Boogie Nights on 70mm

This summer, Film at Lincoln Center is pleased to present a newly struck 70mm blowup of Paul Thomas Anderson’s sprawling mosaic of life in the adult-film industry. Boogie Nights follows the surrogate family of porn auteur Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds, in a career-topping performance)—among them the uniquely qualified star Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg), nurturing Amber Waves (Julianne Moore), and sweetly pathetic boom operator Scotty J. (Philip Seymour Hoffman)—riding high in the late 1970s before changing tides and technologies render them has-beens in Reagan’s America. Brilliant acting by Anderson’s stock company and the writer/director’s sensitive approach make his sophomore feature “a big, bright, shining star” in the firmament of American film. An NYFF35 selection. 

The original release of Boogie Nights in 1997—through New Line Cinema—was presented on 35mm with digital sound (Dolby Digital and SDDS). This new 70mm print features Datasat audio and full-frame imagery (2.20:1) blown up from anamorphic 35mm (directly from the film’s original camera negative).