Boogie Nights

[Mr. DS]

AHD covered a lot of my opinions.  I haven't watched the film recentely but it captures a certain something.  What that "something" is its hard to tell but its there.  This movie for me, much like The Big Lebowski, is a moment in time film where characters speak more than plot.

[Allhallowsday]

There's this one soundtrack in the film, where they're all going through the rough patch (Eddie being beaten up). It's very repetitve and heavy, but great. But I can't find it, anyone know what's it called?

It's been awhile since I've seen it... why don't you check out the TWO soundtrack albums at Amazon which includes short samples of each song... maybe you'll find it, but if you do, let us know what it is: 

http://www.amazon.com/Boogie-Nights-Original-Motion-Picture/dp/B000002UKO/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1311819682&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Boogie-Nights-Original-Motion-Picture/dp/B000002UVH/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1311819682&sr=1-2

[HappyGilmore]

With all the great actors in here, people tend to overlook the performance of John C. Reilly. This and Punch Drunk Love are great.

John C. Reilly was a great bit of casting. I'm sad to see that he has gone the way of Christopher Walken and buried himself in Judd Apatow-type vehicles to the near abandonment of the interesting roles he once did. It's cool to mix in the comedy here and there, but sometimes these great actors just give up the meaningful roles entirely once they get in with the Apatow crowd.

I have to say though, he's incredibly great in those comedies as well.  I would like to see him do something a bit dramatic now, though.

Did you see him in Walk Hard?  Brilliant.

[Vik]

There's this one soundtrack in the film, where they're all going through the rough patch (Eddie being beaten up). It's very repetitve and heavy, but great. But I can't find it, anyone know what's it called?

It's been awhile since I've seen it... why don't you check out the TWO soundtrack albums at Amazon which includes short samples of each song... maybe you'll find it, but if you do, let us know what it is: 

http://www.amazon.com/Boogie-Nights-Original-Motion-Picture/dp/B000002UKO/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1311819682&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Boogie-Nights-Original-Motion-Picture/dp/B000002UVH/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1311819682&sr=1-2

Nope, not on it.  It's purely intrumental and very simplistic but worked very well as a dramatic effect.

[Ash]

Great movie.   

I always switch the first letters of the title and call it "Noogie Bights".

[Bmeansgood]

I love Rollergirl and I think of her whenever I hear the song "I got a brand new pair of roller skates...."

It also has the great Luis Guzman.

[zombie no.one]

Saw Boogie Nights when it came out and thought it was great. It reminded me a bit of Pulp Fiction in terms of exciting, rock'n'roll film making. Bought the DVD recently and watched it again and still think it's a great film.

What I only recently found out is that it's loosely based on John Holmes and the "Wonderland" murders, which led me to seek out the film Wonderland with Val Kilmer which is directly baded on that, although I had to stop watching because I thought it was rubbish...

The Wonderland murders is an interesting and shocking story though. There's gruesome footage on youtube of the police videotape of the house after the murders with the bodies etc, which turned out to be the very first time that video evidence was utilised in a criminal trial.