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Boogie Nights 4K Blu-ray delivers great video and audio in this excellent Blu-ray release
Idealistic producer Jack Horner has always dreamed of elevating his films into an art form. When he discovers young actor Eddie Adams, Jack begins to turn his dreams into reality. Under the stage name of Dirk Diggler, Eddie soon gives the adult entertainment world a star the likes of which it has never seen. But the rise to fame has its costs, and soon Dirk finds himself sliding down the slippery slope of sex, drugs and violence. The only question: can he get himself back together before it's too late?
For more about Boogie Nights 4K and the Boogie Nights 4K Blu-ray release, see Boogie Nights 4K Blu-ray Review published by Randy Miller III on December 13, 2025 where this Blu-ray release scored 4.0 out of 5.
Breaking their usual habit of revisiting catalog titles on anniversaries divisible by five, Warner Bros. presents Paul Thomas Anderson's breakout 1997
film Boogie Nights on UHD, replacing a 15 year-old, VC-1 encoded Blu-ray edition. Oddly enough, the studio's press release made no mention of this new disc's technical specs... other than it offering an "HDR presentation of the film",
igniting suspicions that it wouldn't offer as massive a visual upgrade as expected for the format. Those suspicions have turned out to be
mostly true, but that doesn't mean this 4K release still doesn't offer the most authentic home video presentation currently available. This
Steelbook edition is a cheeky variant based on the infamous Mondo poster by mysterious artist "Rockin' Jelly Bean", but all on-disc contents are the
same.
For a synopsis and appreciation of this wildly entertaining 156-minute journey into the 1970s world of adult films via well-endowed performer Dirk
Diggler (Mark Wahlberg), please read Casey Broadwater's above-linked review of WB's 2010 Blu-ray edition. I've seen and enjoyed this film multiple
times since New Line's Platinum Series DVD, which took
most of its cues (including the cover art) from an even older Criterion Collection laserdisc, and it's earned every well-deserved accolade for its stellar
cast, endlessly quotable script, intoxicating atmosphere, and a style that somehow feels at home in at least three different decades of filmmaking.
Simply put, it still plays like gangbusters.
This one-disc set ships in a matte-finish Steelbook with spot gloss on the front cover image. As mentioned earlier, it's based on a Mondo poster design by the artist "Rockin' Jelly
Bean" but now surrounded by a jet-black border. Say what you will about the questionable likenesses, but it's still a pretty striking image and I'm glad
that WB actually approved something like this. The back features Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg) and Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds) in conversation, while
the interior spread offers a collage of "vintage" photos with characters and moments from the film. Overall, it's a fun but probably equally divisive
effort that at least had the good sense to use the old title font on the spine.
On-disc bonus features are identical to the standard 4K edition -- see the link for details.
Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights landed with a splash in 1997 and allowed the young director to further his career with later classics like
Magnolia, Punch-Drunk Love, and of course, There Will Be Blood during the next
decade. It received ample home video support on laserdisc and DVD but barely improved on Blu-ray... and as a whole, this 4K UHD release feels like
the same baby step forward, though it objectively remains the best-looking version currently available. That said, this one's Recommended to
die-hard fans and packaging collectors only.
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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has provided final details for the upcoming 4K Blu-ray release of Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights (1997), starring Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, and John C. Reilly. The release is scheduled to arrive ...
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is preparing a 4K Blu-ray release of Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights (1997), starring Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Don Cheadle, and John C. Reilly. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on December ...