Boogie Nights (USA 1997) Paul Thomas Anderson He developed a passion for filmmaking at a young age, and he began his career as a production assistant on various television movies, videos and game shows in both New York and Los Angeles. After working in a similar capacity for several independent films, Anderson wrote and directed a short film entitled Cigarettes and Coffee (1993). Boogie Nights is his second feature film. FILMOGRAPHY 1993 Cigarettes and Coffee (short film) 1996 Hard Eight 1997 Boogie Nights Direction: Paul Thomas Anderson. / Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson. / Cinematography: Robert Elswit. / Editing: Dylan Tichenor. / Sound: Stephen Halbert. / Music: Michael Penn. / Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, William H. Macy. / Producers: Lloyd Levin, John Lyons, Paul Thomas Anderson, Joanne Sellar, Daniel Lupi. / Production: New Line Cinema. / World Sales: New Line International, 118 North Robertson Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA, tel.: 310 854 5811, fax: 310 657 4156. 35mm / Colour 147' Spanning the late 70's and early 80's, Anderson follows the exploits of a hardcore adult film outfit, and especially its most famous star, from the troupe's beginnings, through its meteoric rise and its inevitable decline and fall. In a classic 70's disco, teenager Eddie Adams is discovered by porn director Jack Horner. Horner believes that the adult film can be made into an art form that can both titillate and entertain, and his loyal crew follow him down any path. But it is Adams who comes up with the greatest concept of them all: a porno James Bond, complete with action sequences and explicit sex scenes. The series is a great success and makes Adams a household name. But drugs and the bizarre mechanisms of this disfunctional family take their toll, and the group begins to break apart. The film is a powerful exploration of what happened to decent people when the greedy 80's took control.