Boogie Nights (1997) | First Time Watching | FRR Movie Request 

Burt Reynolds is a legend.

The fireworks scene is maybe the most “on edge”/stressful scene I’ve seen in a movie lol.

The scene at Alfred Molina’s house is a top 10 scene of all time, so weird, tense, and funny at the same time.

Paul Thomas Anderson based Dirk Diggler's story on the life of John Holmes, whose real-life rise and downfall is extremely compelling stuff.

A modern classic. Easily one of the best films of the last 30 years, something you can say for most of Anderson's movies.

Dudes! That ‘YOU’ll SEE!’ just kicked me in the teeth! LOL!!🤣🤣🤣😎

21:45 “If this man doesn’t catch a homicide by the end of this movie” I chuckled at the foreshadow

There are so many subplots you guys hit on, as well as themes that usually people don't pay attention to. The Lil Bill subplot you guys caught instantly and said some prophetic words. Loved this one, love the channel!

This movie really makes me miss Philip Seymour Hoffman. He was an amazing actor.

You must react to ALL Paul Thomas Anderson films, ESPECIALLY Magnolia and There Will Be Blood. He's one of the greatest directors in American cinema, without a doubt.

You guys are hysterical. I was a teenager in the late 70s/early 80s, much of it in California. They nailed everything in this movie. I was ten years clean and sober when I saw it in the theater, and the firecracker scene was so on point for the times, it made my palms sweat and the music for that part of the movie was perfect. The 80s were wild, but there was a serious dark side.

You guys do a pretty good job of being entertaining while still paying close attention to the movie. A lot of reactors struggle with that.

Burt Reynold most famous movie is Smoky and the Bandit. It's a fun film with an amazing soundtrack and great car chases. It's a classic. I think you'd enjoy it. It's not an art film, no deep themes, but it's really fun.

The end was in the theatrical release,too!

This is loosely based on porn star John Holmes. The shootout scene at the drug dealers house is mild compared to what really happened. The Wonderland murders was the real event, it was gruesome.

The guy “Jack” you said people were going to get onto you about was Burt Reynolds’s. I was really impressed with how far he had come in his career when I saw this movie. He was a famous action star in the 70s but people often joked about how limited and bad his acting was. He really played a very sophisticated and different role here and nailed it.

Boogie Nighs is just overall a dope movie. I really can't think of anything that is as funny as this film is, while getting incredibly dark at points and touching on serious subjects. So many great actors in this in great roles. Its a real shame so many have passed now. The colonel, Scottie, Jack, Floyd all gone now. Its also crazy that Burt Reynolds absolutely hated Paul Thomas Anderson and didn't like this movie at all. I'd argue that it's hus best work, tbh.

25:08 *Just think of all the bullsh**#t** your mom was saying....... Or maybe not."* - I laughed so hard at this 😂😂😂

Amber’s happy ending was her and Roller Girl coming together for a mother daughter relationship. A drug using porn star doesn’t get custody of her kids. So her and Roller Girl forming a mother daughter relationships is as good as it gets for her.

You heads never disappoint. Great selection.

Reynolds was overlooked for an Oscar in the indelible "Deliverance", A signature film of its time, with Jon Voight also. He was most famous for " Smokey and the Bandit" country-boy car chase fliks.

OK I watched this in theaters my senior year of HS. Right before the show stars we see some girl storm out, her boyfriend chasing her and yells "It's not porn! It's about porn!" it was great. That scene with the firecrackers man it felt like it lasted forever.

Another certified 90's classic. The FRR Fam is on point with the movie suggestions. This was the first movie from director Paul Thomas Anderson, who also made There Will Be Blood.

You both are always picking the bangers. I don't know what it is or why but Boogie Nights has been in my personal favorite top ten since forever; I've seen this movie too many times but I love it every watch. It's masterful. Thank you guys for a super dope and well-edited reaction!

Saw this movie when it first came out on my Unlocked PPV box back in the day. Instant classic.

Yup...that final scene was definitely part of the theatrical release.

Burt Reynolds got the part for ''George Spahn'' in Quentin Tarantino's ''Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood'', sadly he passed away just a few days for the shooting of his scene, which got taken over by Bruce Dern. I wish that it would've been his swan song....Greetings from The Netherlands.

Burt Reynolds was one of the biggest stars of the seventies.

Y'all should check out Deliverance, Burt Reynold's first major role.

Excellent! Another great choice, and I’ll get around to watching it later today. 🎬

For Burt Reynolds check out Smokey and the Bandit 1 and 2, Mystery Alaska, Deliverance, The Longest Yard (original and remake with Adam Sandler), The Dukes of Hazzard(2005 movie not the show), and Cannonball Run. Reynolds movies over the years are really hit or miss as he did a bunch of crap movies for a paycheck. Not faulting him for taking them, just want to add context as to why he is in so many bad movies.

Jack is based on Gerard Damiano, who was the big name in 70's porn. He's even got Damiano's hairstyle. (The guy's denied any similarity, but nobody takes him seriously.)

Mark Wahlberg has said he regrets staring in this movie and he prays to god every night for forgiveness for doing this movie.

FRR putting out more solid movie reactions. You guys should react to 'In Bruges', great British crime drama and one of the best films at mixing dark subject matter and comedy. Definitely think it's you guys kinda film. Keep up the great content FRR, one of the best reaction channels on RU-vid 👍

Black Dynamite (2009) - Black Dynamite is the greatest African-American action star of the 1970s. When his only brother is killed by The Man, it's up to him to find justice. If you haven't seen this one you should check it out, it's a hilarious parody on blaxploitation movies from the 70s. The Brock Landers scenes made me think of this gem.

Spanish Pantalones 😂

I was at Blockbuster back when this was new and some old lady came in absolutely raging because she'd rented this movie without reading the synopsis on the back and was totally scandalized. Hope she didn't try to watch it with her grandkids or something. Maybe she thought it was a sequel to Saturday Night Fever or something. 😆

Magnolia is another great film from a young PT Anderson, and of course There Will be Blood is amazing.

I've been riding with yall for like 2 years now and this is hands down my favorite reaction from yall!

My favorite Anderson. His other movies can seem like homework; this one is endlessly rewatchable, fun from start to finish.

Did Formal say "catch a homi"????

I've never heard of a 2hr version!? Probably a tv cut version, I guess? I saw thé version back in '97 in the cinema, it was one of the greatest movie experiences of my life. Still a top favorite.

Glad to be back. I got hours of entertainment from your sopranos reactions, btw.

Great stuff, as usual. This one is truly unique. The woman who played the “screwing wife” was Nina Hartley. She was one of the top porn stars of the 70’s and 80’s. So far as her character, I got the vibe that she was working in the business, just not with the same filmmakers. So far as Burt Reynolds: he had a strangely wasted career. At the very beginning, some thought he was destined for true greatness, up there with the classics. But so much time was wasted on “junk” roles like Smokey and the Bandit. They were big box office, but mostly throw away entertainment. But I STRONGLY suggest reacting to ‘Deliverance’ (1972). It was a big deal at the time, nominated for Best Picture and Best Director, but didn’t win. It’s the kind of story you’re unlikely to forget. So far as director Paul Thomas Anderson, I very strongly suggest reacting to There Will Be Blood (2007). It was huge at Oscar time, and deservedly so. I think it’s a true American classic, and the story itself is very much an American story, centered around the discovery of oil out West around 1900.

The shootout is a reference to the real life Wonderland murders which John Holmes was involved in. And the movie Wonderland is based on that. Another really good movie.

DELIVERENCE you HAVE to see that Burt Reynolds movie. Released in 1972. Burt was a handsome looking younger man. It’s about 4 friends that go on a weekend fishing trip in Georgia. It’s a thriller survivalist movie. It’s a CLASSIC. 😊Burt definitely deserved an Oscar for his performance.

Burt Reynolds was a Hollywood God! I don’t think there is a Burt Reynolds movie that dispels that claim.😎

This is Paul Thomas Anderson...PTA. "THERE WILL BE BLOOD" is a masterpiece and Oscar nominated for Best Pic...up the same year as "No Country for Old Men"...the Coen's masterpiece) Bill Macy (the cuckolded husband) was the regrettable Lester Nygard in " Fargo", also Coen's. PTA makes some extraordinary films..."The Master" and "Phantom Thread".

My dude on the left of my screen (I should know his name by now) looks just like Leslie West from the band ‘Mountain’.😁😎 MISSISSIPPI QUEEN!😁😎

I first watched this just last year and on mushrooms 🤣 it had been on my list for so long and after I watched it I was so mad at myself for not watching it sooner! This movie is a masterpiece to me and I know I’m going to rewatch it a tonne. The drug deal scene is so intense and just perfection, I love all the music in this movie it’s too good

The dollar bill signs ahahahha.

One of the most accurate movies about the porn industry in the 70s. I promise.

We had a system for figuring out what your 80s/90s porn name would be. Depending on who you heard it from, your first name is the name of your first pet or your middle name, and your last name is the street you grew up on. Mine's Jack or Mark Burgess. Of course, Dirk Diggler is just gold. No idea where that came from.

This is a great movie!

“The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” Comes to mind.

Great reaction.its an extremely hard movie to watch it’s so good.I especially appreciate the mistake that William H Macey made when talking about his characters wife on the ground with the guy and it was kept in the movie

Paul thomas Anderson is a fantastic director. The Master and There will be blood are two other movies of his that you should check if you haven't already. Anyways, solid resume you're building here, guys. Keep it rolling !!

Check out Smokey & the Bandit for more Burt. Fun fact he was roommates with Lee Corso at FSU and was a star running back before blowing out his knee

"you sus for saying that" -- haha

That tense drug deal scene was loosely based on real life pornstar, John Holmes and the Wonderland murders. I highly recommend watching Wonderland (2003) at some point. Stars Val Kilmer as Holmes. Would love to see you guys react and compare the two...😂

The funny thing is all those '70s flicks are freely available on the streaming sites. You can totally see how magical it was back then. The women are actually present, not a bunch of surgically altered tragedies.

Y'all are scholars and gents. 🔥 reaction. Hope y'all hit 99's Magnolia some day soon. A *better* PT Anderson film (imho).

When he was younger, he had this weird earnestness he brought to a lot of roles. The Big Hit is the most absurd of those I think, but its one of my favorites of his and an absolute sleeper

The guy who plays the camera man (not Little Bill with the cheating wife, but the other guy with the beard) is Ricky Jay. He was an incredible magician. Some of his stuff is here on RU-vid - check it out!

I was surprised the ending didn't have a bunch of the cast coming down with AIDS. The timing would have been about right. I was around in those days and people were terrified to the point of obsession, especially in the adult film world. There was no real way to treat it. Maybe they figured it was just too predictable of an ending.

If Dirk's dad was lucky, his wife would have divorced him after Dirk left. One wonders how she was abused as a kid.

Yes!

This movie rocks

"Blow" is just as good. You guys need to watch it.

You guys should watch the original The Longest Yard. Burt Reynolds is so good in it. How could anyone think they could do a better job than Burt?

30:00 I knew you'd miss it. Check out Rollergirl dancing on wheels

37:53 this is exactly how I acted last year when I lost five grand on the Celtics vs Heat game seven.

1:08:01: Burt Reynolds. So, without casting aspersions, performers are generally broken up into two groups: serious actors and movie stars. In the seventies, Burt Reynolds was a MOVIE STAR. In fact, the narrative surrounding Reynolds when he received a best supporting actor nomination for "Boogie Nights" was that he was either A.) a faded movie star who was having a comeback or B.) he was a movie star who had finally done something respectable and was being given his flowers. Unfortunately he lost to Robin Williams, who received a much-deserved win for "Good Will Hunting"*. * "Good Will Hunting" is probably worth reacting to if you guys haven't seen it. Reynolds best known roles are probably the 1972 horror film "Deliverance", fallowed by "Smokey and the Bandit (1977)" and "The Cannonball Run (1981)", both of which got sequels. He also starred in the original 1974 edition of "The Longest Yard", which was remade by Adam Sandler in 2005. I primarily know him because of the 1989 animated film "All Dogs go to Heaven" where he co-starred with "The Cannonball Run" alum Dom DeLuise, who was a frequent collaborator of his at the time. He also show's up in one of the more memorable segments from the 1972 Woody Allen film "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex * ( * But Were Afraid to Ask)".

Yes, Roller Girl...

Often overlooked for the far inferior remake, The Longest Yard (1974) is probably my favorite Burt Reynolds movie.

If nobody's said anything yet little bills wife is played by nina Hartley. And yes shes a real "actress"

The name you were searching for is burt Reynolds. There's a slew of hits you'd want to experience. Smokey and the Bandit, Hooper and Cannonballs 1 & 2 are his best comedies. He did The Longest Yard first and it's far superior to the attempt at a remake with Adam Sandler. Gator and White Lightning are definite bangers as well

Big Lebowski next please

So Bralik, who's the guy with the short hair sitting next to you? Is that Formal's kid brother? What gives?

you definitely need to do _There Will Be Blood_ . Same director, and somehow even better than this. btw @ 46:16 that's Robert Downey Sr. on the right.

legendary film

See THE LONGEST YARD if you wanna see a great Burt Reynolds film. Also DELIVERANCE.

You guys need to follow this movie up with Natural Born Killers; both movies about types of media and how, you, as a viewer, don't always take the time to sit back and think about the bigger picture of some of the bigger issues that its so easy to forget about just as consumers of whatever we are watching I've watched alot of your reviews, and I really really think you guys would get some enjoyment out of that one

If this was the 2:35 version then what the hell was left out in the 2:05 one? I never saw this in the theater so what was that one, the 2:05 version? I saw this film when it first came out on video in late 97 so this one is all I know. I was kinda expecting to see some of those extra scenes that were cut out of the movie that are on the DVD. Like when Becky got into a big fight with her husband and left the house running, all bloodied up.

I always thought this movie was a microcosm for all of Hollywood, not just porn industry, just a dysfunctional mess.

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Спасибо, спасибо, дякуем, дякуем, thank you, thank you 🎉🎉🎉

This movie is a masterpiece

The ending is original.

MORE PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON PLEASE to me he is the modern day Scorsese

Think John Holmes

What's funny about these reactions is that when you guys recognize an actor, it's usually from superhero movies and other bullshit they only do for money because the industry has changed so much that serious movies they actually want to be in like Boogie Nights, Taxi Driver, Sexy Beast, etc, are far more difficult to come by because studios only want to put out shit that they think is guaranteed to make a billion like the MCU and so on. A lot of what you guys are watching is where I want things to return to. I came up as a nerd and a comic book fan, but as a grown man even I have my limits and I've been sick of this repetitive, rubber suit CGI space battle shit for years now.

Who knew Bralik was so squeamish? Lol

If you want check out another Movie about John Holmes then watch Wonderland

There Will Be Blood is Weirdo Andersons masterpiece. In no small small part due to Daniel Day Lewis of course. Should followup with that if havent seen it. More of a slow burn like No Country. Blood & No Country were in the theater at the same time fighting for those worthless hunks of tin called oscars. Caught em back to back one night

Don't assume the longer version is the better version. The Director's Cut is actually rarely better than the theatrical version.

What was it like to get paid to watch a masterpiece film?

Burt Reynolds was THE BIGGEST movie star of the 70s. Period. There are better actors, there are people who stretched their fame/influence for longer, but Burt OWNED the 70s in terms of Movie Stars. Pretty sure your fans would FLIP if you guys went on the Smokey & The Bandit ride! Finally... when Jack accepts Dirk back into the fold, I don't think thoughts of dollar signs had much to do with it. Paul Thomas Anderson was showing us the lows and the highs. The lows? Obvious. The drugs. The stigma. The highs? Well, it is like a family. A dysfunctional family... but it's got a lot of the GOOD elements we think of when we say "family."