Set in 1977, back when sex was safe, pleasure was a business and business was booming, idealistic porn producer Jack Horner aspires to elevate his craft to an art form. Horner discovers Eddie Adams, a hot young talent working as a busboy in a nightclub, and welcomes him into the extended family of movie-makers, misfits and hangers-on that are always around. Adams' rise from nobody to a celebrity adult entertainer is meteoric, and soon the whole world seems to know his porn alter ego, "Dirk Diggler". Now, when disco and drugs are in vogue, fashion is in flux and the party never seems to stop, Adams' dreams of turning sex into stardom are about to collide with cold, hard reality.
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Mark Wahlberg | Eddie Adams alias Dirk Diggler |
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Burt Reynolds | Jack Horner |
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John C. Reilly | Reed Rothchild |
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Julianne Moore | Amber Waves - Maggie |
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Thomas Jane | Todd Parker |
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Heather Graham | Brandy alias Rollergirl |
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Philip Seymour Hoffman | Scotty J. |
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William H. Macy | Little Bill |
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Don Cheadle | Buck Swope |
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Luis Guzmán | Maurice TT Rodriguez |
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Alfred Molina | Rahad Jackson |
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Robert Ridgely | The Colonel James |
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Philip Baker Hall | Floyd Gondoli |
| Robert Downey Sr. | Studio owner | |
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Nicole Ari Parker | Becky Barnett |
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Ricky Jay | Kurt Longjohn |
Art |
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| Bob Ziembicki | Set Designer |
Camera |
| Robert Elswit | Director of Photography |
Costume & Make-Up |
| Mark Bridges | Costume Design |
Directing |
| Paul Thomas Anderson | Director |
Editing |
| Dylan Tichenor | Editor |
Production |
| Lloyd Levin | Producer |
| Daniel Lupi | Producer |
| John S. Lyons | Producer |
| JoAnne Sellar | Producer |
| Lawrence Gordon | Executive Producer |
| Michael De Luca | Executive Producer |
| Lynn Harris | Executive Producer |
Sound |
| Michael Penn | Original Music Composer |