- Title: USA: PERIOD 1970S COMEDY/DRAMA "BOOGIE NIGHTS" PREMIERES IN LOS ANGELES
- Date: 21st September 1997
- Summary: PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON SAYING OF COMPARISON BETWEEN 70'S ADULT FILM AND TODAY, "THERE'S A MASSIVE DIFFERENCE. I MEAN THERE WAS A SORT OF MOMENT THERE WHERE THERE WAS A GLIMPSE OF HOPE FOR THE INDUSTRY, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT WASN'T JUST SHOWING SORT OF ASSEMBLY LINE SEX ON VIDEOTAPE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SORT OF FILMS THAT WERE SHOT ON FILM THAT HAD A SORT OF VERSION OF A STORY,
- Embargoed: 6th October 1997 13:00
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- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Reuters ID: LVA1X5LSGF9BPLO2HNR5SRUJVTCS
- Story Text: A week after taking a successful bow at the New York Film Festival, "Boogie Nights" premiered in Los Angeles with a gala event attended by stars Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore and Burt Reynolds.
Although he new prefers to be known by the name his parents gave him, the then "Marky Mark" shot to fame as a well-proportioned model in a Calvin Klein underwear advertisement.
The old Marky was never much of a rapper, his work described as bland hip-hop, but in Hollywood these days, he is giving off heat.
Wahlberg's performance in the controversial porn comedy/drama "Boogie Nights" is getting star reviews. In the film, Wahlberg masturbates for money, has on-camera sex, snorts cocaine, robs houses and delivers a monologue with a 13-inch prosthetic penis.
He plays Eddie Adams, an aimless waiter who makes money on the side by displaying his penis to anyone who'll pay.
Eddie, who takes the stage name Dirk Diggler, is discovered by Jack Horner, played by Burt Reynolds, a pornographer who introduces him into the world of hardcore porn.
The film was written and directed by second-time director Paul Thomas Anderson.
It also stars Julianna Moore, who plays porn queen Amber Waves, a woman who takes on a motherly role to the younger porn performers in the film. "Devil in a Blue Dress" and "Volcano" star Don Cheadle plays Buck Swope, a porn actor who would rather go legitimate and open his own stereo shop, while newcomer Heather Graham plays Rollergirl, a high school dropout whose signature is performing sex acts while wearing rollar skates. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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