Boogie Nights
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Boogie Nights is a 1997 American comedy-drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. It is set in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley and focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher 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 is an expansion of Anderson's mockumentary short film The Dirk Diggler Story (1988), and stars Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nicole Ari Parker, and Heather Graham. Boogie Nights premiered at the 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 Best Original Screenplay for Anderson, Best Supporting Actress for Moore, and Best Supporting Actor for Reynolds. The film's soundtrack also received acclaim. It has since been considered one of Anderson's best works, one of the greatest films of the 1990s, and one of the best films of all time by Variety.
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| Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Burt Reynolds | Nominated | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Julianne Moore | Nominated | ||
| Best Screenplay – Written Directly for the Screen | Paul Thomas Anderson | Nominated | ||
| Artios Awards | Outstanding Achievement in Feature Film Casting – Comedy | Christine Sheaks | Won | |
| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Burt Reynolds | 2nd Place | |
| Best New Filmmaker | Paul Thomas Anderson (also for Hard Eight) | Won | ||
| British Independent Film Awards | Best Foreign Independent Film – English Language | Won | ||
| British Academy Film Awards | Best Actor in a Supporting Role | Burt Reynolds | Nominated | |
| Best Original Screenplay | Paul Thomas Anderson | Nominated | ||
| Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Film | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Paul Thomas Anderson | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Burt Reynolds | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Julianne Moore | Nominated | ||
| Chlotrudis Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated | ||
| Critics' Choice Awards | Best Picture | Nominated | ||
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards | Best Picture | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Burt Reynolds | Won | ||
| European Film Awards | Screen International Award | Paul Thomas Anderson | Nominated | |
| Florida Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Julianne Moore | Won | |
| Best Cast | Won | |||
| Golden Globe Awards | Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Burt Reynolds | Won | |
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Julianne Moore | Nominated | ||
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Burt Reynolds | Won | |
| London Film Critics Circle Awards | Film of the Year | Nominated | ||
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Burt Reynolds | Won | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Julianne Moore | Won | ||
| New Generation Award | Paul Thomas Anderson | Won | ||
| MTV Movie Awards | Best Breakthrough Performance | Heather Graham | Won | |
| Best Dance Sequence | Mark Wahlberg – "Machine Gun" | Nominated | ||
| National Board of Review Awards | Top Ten Films | 7th Place | ||
| National Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Film | 3rd Place | ||
| Best Director | Paul Thomas Anderson | 3rd Place | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Burt Reynolds | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Julianne Moore | Won | ||
| New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Supporting Actor | Burt Reynolds | Won | |
| Online Film & Television Association Awards | Best Drama Picture | Paul Thomas Anderson, Lloyd Levin, John S. Lyons, and JoAnne Sellar | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Paul Thomas Anderson | Nominated | ||
| Best Drama Actress | Julianne Moore | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Burt Reynolds | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Julianne Moore | Won | ||
| Best Original Screenplay | Paul Thomas Anderson | Nominated | ||
| Best Costume Design | Mark Bridges | Nominated | ||
| Best Film Editing | Dylan Tichenor | Nominated | ||
| Best Production Design | Bob Ziembicki and Sandy Struth | Nominated | ||
| Best Ensemble | Nominated | |||
| Hall of Fame – Motion Picture | Inducted | |||
| Online Film Critics Society Awards | Best Director | Paul Thomas Anderson | Nominated | |
| Best Supporting Actor | Burt Reynolds | Won | ||
| Best Screenplay | Paul Thomas Anderson | Nominated | ||
References
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- Boogie Nights #2http://www.discogs.com/release/484612