In 1977 San Fernando Valley, Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) would have been just another high school dropout had he not met highly successful porn director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds) and actress Amber Waves (Julianne Moore) in a restaurant where he busses tables. Propelled into the dark world as alter-ego Dirk Diggler, Eddie has a meteoric rise to the top of his profession and all the trappings and temptations that come with it. Boogie Night features colorful and sympathetic characters (made up of a stellar cast that also includes Heather Graham, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Don Cheadle, John C. Reilly, William H. Macy, and many more), Scorsese-inspired sweeping camera and tracking shots, and a demystified perspective on sex. The film cemented director Paul Thomas Anderson as one of the brightest auteurs of his generation.