Word: dirks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Boogie Nights, Dirk Diggler (a.k.a. Eddie Adams) is the champion of the American dream. When Adams, son of an alcoholic mother and powerless father, reflects on his sizable endowment--"Everyone is born with one special thing"--it is a moment that deeply stirs our egalitarian passions. His ability to come on demand is a legitimate foundation on which to base his worth, and in America, even Eddie, a busboy from the San Fernando Valley, can make it big. He becomes Dirk and rides his broomstick o' love straight...
...colder, nastier edge, and the consequences finally came home to roost. Boogie Nights sends its characters into a spiral of degeneration. As each character faces the ramifications of their depraved life, the porn industry turns to kink and violence in order to keep up with the changing times. Dirk, drugged out and desperate, turns gay tricks in a parking lot to earn money for dope...
...precisely why the trick Anderson and his cast pull off is so admirable. Anderson makes the inherently unlikable lovable, the kitschy worthwhile and the ridiculous meaningful. Mark Wahlberg is excellent as the central character who changes from innocent and stupid Eddie Adams to egotistical and stupid porn star Dirk Diggler. Burt Reynolds seems likely to get a Travolta-like burst of renewed big-screen legitimacy from this role, as plays Jack with such sincerity that we almost believe that his films might actually be good (until we see how hilariously bad they really are). Jack, who has the delicacy...
...surprisingly well received. Just last week he had dinner with the actual Robert De Niro to talk about a boxing film the two plan to star in called Out on My Feet. And Wahlberg is already drawing serious critical attention for his unexpectedly impressive work in Boogie Nights as Dirk Diggler, a softheaded hard-core porn actor. "This new movie of his is going to make him a star," predicts DreamWorks mogul David Geffen, an early Wahlberg mentor. "He's built a legitimate career for himself, which he did not have as a recording artist. There's something about Mark...
...1970s, and porno films are big business. Folks looking at Eddie's endowment gawk as if it were the Washington Monument. He is pornography's future: the Holy Groin. Those 13 inches in his pants will make Eddie a big bright shining star. With a star's neon name: Dirk Diggler...