The Rewatchables: ‘Boogie Nights,’ Part 2 | The Classic Film About the Porn Industry | The Ringer

Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey continue their discussion of the raunchy 1997 drama ‘Boogie Nights,' starring Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, and John C. Reilly.
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[@colinwoods9601]

Bill talking about Amber heading to bed was great. “Just gonna go call my son and see if he’s up at 3am, if not I’ll probably just turn in.”

[@lpr5269]

Amber wasn't too bright.

[@MrOctober44]

​@@lpr5269she was voted fourth most intelligent pornographic actress of 1979.

[@NumunuBeats]

I’m a bartender. Every time I make a margarita, every fucking time, I say, “Two, four, mmm, whatever.”

[@nocuh]

Also “do you want to play baseball” is an obv invitation to freebase but it’s much funnier to think Rahad was ready for a pickup game 😅

[@keeganshigh]

Which part is obvious bud? We're not all scumbag druggies.

[@nocuh]

@@keeganshigh well, the part where he asks- while in the process of *smoking from a distinctly shaped glass pipe* during a supposed deal for the same substance. Maybe the reference is only subtle to guys who answer “yeah I love parties!” anytime someone says “do you party” and… (Double take) please clarify your user name 🧐😅

[@matthewleeduering0730]

@@nocuhyou literally destroyed that guy!!!

[@matthewleeduering0730]

@@keeganshighthat dude literally destroyed you, go play in traffic dummy

[@TheWaynos73]

I love the steadycam shot at pool party with Spill The Wine where the girl dives underwater and the song literally gets all bubbly like its underwater too. Brilliant.

[@samrothstein8429]

"it's like Kendall Roy showing up in industry." CR with the sleeper

[@andrewdeen1]

28:53 "Don't make me chase you Raphael!" is my favorite line in the whole movie lmao

[@TheWaynos73]

My favourite line is when they’re interviewing Reed and he’s like ‘I can fk on my own time - i’m a magician’ 😝😝 i literally laughed my drink through my nose it was so funny. Reilly is a genius.

[@NumunuBeats]

Another regularly used work quote, “Tom, you know, I’ve got other interests. I’m a magician.” My coworkers are oblivious.

[@sments9549]

Yes let Bill cook! 2 plus hours bro lets go!!!

[@deeezceee]

Becky Barnett's "You want it clean, don't cha?' line is still hilarious.

[@dangchanneldeg6948]

Boogie Nights is one of my favorites. One of my regrets is not seeing this at the movie theater and I worked at one too. LOL

[@lilpenny1982]

This is great. I love Boogie Nights. Roller Girl was my favorite.

[@theutopiacast]

I am so glad they're posting the visuals again.

[@Justinrombough]

Just got my wisdom teeth out, needed this rn

[@blackkcinamacritic]

No this cant be the last NO 😡😡😡 REWATCHALBES FOREVER

[@ZJ-ne9kn]

Is this actually the last one?

[@MrOctober44]

No. They did this like a year ago. They're just first releasing this

[@owendavis8417]

Brandy. And she looks so... Sad? Angry? Amazing scene.

[@davemason9673]

My piece of memorabilia would be the Dirk Diggler neon sign.

[@IMadeMyYoutubeNameAge17]

Did not expect this room when I clicked the video

[@RobertSmith-bz5ug]

I thought of Young Frankenstein when in Boogie Nights Jessie said to Dirk "it's true, you are Brock Landers", when Madeline Kahn's character unzips the Creature's zipper and yells "It's true, it's true"..

[@nocuh]

I’m here for Wayne Jenkins admonishing the Colonel

[@nocuh]

2:14:08 😆

[@CheefChaos]

The camera shot from below the coke table at the fireworks house is one of the greatest shots in film history.

[@brianasilberberg2873]

Per casting what ifs with rolelrgirl: every other person up besides Graham had family connection to the industry(Drew Barrymore, Gwenyth Paltrow, Traum O'Neal). Good on PTA for recognizing that feeling of anger and being looked over could not be done properly by them as it could by Graham

[@lpr5269]

2:02:54 Other good Night Ranger Songs: Don't Tell Me You Love Me. When You Close Your Eyes.

[@joevaldez6457]

I own nearly a hundred laserdiscs, collecting them in the mid-‘90s when Bill was probably spending most of his paycheck on weed. Laserdiscs weren’t expensive by the ‘90s, but DVDs were inexpensive and offered far more content. They do not scratch easily. They’re not as precious as baseball cards; any shop that sells used records will have a few laserdiscs people traded in. I can find gems like _Annie Hall_ or _Avalon_ in their original aspect ratios good as new for $5 each. They were and still are great for film geeks. Like records, there’s something cool about pulling the cover off a shelf, holding the original art in your hands, turning it over, reading about the movie. When I die, they’ll probably end up in a shop around the corner for someone to discover. “Hey, _Scarface_ ! What is this, like, the soundtrack album?”

[@keeganshigh]

Nice. What are some of your more rare ones?

[@keeganshigh]

I been looking for Texas Chainsaw for a long time also Song of the South.

[@Terryeezee562]

baseball is a game where you take a hit, and you cant exhale until the pipe comes back to you.

[@jimrussell670]

Force....FORCE PTA to sit down with you guys and spend 3 hours asking every question about every minute. More than the old Director commentary, let's get a definitive back and forth with him. If we need to gofundme some cash to get him, let's do it.

[@toneslice989]

Molina is talking about free basing. Hes smoking crack in that scene. Lol You guys were way off 😮 Calling it Baseball is genius!

[@lpr5269]

No I think he was just a big baseball fan. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@habovay3]

Last Tango in Paris famously came out in 1973, not 1978. Rewatchables needs to change its name to Relearnables.

[@sebastianblack6506]

I won't abide any Melora Walters shade. Is Jessie St Vincent a shallow character? Yeah, but she's perfectly portrayed, and you just know she's one those girls with daddy issues that was drawn to the adult scene seeking acceptance. Plus, everyone knows that sunrises are better than sunsets and she's the one who brings that notion home.

[@dangchanneldeg6948]

Magnolia and Nashville would be a cool double feature

[@yawner1154]

2:30 I think the steadicam operator gets off the crane much earlier, it looks like he crosses the street towards the club on foot

[@robertwiles8106]

Someone was sitting on the crane, holding the handheld camera. Then the crane drops him off gently on the ground and he stands up and walks in.

[@chrlybndy1]

Iconic film

[@fonchypierre1]

Nice Saint Etienne ´76 jumper btw

[@schibird]

The play baseball reference means…too me…. Do you wanna take a hit?

[@JaySteetsArt]

Two points: - Amber when she’s first coked-up calling her son, she’s smoking “Carnal” cigarettes - Movie prop: Rollergirl’s roller skates.

[@NumunuBeats]

“What’s a pederast, Walter?”

[@Football__Junkie]

Yeah, he did 6 months in chino for exposing himself to an 8 year old. When he moved to the neighborhood, he had to go to every house and tell everyone he was a pederast.

[@domwalker6526]

You guys were awesome! This is my favorite movie of all time and I love thst you guys love it too. Saw it in theaters when I was 6 with my mom. Think she regretted that P.s. 55:56 baseball is freebasing Crack cocaine which he was smoking out of that pipe that looks like a little bong. He didn't really wanna play actual baseball

[@dwalden74]

I seem to remember Wahlberg was on that commentary too. Didn’t they order food during the commentary and Wahlberg asks for American Spirits…?

[@Je-Vette]

“No bigger than a minute “? For the OD pool girl

[@Football__Junkie]

Well it’s good to see all the freebasing addicts come out in the comments

[@terrysdavis]

55:09 when he asks do they want to play “Baseball “ it is cocaine lingo. It’s freebasing. Basically before people figured out crack, they’d cut coke with ammonia so they could smoke cocaine.

[@dangchanneldeg6948]

A double feature would be Boogie Nights and Orgazmo. Funny movies.

[@chrishiggins5400]

"I love you. You love me. Going down the Sugar Tree. We'll go down the Sugar Tree and see lots of bees. Playing... Playing.. But the Bees won't sting. Because you love me." They're all great but, Reed is the best... "I write songs too"..

[@toddkonrad2407]

Recasting Couch possibility. If Downey Jr. comes in as Jack, then put in Tom Holland as Dirk. Can do that innocent yet dumb charm and could play coked out arrogant.

[@MrOctober44]

I wonder if they're right about having John Doe and a character named Johnny Doe.

[@thomasarnold4144]

I am curious if, Robert Downey had any influence on the film because of the name Buck Swope? Anyone else have this question?

[@mjm5081]

This is too much fun! VIVE LA SWEDISH EROTICA!!!

[@realericrich]

2:14:00 Wayne Jenkins

[@ricardomayorga9352]

Halle Berry would have been awful as Becky Barnett. Just....awful. I'm glad they went the way they did.

[@Justinrombough]

LETS GOOO

[@wavedgoblin]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@andrewolson5974]

Because Little Bill fires three shots, I always assumed Nina Hartley was with two men and that was the straw that broke the camel's back.

[@sebastianblack6506]

Nah, Little Bill just wanted to plug his wife a second time.

[@troytravels]

If Dirk, Reed, and Todd were coke heads to the extreme their portrayed here there’s no way Dirk still has the Vette. That’s been sold and they’re having to rely on Scotty J to drive them around.

[@MrOctober44]

Probably. Although I think It's only supposed to be a few months from where Jack fired him to the Molina scene.

[@TheKobe42]

Blow Out would be a great Rewatchable.

[@theutopiacast]

They did it already.

[@therzathegza]

This was so cringy to watch at moments lol. "Baseball" is where you get in a circle(or a diamond if you're being technical), and when you take a hit, you hold the smoke in until it gets back to you. Very quick way to get elevated. You're welcome

[@thecommish80]

Fyi. Baseball means free basing.

[@stephenallen4625]

Tbh, I thought it was the smoking game. Hit the pipe, hold it in until it comes back around the circle to you. Lol

[@thecommish80]

@stephenallen4625 maybe I've never heard of that game. But he is freebasing so I always assumed that's what he meant.

[@cwdkidman2266]

Best party? Blake Edwards was the master of those: The Party SOB the next door neighbor in 10 The Pink Panther And more.....

[@cwdkidman2266]

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[@cwdkidman2266]

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[@MrOctober44]

Chastain would be to old. Downey was way too old to play Dirk.

[@christopherearly5258]

Am I the only one who sees implications of something incestuous btwn Dirk and his mother? Him having a gf drives her batshit crazy. She knows what he's packing. Not saying something ever definitely happened btwn them but her jealousy seems telling.

[@NevrSilent]

Interesting take. But my read was Firm's mom was more the malignant narcissist / borderline personality type, who are unable to see other people as anything more than extensions of themselves and their own needs. So they're unable to accept the idea that people in their world developing any kind of relationship where they aren't the center of it.

[@NevrSilent]

^^ I have no idea why autocorrect decided to change "Dirk" to "Firm" lol...

[@MrOctober44]

I don't see It. I think she's a bitter human being and takes It out on him. Not uncommon unfortunately

[@christopherearly5258]

I don't know. I don't think Dirk and his mother ever DID anything incestuous. However the jealousy she exhibits when she thinks he's out having sex with "That little whore" and "You're not the only one, ya know. I've heard things," clearly trying to drive a wedge. I think she can't take the fact that he's using his "one great thing" on someone else. Just look at her sitting there in the dark, smashing her cigarette into the ashtray, clearly just imaging what he's doing out there. Call me crazy but I think there's more there than just his mother being a monster.

[@MrOctober44]

​@@christopherearly5258I think the husband cheated on her, so she's bitter towards men

[@jimbaker5110]

Sean’s alternate casting choices are horrible.

[@devinleisinger4855]

Children of men

[@Football__Junkie]

Yes, that is correct. Children of Men was loosely based on Boogie Nights.

[@ProfessD]

Baseball is referring to smoking free(base). He's freebasing coke. He's just asking if they want a hit, to "...play (free)baseball?" He's not talking about actual baseball.

[@lpr5269]

Yeah Bill had the right idea, but Sean and Chris were like "No No he wants to play real baseball in the backyard."

[@lpr5269]

Yeah Bill had the right idea, but Sean and Chris were like "No No he wants to play real baseball in the backyard."

[@jacyfisher6170]

chris ryan : " like like like like like like like same bad pacino impression like like like like like"

[@observer74]

3 recast suggestions: Rene Russo as Amber Waves, Robert Downey Jr. as the Colonel and Al Pacino as Floyd Gondoli. 💁🏻‍♂️

[@doomnipple9846]

Can you make a separate channel for these movie review podcasts. I'm only wanting sports

[@theutopiacast]

Just don't click on it.

[@Je-Vette]

@@theutopiacasthahaha hahahaha 😊

[@tml184]

Not rewatchable at all.

[@northernassassin6056]

Boogie Nights is a really good and rewatchable movie but this is getting completely overblown.

[@adamskorupskas2184]

ACTUALLY Grace Bustos is the name of the girl who goes in the pool!

[@blackkcinamacritic]

No this cant be the last NO 😡😡😡 REWATCHALBES FOREVER

[@Weaponator18]

The context lead me to believe that Ryan was just reassuring Simmons he doesn't have to worry about time for this pod. But I would be devistated if it was the last one