Revealing mistake: In Dirk's first sex scene with Amber they are both supposed to be naked except for their shoes. At the end of the scene Amber sits up on the table on which they had sex as a female stage hand wraps her in a robe, and you can see she is wearing black panties. (00:54:54)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Plot summary
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Don Cheadle, William H. Macy, Burt Reynolds, Heather Graham, Luis Guzmán, Philip Baker Hall
Genres: Drama
A young man searching for his place in the world falls into the porn film industry. He soon rises to the top and changes his screen name to Dirk.
The fast-paced, drinking and drugging lifestyle of his new found career causes problems at home, but he is smitten with the intensity of fame and attention he receives as the current 'golden boy' of porn.
He gets hooked on cocaine which is very prevalent in the porn film industry and finds his star status slipping away. In a drug induced state he decides to get involved with a dangerously volatile durg lord who nearly kills him when the deal goes sour. His drug-ridden detour results in being pushed aside and out of the spotlight to make room for the next naughty and naked Adonis, despite Dirk's incredible phallic endowment (which we get to see at the very end!).
Having paid his dues, Dirk resurfaces in the porn world and takes his place not as a 'has been', but as a seasoned veteran who still has what it takes. And does he ever!
More mistakes in Boogie Nights
Floyd Gondolli: I like butter in my ass, and lollipops in my mouth, but that's just me.
Trivia: Loosely based on the events of porn legend John Holmes' (died from AIDS-related liver failure in 1988) life.
Question: The paper bag full of cash from the failed doughnut shop heist - Buck takes it and it's implied he funds his stereo business with it, but would that bag really hold enough cash for what he had planned, even considering money went further back then?
Answer: No - it is implied he put the money into his bank account, qualifying him for a loan. In the time the film is set, that is certainly possible.
Yeah but wasn't he denied a business loan earlier in the film?
Perhaps with the donut money, he was able to qualify for a loan in a lesser amount, or the added money in his bank account raised his creditworthiness.