Boogie Nights

Continuity mistake: At Rahad's house, Todd puts a gun in his belt. It is not visible as he walks up the steps to the house, is visible as they go to greet Rahad and then it is not visible for the rest of the scene until Todd pulls it out to shoot Rahad. (02:08:20)

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Continuity mistake: When Dirk, and Reed are buying clothes, they walk up to the wall, and look at a pair of shoes. Reed is on Dirk's right. On the next shot, Reed is on his left.

Continuity mistake: When the girl in the red swimming costume is being carried to the car after ODing, she has less blood on her face then when she was lying on the floor in the bedroom. (00:39:45)

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Continuity mistake: When Buck is covered in blood during the doughnut scene, first he just has blood on the right side of his suit. When the angle cuts, his whole suit is covered in blood.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: At the recording studio, before Burt talks about Catch-22 he swaps from leaning against the door, arms crossed, to several inches ahead arms raised.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: Dirk tells his girlfriend "Everyone's blessed with one special thing" and she has her head up, elbows on the mattress. A frame later, her head and back are resting on the mattress.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: When Dirk and Jack first meet, the kitchen towel to the left of Dirk keeps changing positions between shots.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: At the pool party, when the guy is crying about the OD'd girl, the coke moves further away from his knee between shots.

Sacha

Continuity mistake: At the diner Horner is listing all the costs of making a movie while Amber sits against the chair, left arm relaxed. Angle cuts, and she is leaning forward, hand next to her mouth.

Sacha

Factual error: While Dirk and Reed are running from Rahad's house, and trying to get into Dirk's 'Vette, Rahad fires a shotgun at them. One shot hits the driver's window, which shatters, then a shot at the back of the car showers sparks. Corvettes are fiberglass-bodied, and wouldn't spark. After the sparks, there is no damage to the rear bumper cover, which if really hit with a shotgun blast would at least put some holes in the fiberglass.

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Dirk Diggler: I'm Dirk Diggler! I'm the star! It's my big dick and I say when we roll!

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Trivia: Loosely based on the events of porn legend John Holmes' (died from AIDS-related liver failure in 1988) life.

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Question: When he starts his first film, Dirk is presumably 17. Isn't it illegal for anyone under 18 to be in a porn film?

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Chosen answer: It is illegal, but that doesn't mean that it's not possible for him to get away with it. Tracy Lords was under 18 when she first started making porn.

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