O'Neal]] were also up for the role.<ref name=yahoo /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/gwyneth-paltrow-turned-down-blockbuster-movie-roles-talks-regrets-2015151/ | title=Gwyneth Paltrow Turned Down These Blockbusters -- Does She Regret It? | date=January 15, 2015 | access-date=December 22, 2022 | archive-date=December 22, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222114219/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/gwyneth-paltrow-turned-down-blockbuster-movie-roles-talks-regrets-2015151/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

After having a very difficult time getting his previous film, ''Hard Eight'', released, Anderson laid down a hard law when making ''Boogie Nights''. He initially wanted the film to be over three hours long and be rated NC-17. The film's producers, particularly [[Michael De Luca]], said that the film had to be either under three hours or rated R. Anderson fought with them, saying that the film would not have a mainstream appeal no matter what. They did not change their minds, and Anderson chose the R rating as a challenge. Despite this, the film was still 25 minutes shorter than promised.<ref name=filmschoolrejects />

Reynolds did not get along with Anderson while filming. After seeing a rough cut of the film, Reynolds allegedly fired his agent for recommending it.<ref>{{cite web | last=Brew | first=Simon | title=10 actors who turned against their own films | url=http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/15452/10-actors-who-turned-against-their-own-films | work=Den of Geek | date=March 1, 2010 | access-date=November 28, 2016 | archive-date=April 20, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160420120430/http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/15452/10-actors-who-turned-against-their-own-films | url-status=live }}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Citation comes across as 2nd hand gossip. With barely enough information itself, it's written in a way where it's expecting to give the reader another source but fails to do so.|date=January 2020}} Despite this, Reynolds won a [[Golden Globe Award]] and was nominated for an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for his performance. Later, Anderson wanted Reynolds to star in his next film ''[[Magnolia (film)|Magnolia]]'', but Reynolds declined it.<ref>{{cite web | last=Jagernauth | first=Kevin | title="He Was Young And Full Of Himself": Burt Reynolds On Why He "Hated" Paul Thomas Anderson During 'Boogie Nights' | url=http://www.indiewire.com/2015/12/he-was-young-and-full-of-himself-burt-reynolds-on-why-he-hated-paul-thomas-anderson-during-boogie-nights-101670/ | work=Indiewire | publisher=Penske Business Media, LLC | date=December 3, 2015 | access-date=November 29, 2016 | archive-date=November 29, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129205856/http://www.indiewire.com/2015/12/he-was-young-and-full-of-himself-burt-reynolds-on-why-he-hated-paul-thomas-anderson-during-boogie-nights-101670/ | url-status=live }}</ref> In 2012, Reynolds denied rumors that he disliked the film, calling it "extraordinary" and saying that his opinion of it has nothing to do with his relationship with Anderson.<ref>{{Citation|last=Mandatory|title=Deliverance Interviews (Ronny Cox, Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds & Ned Beatty)|date=July 11, 2012|url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PnqGa3ffq4I| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211103/PnqGa3ffq4I| archive-date=November 3, 2021 | url-status=live|access-date=March 1, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> According to Wahlberg, Reynolds wanted his character Jack Horner to have an Irish accent, which he used for the character on his first day of shooting, before dropping it on the next day.<ref>{{cite web|last=Thrash|first=Steven|title=Mark Wahlberg Recalls Burt Reynolds' Blunt Behavior on Boogie Nights: 'Don't You Ever Laugh at Me Kid!'|date=March 17, 2024|website=MovieWeb|url=https://movieweb.com/mark-wahlberg-boogie-nights-burt-reynolds-shocking-first-meeting/|accessdate=April 4, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Bentz|first=Adam|title="Don't You Ever Laugh At Me, Kid": Mark Wahlberg & Burt Reynolds' First Boogie Nights Scene Went Very Awkwardly|date=March 15, 2024|website=Screen Rant|url=https://screenrant.com/boogie-nights-movie-mark-wahlberg-burt-reynolds-scene-first-story/|accessdate=April 5, 2024}}</ref>

According to [[Thomas Jane]], who played Todd Parker in the film, the character Cosmo throwing firecrackers throughout the drug deal scene was not originally in the script, but was written for Anderson's friend Joe G. M. Chan, whom Anderson had seen randomly throwing firecrackers at a party before asking him to appear in the film. Jane also said that Reynolds had attempted to knee him in the crotch during filming due to Anderson keeping the camera rolling after the end of the take, with Jane taunting him as part of a prank. Reynolds sent a six pack of beer to Jane's trailer as an apology.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Slx2icItg0 |title=Celebrity True or False: Thomas Jane Shares Some Great 'Boogie Nights' Stories {{!}} The Rich Eisen Show |date=2022-05-18 |last=The Rich Eisen Show |access-date=2024-12-28 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

==Release and reception ==
The film premiered at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] and [[New York Film Festival]], before opening on two screens in the United States on October 10, 1997. It grossed $50,168 during its opening weekend. Three weeks later, it expanded to 907 theaters and grossed $4.7 million, ranking number four for the week. It eventually earned $26.4 million in the United States and $16.7 million in foreign markets for a worldwide box office total of $43.1 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=boogienights.htm |title=Box Office Mojo |publisher=IMDb |access-date=June 25, 2011 |archive-date=September 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120918020132/http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=boogienights.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Critical response===
[[File:Red Bandit Jacket.jpg|thumb|upright|Reynolds received over ten accolades for his performance, including a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Golden Globe Award]], in addition to nominations for an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Academy Award]], and a [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role|Screen Actors Guild Award]].]]

[[File:Julianne Moore (15011443428).jpg|thumb|upright|right|Moore received Supporting Actress nominations for an [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Academy Award]], [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Golden Globe Award]], and [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role|Screen Actors Guild Award]] for her performance]]

On [[review aggregator]] [[Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Boogie Nights'' holds an approval rating of 94% based on 77 reviews, with an average score of 8.10/10. The site's critical consensus states, "Grounded in strong characters, bold themes, and subtle storytelling, ''Boogie Nights'' is a groundbreaking film both for director P.T. Anderson and star Mark Wahlberg."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/boogie_nights |title=''Boogie Nights'' |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]] |access-date=June 7, 2020 |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604184916/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/boogie_nights |url-status=live }}</ref> On [[Metacritic]], the film holds a [[weighted average]] score of 86 out of 100, based on 28 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/boogie-nights |title=''Boogie Nights'' |work=Metacritic |publisher=CBS Interactive |access-date=July 1, 2010 |archive-date=October 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181005152428/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/boogie-nights |url-status=live }}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "C" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://screencrush.com/movies-with-crazy-cinemascores/ |title= 25 Films With Completely Baffling CinemaScores |publisher= ScreenCrush |author= Matt Singer |date= August 13, 2015 |access-date= August 18, 2020 |archive-date= September 7, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200907051200/https://screencrush.com/movies-with-crazy-cinemascores/ |url-status= live }}</ref>

[[Janet Maslin]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "Everything about ''Boogie Nights'' is interestingly unexpected," although "the film's extravagant 2-hour 32-minute length amounts to a slight tactical mistake ... [it] has no trouble holding interest ... but the length promises larger ideas than the film finally delivers." She praised Burt Reynolds for "his best and most suavely funny performance in many years," and added, "The movie's special gift happens to be Mark Wahlberg, who gives a terrifically appealing performance."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/library/film/boogie-film-review.html |title=''New York Times'' review |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 8, 1997 |access-date=June 25, 2011 |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019070023/http://www.nytimes.com/library/film/boogie-film-review.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Roger Ebert]] of the ''[[Chicago Sun-Times]]'' observed: {{cquote|Few films have been more matter-of-fact, even disenchanted, about sexuality. Adult films are a business here, not a dalliance or a pastime, and one of the charms of ''Boogie Nights'' is the way it shows the everyday backstage humdrum life of porno filmmaking ... The sweep and variety of the characters have brought the movie comparisons to [[Robert Altman]]'s ''[[Nashville (film)|Nashville]]'' and ''[[The Player (1992 film)|The Player]]''. There is also some of the same appeal as ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' in scenes that balance precariously between comedy and violence ... Through all the characters and all the action, Anderson's screenplay centers on the human qualities of the players ... ''Boogie Nights'' has the quality of many great films, in that it always seems alive.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/boogie-nights-1997 |title=''RogerEbert.com'' review |publisher=RogerEbert.com |access-date=April 14, 2020 |date=October 17, 1997 |archive-date=March 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200330172408/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/boogie-nights-1997 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

[[Mick LaSalle]] of the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]'' stated, "''Boogie Nights'' is the first great film about the 1970s to come out since the '70s ... It gets all the details right, nailing down the styles and the music. More impressive, it captures the decade's distinct, decadent glamour ... [It] also succeeds at something very difficult: re-creating the [[ethos]] and mentality of an era ... Paul Thomas Anderson ... has pulled off a wonderful, sprawling, sophisticated film ... With ''Boogie Nights'', we know we're not just watching episodes from disparate lives but a panorama of recent social history, rendered in bold, exuberant colors."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1997/10/17/DD67372.DTL |title=''San Francisco Chronicle'' review |publisher=SFGate.com |date=October 17, 1997 |access-date=June 25, 2011 |first=Mick |last=LaSalle |archive-date=December 28, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071228212745/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F1997%2F10%2F17%2FDD67372.DTL |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Kenneth Turan]] of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' called it "a startling film, but not for the obvious reasons. Yes, its decision to focus on the pornography business in the San Fernando Valley in the 1970s and 1980s is nerviness itself, but more impressive is the film's sureness of touch, its ability to be empathetic, nonjudgmental and gently satirical, to understand what is going on beneath the surface of this raunchy ''Nashville''-esque universe and to deftly relate it to our own ... Perhaps the most exciting thing about ''Boogie Nights'' is the ease with which writer-director Anderson ... spins out this complex web. A true storyteller, able to easily mix and match moods in a playful and audacious manner, he is a filmmaker definitely worth watching, both now and in the future."<ref>{{cite web |last=Boucher |first=Geoff |url=http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie971111-40,0,7782501.story |title=Los Angeles Times review |publisher=CalendarLive.com |access-date=June 25, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201084209/http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-movie971111-40%2C0%2C7782501.story |archive-date=December 1, 2008  }}</ref> In [[Time Out New York]], [[Andrew Johnston (critic)|Andrew Johnston]] concluded, "The porn milieu may scare some folks off, but ''Boogie Nights'' offers laughs, tenderness, terror and redemption--everything you could ask for in a movie. It's an impressive and satisfying film, one the Academy really ought to have the balls to recognize."<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Johnston|first=Andrew|date=October 2–16, 1997|title=Boogie Nights|journal=Time Out New York|pages=77}}</ref>

[[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' said, "[T]his chunk of movie dynamite is detonated by Mark Wahlberg ... who grabs a breakout role and runs with it ... Even when ''Boogie Nights'' flies off course as it tracks its bizarrely idealistic characters into the '80s ... you can sense the passionate commitment at the core of this hilarious and harrowing spectacle. For this, credit Paul Thomas Anderson ... who ... scores a personal triumph by finding glints of rude life in the ashes that remained after [[Watergate scandal|Watergate]]. For all the unbridled sex, what is significant, timely and, finally, hopeful about ''Boogie Nights'' is the way Anderson proves that a movie can be mercilessly honest and mercifully humane at the same time."<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/boogie-nights-19971010 "''Rolling Stone'' review"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110628203057/http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/boogie-nights-19971010 |date=June 28, 2011 }}. ''[[Rolling Stone]]''. Retrieved February 6, 2014.</ref>

[[Gene Siskel]] of the ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' called it "beautifully made" and praised the performances, calling Reynolds "absolutely centered and in control of his emotions" and saying Wahlberg "couldn't be better". However, he moderated his praise by saying, "The early rave reviews accorded this film suggest a significance that I, however, did not encounter. Show-biz stories are all pretty much the same: ambition, stardom, drugs, disillusionment. Add the home video revolution to this mix and curiosity about the size of the boy wonder's equipment; throw in a few topical references like the soft drink [[Fresca]], and you have the bare bones of the story." He gave the film three and a half stars out of a possible four.<ref>{{cite web | last=Siskel | first=Gene | title='Boggie' Grooves to an Off Beat | website=chicagotribune.com | date=October 17, 1997 | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-10-17-9710170183-story.html | access-date=December 29, 2020 | archive-date=August 9, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809215220/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1997-10-17-9710170183-story.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

Despite the accolades Wahlberg received for his performance in ''Boogie Nights'', he would later express regret for having made the film. "I've made some poor choices in the past", he said, and stated he wanted [[God in Christianity|God]] to forgive him for appearing in it.<ref name="Sharf">{{cite web |last1=Sharf |first1=Zack |title=Mark Wahlberg Wants God to Forgive Him for 'Boogie Nights': 'I've Made Some Poor Choices' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/mark-wahlberg-god-forgive-him-boogie-nights-1201890465/ |website=IndieWire |date=24 October 2017 |access-date=October 14, 2023 |archive-date=October 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231031163309/https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/mark-wahlberg-god-forgive-him-boogie-nights-1201890465/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Wahlberg later clarified his comments, saying he had made them because he "was sitting in front of a couple of thousand kids talking about and trying to encourage them to come back to their faith, and I was just saying that I just hope [God] has a sense of humor because I maybe made some decisions that may not be okay with Him."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharf |first=Zack |date=2017-11-06 |title=Mark Wahlberg Explains the Real Reason He Asked God to Forgive Him for 'Boogie Nights' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/mark-wahlberg-boogie-nights-explains-god-forgiveness-dirk-diggler-1201894672/ |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}</ref> He also stated in an interview with [[Andy Cohen]] that his comment was "a joke taken too seriously".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mark Wahlberg: Asking forgiveness for "Boogie Nights" was a joke taken seriously {{!}} Ghostarchive |url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/v0-_0gkYxvA |access-date=2024-12-28 |website=ghostarchive.org}}</ref>

===Accolades===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Award
! Category
! Nominee(s)
! Result
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[70th Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| [[Burt Reynolds]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/70th-winners.html |title=The 70th Academy Awards (1998) Nominees and Winners |access-date=November 19, 2011 |work=oscars.org |archive-date=October 1, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141001073921/https://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/70th-winners.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| [[Julianne Moore]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| [[Paul Thomas Anderson]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Casting Society of America#Artios Awards|Artios Awards]]
| [[Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature (Comedy)|Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Comedy]]
| Christine Sheaks
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1998 |title=Nominees/Winners |publisher=[[Casting Society of America]] |access-date=July 10, 2019 |archive-date=August 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816125851/http://www.castingsociety.com/awards/artios/1998 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 1997|Boston Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| [[Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Burt Reynolds
| {{draw|2nd Place}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://bostonfilmcritics.org/past-winners-1990s/ |title=BSFC Winners: 1990s |website=[[Boston Society of Film Critics]] |date=July 27, 2018 |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=July 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717194814/https://bostonfilmcritics.org/past-winners-1990s/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Best New Filmmaker
| Paul Thomas Anderson {{small|(also for ''[[Hard Eight (film)|Hard Eight]]'')}}
| {{won}}
|-
| [[British Independent Film Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Best Foreign Independent Film – English Language
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[51st British Academy Film Awards|British Academy Film Awards]]
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| Burt Reynolds
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1998/film |title=BAFTA Awards: Film in 1998 |website=[[BAFTA]] |year=1998 |access-date=September 16, 2016 |ref={{harvid|BAFTA|1997}} |archive-date=May 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509062006/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1998/film |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| Paul Thomas Anderson
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 1997|Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |title=1988-2013 Award Winner Archives |website=[[Chicago Film Critics Association]] |date=January 2013 |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410183233/https://chicagofilmcritics.org/awards-blog/archives |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Paul Thomas Anderson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Burt Reynolds
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| rowspan="2"| Julianne Moore
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film|Chlotrudis Awards]]
| Best Supporting Actress
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://chlotrudis.org/awards/past-awards/1998-4th-annual-awards/ |title=4th Annual Chlotrudis Awards |website=[[Chlotrudis Society for Independent Films]] |access-date=April 23, 2022 |archive-date=February 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203154012/https://chlotrudis.org/awards/past-awards/1998-4th-annual-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[3rd Critics' Choice Awards|Critics' Choice Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Picture|Best Picture]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1997.php |title=The BFCA Critics' Choice Awards :: 1997 |publisher=[[Critics Choice Association|Broadcast Film Critics Association]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212034404/http://www.bfca.org/ccawards/1997.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 12, 2008 |access-date=January 7, 2014}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 1997|Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Picture]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| 
|-
| [[Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Burt Reynolds
| {{won}}
|-
| [[11th European Film Awards|European Film Awards]]
| Screen International Award
| Paul Thomas Anderson
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/1998/film/news/benigni-dreamlife-top-euro-film-kudos-1117489130/|title=Benigni, 'Dreamlife' top Euro film kudos|first1=Sharon|last1=Swart|work=Variety|date=December 7, 1998|access-date=May 28, 2022|archive-date=May 28, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528195230/https://variety.com/1998/film/news/benigni-dreamlife-top-euro-film-kudos-1117489130/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Florida Film Critics Circle Awards 1997|Florida Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| Julianne Moore
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2" align="center" | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.floridafilmcritics.com/2013/11/16/1997-ffcc-award-winners/ |title=1997 FFCC AWARD WINNERS |website=[[Florida Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-date=January 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110102833/http://www.floridafilmcritics.com/2013/11/16/1997-ffcc-award-winners/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| colspan="2"| [[Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Cast|Best Cast]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[55th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture]]
| Burt Reynolds
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/boogie-nights |title=Boogie Nights – Golden Globes |website=[[HFPA]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |ref={{harvid|HFPA|1998}} |archive-date=July 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726205610/https://www.goldenglobes.com/film/boogie-nights |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
| Julianne Moore
| {{nom}}
|-
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
| Best Supporting Actor
| Burt Reynolds
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lvfcs.org/sierra-award-winners.html |title=1997 Sierra Award Winners |date=December 13, 2021 |access-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-date=December 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225035112/http://www.lvfcs.org/sierra-award-winners.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[London Film Critics Circle Awards 1998|London Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[London Film Critics' Circle Award for Film of the Year|Film of the Year]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[1997 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Burt Reynolds
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lafca.net/Years/1997.php |title=The 23rd Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards |website=[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028212332/http://lafca.net/Years/1997.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| Julianne Moore
| {{won}}
|-
| New Generation Award
| Paul Thomas Anderson
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[1998 MTV Movie Awards|MTV Movie Awards]]
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Breakthrough Performance|Best Breakthrough Performance]]
| [[Heather Graham]]
| {{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| 
|-
| [[MTV Movie Award for Best Dance Sequence|Best Dance Sequence]]
| [[Mark Wahlberg]] – "Machine Gun"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[National Board of Review Awards 1997|National Board of Review Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Board of Review: Top Ten Films|Top Ten Films]]
| {{draw|7th Place}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1997/ |title=1997 Award Winners |website=[[National Board of Review]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=May 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528071255/https://nationalboardofreview.org/award-years/1997/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"| [[1997 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
| align="center" rowspan="4"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |title=Past Awards |website=[[National Society of Film Critics]] |date=December 19, 2009 |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=July 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729100021/https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/about-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Paul Thomas Anderson
| {{draw|3rd Place}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Burt Reynolds
| {{won}}
|-
| [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]
| Julianne Moore
| {{won}}
|-
| [[1997 New York Film Critics Circle Awards|New York Film Critics Circle Awards]]
| [[New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Burt Reynolds
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1997 |title=1997 New York Film Critics Circle Awards |website=[[New York Film Critics Circle]] |access-date=July 5, 2021 |archive-date=December 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209204813/https://www.nyfcc.com/awards/?awardyear=1997 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="11"| Online Film & Television Association Awards
| Best Drama Picture
| Paul Thomas Anderson, [[Lloyd Levin]], John S. Lyons, and <br> [[JoAnne Sellar]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="10"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-awards/2nd-annual-film-awards-1997/ |title=2nd Annual Film Awards (1997) |website=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-date=October 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201016002955/http://www.oftaawards.com/film-awards/2nd-annual-film-awards-1997/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Best Director
| Paul Thomas Anderson
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Drama Actress
| Julianne Moore
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actor
| Burt Reynolds
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actress
| Julianne Moore
| {{won}}
|-
| Best Original Screenplay
| Paul Thomas Anderson
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Costume Design
| [[Mark Bridges (costume designer)|Mark Bridges]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Film Editing
| [[Dylan Tichenor]]
| {{nom}}
|-
| Best Production Design
| Bob Ziembicki and Sandy Struth
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="2"| Best Ensemble
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="2"| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture
| {{won|Inducted}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |title=Film Hall of Fame Inductees: Productions |website=Online Film & Television Association |access-date=August 15, 2021 |archive-date=September 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911025446/http://www.oftaawards.com/film-hall-of-fame/film-hall-of-fame-productions/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Online Film Critics Society Awards 1997|Online Film Critics Society Awards]]
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Paul Thomas Anderson
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://ofcs.org/awards/1997-awards-1st-annual/ |title=1997 Online Film Critics Society Awards |website=[[Online Film Critics Society]] |date=January 3, 2012 |access-date=April 22, 2022 |archive-date=February 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228100152/https://ofcs.org/awards/1997-awards-1st-annual/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Burt Reynolds
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
| rowspan="2"| Paul Thomas Anderson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[PEN Center USA|PEN America Literary Awards]]
| Screenplay
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 1997|San Diego Film Critics Society Awards]]
| [[San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]]
| Burt Reynolds
| {{won}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="8"| [[2nd Golden Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]]
| colspan="2"| [[Satellite Award for Best Film|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="8"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/1998/ |title=1998 Satellite Awards |website=[[Satellite Awards]] |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-date=May 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502202216/https://www.pressacademy.com/award_cat/1998/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| Paul Thomas Anderson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture|Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Mark Wahlberg
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture|Best Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Burt Reynolds
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture – Drama]]
| Julianne Moore
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
| Paul Thomas Anderson
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Satellite Award for Best Editing|Best Film Editing]]
| Dylan Tichenor
| {{nom}}
|-
| colspan="2"| [[Satellite Award for Best Cast – Motion Picture|Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble]]
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[4th Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
| [[Don Cheadle]], Heather Graham, [[Luis Guzmán]], [[Philip Baker Hall]], <br> [[Philip Seymour Hoffman]], [[Thomas Jane]], [[Ricky Jay]], [[William H. Macy]], <br> [[Alfred Molina]], Julianne Moore, [[Nicole Ari Parker]], [[John C. Reilly]], <br> Burt Reynolds, [[Robert Ridgely]], Mark Wahlberg, and [[Melora Walters]]
| {{nom}}
| align="center" rowspan="3"| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/4th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|title=The 4th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards|work=[[Screen Actors Guild Award]]s|access-date=May 21, 2016|archive-date=November 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111101205428/http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/4th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards|url-status=live}}</ref> <br> <ref name="gelder">{{cite news | last=Van Gelder | first=Lawrence | title=Footlights | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=March 10, 1998 | url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B00E1D81530F933A25750C0A96E958260 | access-date=January 7, 2009 | archive-date=November 19, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119204428/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/03/10/movies/footlights.html | url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| Burt Reynolds
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role]]
| Julianne Moore
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Society of Operating Cameramen|Society of Camera Operators]]
| Historical Shot
| Andy Shuttleworth
| {{won}}
| align="center"| <ref name="SOC Winners">{{cite web |url=http://socawards.com/past-soc-lifetime-achievement-awards/ |title=Past SOC Winners |date=December 6, 2014 |publisher=Society of Camera Operators |accessdate=May 3, 2019 |archive-date=June 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610040350/http://socawards.com/past-soc-lifetime-achievement-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Society of Texas Film Critics Awards 1997|Society of Texas Film Critics Awards]]
| Best Supporting Actor
| Burt Reynolds
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| rowspan="2"| Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
| colspan="2"| Best Picture
| {{draw|4th Place}}
| align="center" rowspan="2"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sefca.net/winners#/1997 |title=1997 SEFA Awards |website=sefca.net |access-date=May 15, 2021 |archive-date=December 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219044002/https://www.sefca.net/winners#/1997 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| Best Supporting Actress
| Julianne Moore
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[1997 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards|Stinkers Bad Movie Awards]]
| Worst On-Screen Couple
| Mark Wahlberg and his fake 13-inch appendage
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1997/1997st.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070103154753/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1997/1997st.htm|archive-date = January 3, 2007|title = Awards}}</ref>
|-
| [[Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 1997|Toronto Film Critics Association Awards]]
| [[Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
| rowspan="2"| Paul Thomas Anderson
| {{Runner-up}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://torontofilmcritics.com/past-award-winners/ |title=TFCA Past Award Winners |website=[[Toronto Film Critics Association]] |date=May 29, 2014 |access-date=August 24, 2021 |archive-date=December 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223152030/https://torontofilmcritics.com/past-award-winners/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[1997 Toronto International Film Festival|Toronto International Film Festival]]
| Metro Media Award
| {{won}}{{efn|Tied with [[Curtis Hanson]] for ''[[L.A. Confidential (film)|L.A. Confidential]]''.}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[Turkish Film Critics Association|Turkish Film Critics Association Awards]]
| colspan="2"| Best Foreign Film
| {{draw|8th Place}}
| align="center"| 
|-
| [[50th Writers Guild of America Awards|Writers Guild of America Awards]]
| [[Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen]]
| Paul Thomas Anderson
| {{nom}}
| align="center"| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |title=Awards Winners |date= |work=wga.org |publisher=Writers Guild of America |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121205095022/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1551 |archive-date=December 5, 2012 |access-date=June 6, 2010}}</ref>
|}

==Music==
{{Infobox album
| name       = Boogie Nights: Music from the Original Motion Picture
| type       = soundtrack
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| name       = Boogie Nights 2: More Music from the Original Motion Picture
| type       = soundtrack
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| released   = January 13, 1998
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Two ''Boogie Nights'' soundtracks were released, the first at the time of the film's initial release and the second the following year. ''[[AllMusic]]'' rated the first soundtrack four and a half stars out of five<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r313040|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review] for the first soundtrack</ref> and the second soundtrack four.<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r331973|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review] for the second soundtrack</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline      = ''Boogie Nights [Original Soundtrack]'' track listing
| extra_column  = Performer(s)
| total_length  = 50:39
| title1        = Intro (Feel the Heat)
| writer1       = [[Paul Thomas Anderson]], [[John C. Reilly]]
| extra1        = Reilly, [[Mark Wahlberg]]
| length1       = 1:11
| title2        = [[Best of My Love (The Emotions song)|Best of My Love]]
| writer2       = [[Al McKay]], [[Maurice White]]
| extra2        = [[The Emotions]]
| length2       = 3:39
| title3        = [[Jungle Fever (song)|Jungle Fever]]
| writer3       = Bill Ador
| extra3        = [[Chakachas]]
| length3       = 4:20
| title4        = [[Brand New Key]]
| writer4       = [[Melanie Safka]]
| extra4        = Melanie Safka
| length4       = 2:23
| title5        = [[Spill the Wine]]
| writer5       = [[Eric Burdon]] and [[War (band)|War]]
| extra5        = Eric Burdon and War
| length5       = 4:02
| title6        = [[Got to Give It Up|Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1]]
| writer6       = [[Marvin Gaye]]
| extra6        = Marvin Gaye
| length6       = 4:07
| title7        = [[Machine Gun (Commodores album)|Machine Gun]]
| writer7       = [[Milan Williams]]
| extra7        = [[Commodores]]
| length7       = 2:38
| title8        = [[Magnet and Steel]]
| writer8       = [[Walter Egan]]
| extra8        = Walter Egan
| length8       = 3:23
| title9        = [[Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now]]
| writer9       = [[Jerry Cohen]], [[Gene McFadden]], [[John Whitehead (singer)|John Whitehead]]
| extra9        = [[McFadden & Whitehead]]
| length9       = 3:40
| title10       = [[Sister Christian]]
| writer10      = [[Kelly Keagy]]
| extra10       = [[Night Ranger]]
| length10      = 5:00
| title11       = [[Livin' Thing]]
| writer11      = [[Jeff Lynne]]
| extra11       = [[Electric Light Orchestra]]
| length11      = 3:30
| title12       = [[God Only Knows]]
| writer12      = [[Tony Asher]], [[Brian Wilson]]
| extra12       = [[The Beach Boys]]
| length12      = 2:48
| title13       = The Big Top (Theme from "Boogie Nights")
| writer13      = 
| extra13       = Penn, [[Patrick Warren]]
| length13      = 9:58
}}

{{Track listing
| headline      = ''Boogie Nights, Vol. 2'' track listing
| extra_column  = Performer(s)
| total_length  = 53:23
| title1        = [[Mama Told Me (Not to Come)]]
| writer1       = [[Randy Newman]]
| extra1        = [[Three Dog Night]]
| length1       = 3:16
| title2        = [[Fooled Around and Fell in Love]]
| writer2       = [[Elvin Bishop]]
| extra2        = Elvin Bishop
| length2       = 4:34
| title3        = [[You Sexy Thing]]
| writer3       = [[Errol Brown]], [[Tony Wilson (musician)|Tony Wilson]]
| extra3        = [[Hot Chocolate (band)|Hot Chocolate]]
| length3       = 4:02
| title4        = [[Boogie Shoes]]
| writer4       = [[Harry Wayne Casey]], [[Richard Finch (musician)|Richard Finch]]
| extra4        = [[KC & the Sunshine Band]]
| length4       = 2:09
| title5        = [[Do Your Thing (Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band song)|Do Your Thing]]
| writer5       = [[Charles Wright (musician)|Charles Wright]]
| extra5        = [[Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band]]
| length5       = 3:29
| title6        = [[Driver's Seat]]
| writer6       = Paul Roberts
| extra6        = [[Sniff 'n' the Tears]]
| length6       = 4:00
| title7        = Feel Too Good
| writer7       = [[Roy Wood]]
| extra7        = [[The Move]]
| length7       = 9:30
| title8        = [[Jessie's Girl]]
| writer8       = [[Rick Springfield]]
| extra8        = Rick Springfield
| length8       = 3:13
| title9        = J.P. Walk
| writer9       = Anton Scott
| extra9        = [[Sound Experience]]
| length9       = 7:05
| title10       = I Want to Be Free
| writer10      = Marshall "Rock" Jones, Ralph "Pee Wee" Middlebrooks, James "Diamond" Williams
| extra10       = [[Ohio Players]]
| length10      = 6:50
| title11       = [[Joy (Apollo 100 song)|Joy]]
| writer11      = [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]
| extra11       = [[Apollo 100]]
| length11      = 2:44
}}

;Personnel
* [[Paul Thomas Anderson]] – executive producer
* [[Karyn Rachtman]] – executive producer, music supervisor
* [[Liz Heller]] – executive producer<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.discogs.com/release/484612 |title=Discogs – Liz Heller credit ''Boogie Nights #2'' 1997 Capitol Records (CDP 7243 4 93076 2 9) US |website=[[Discogs]] |year=1998 |access-date=December 1, 2016 |archive-date=December 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202121851/https://www.discogs.com/release/484612 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Bobby Lavelle – music supervisor
* Carol Dunn – music coordinator

=== Songs that appear in the film but not on either soundtrack albums ===
* "[[Sunny (Bobby Hebb song)|Sunny]]" by [[Boney M.]]
* "Susan (The Sage)" by [[Chico Hamilton|Chico Hamilton Quintet]]
* "[[Fly, Robin, Fly]]" by [[Silver Convention]]
* "[[Afternoon Delight]]" by [[Starland Vocal Band]]
* "[[Lonely Boy (Andrew Gold song)|Lonely Boy]]" by [[Andrew Gold]]
* "Fat Man" by [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]
* "Flying Objects" by [[Roger Webb]]
* "[[Queen of Hearts (Hank DeVito song)|Queen of Hearts]]" by [[Juice Newton]]
* "[[It's Just a Matter of Time (song)|It's Just a Matter of Time]]" by [[Brook Benton]]
* "[[Compared to What]]" by [[Roberta Flack]]
* "[[99 Luftballons]]" by [[Nena (band)|Nena]]
* "[[Voices Carry]]" by [['Til Tuesday]]

==See also==
* ''[[The Pornographer]]''
* ''[[Wonderland (2003 film)|Wonderland]]''
* ''[[Lovelace (film)|Lovelace]]''
* ''[[Making Venus]]'', a 2002 Australian documentary film about two filmmakers who grapple with having coincidentally made a film similar to ''Boogie Nights''
* [[List of films featuring fictional films]]
* [[American Eccentric Cinema]]

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{wikiquote}}
* {{IMDb title|0118749}}
* {{Mojo title|boogienights}}
* {{Rotten-tomatoes|boogie_nights}}
* {{Metacritic film}}
* {{Imsdb|Boogie-Nights.html}}
* [http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/tt/tt971031paul_thomas_anderson Paul Thomas Anderson radio interview]
* [http://grantland.com/features/boogie-nights/ "Livin' Thing: An Oral History of ''Boogie Nights''{{-"}}], ''[[Grantland]]'', December 2014

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