Someone Else's Movie

Carly Pope on Boogie Nights

Episode Summary

Actor, writer and producer Carly Pope -- currently starring in Neill Blomkamp’s Demonic in theatres and on VOD -- is here to celebrate Boogie Nights, the epic 1997 dramedy that put Paul Thomas Anderson on the map and made people take Mark Wahlberg seriously. Your genial host Norm Wilner is still surprised about that last one.

Episode Notes

Actor, writer and producer Carly Pope (Popular, Young People Fucking, Suits, Textuality, Arrow and now Neill Blomkamp’s Demonic, currently in theatres and on VOD) is here to celebrate Boogie Nights, the epic 1997  dramedy that put Paul Thomas Anderson on the map, got Burt Reynolds his only Oscar nomination, assembled an all-time great supporting cast (Julianne Moore! John C. Reilly! Heather Graham! Don Cheadle! Nicole Ari Parker! William H. Macy! Philip Seymour Hoffman! Melora Walters!  Luis Guzman! Philip Baker Hall!) and made people take Mark Wahlberg seriously. Your genial host Norm Wilner is still surprised about that last one.