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BOILER ROOM (2000) |
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MORGAN'S RATING |
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| A morally decent college dropout finds himself at conflict with his harsh federal judge father. He gets a job at a stock broker and gets on the fast track to success. Only things take a turn for the worst where he learns that his job isn't what's it cracked up to be. |
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| Vin Diesel (Chris Varick), Giovanni Ribisi (Seth Davis), Nia Long (Abbie Halpert), Nicky Katt (Greg Weinstein), Scott Caan (Richie O'Flaherty), Ron Rifkin (Judge Marty Davis), Jamie Kennedy (Adam), Taylor Nicolas (Harry Reynard), Bill Sage (Agent David Drew), Tom Everett Scott (Michael Brantley), Ben Affleck (Jim Young), John Greisemer (Concierge), David Younger (Marc), Russel Harper, Mark Webber, Christopher Fitzgerald (Kids), Donna Mitchell (Mrs. Davis), Andre Vippolis (Neil Davis), Jon Abrahams (Jeff), Will McCormack (Mike), Jared Ryan (Casino Steve), Anson Mount, Kirk Acevedo, Seth Ullian, Eddie Malavarca (Brokers), Carlo Vogel (Rude Kid), Matthew Saldivar (Series Seven Kid), Serge Skilarenko (Croatian Broker), Lisa Gerstein (Sheryl), Ross Ryman (Isaac), Marjorie Johnson (Abbie's Mother), Peter Rini, Raymond Pirkle, Joe Pretlow (JP Brokers), Peter Maloney (Dr. Jacobs), Lori Yoffe (Secretary), Alex Webb (FBI Director), Gillian Sacco (Waitress), Don Hewitt (Local), Mark Moshe Bellows (John Feiner), Daniel Serafini-Sauli (Broker Steve), Desmond Harrington (JP Marlin Trainee, uncredited). |
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WHERE WOULD YOU TURN? HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO? HOW HARD WILL YOU FALL? |
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION |
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DIRECTOR: Ben Younger.
WRITER: Ben Younger.
PRODUCERS: Jennifer Todd and Suzanne Todd.
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Pamela Post.
CO-PRODUCER: E. Bennett Walsh.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Richard Brener and Claire Rudnick Polstein.
ORIGINAL MUSIC: The Angel.
DISTRIBUTOR: New Line Cinema. |
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QUOTES |
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Seth Davis: Fine! I'll take you off my list of sucessful people today! |
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FACTS |
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Jim Young: And there is no such thing as a no sale call. A sale is made on every call you make. Either you sell the client some stock or he sells you a reason he can't. Either way a sale is made, the only question is who is gonna close? You or him? Now be relentless, that's it, I'm done. |
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RELEASE DATE: February 18th, 2000 (USA)
BOX OFFICE OPENING: $6.7 million (USA)
BOX OFFICE RESULT: $16.9 million (USA)
BUDGET: $9 million (USA)
- Greg tells Chris to get his "One Race" hands off his money. Chris is played by Vin Diesel, who's production company is called One Race Productions.
- In the scene where Chris and Seth are waiting outside Greg's house, we never see the car move or get turned on. Before they shot the scene Ben Affleck was sitting in the car, listening to music. He accidentally took the car keys home with him. They absolutely had to shoot the scene that night and couldn't find Ben. They shot the scene with teh car where it is and lit up the house so there wouldn't be a reflection of the camera and crew.
- Ratner's, the restaurant Seth and his family eat dinner in, is the same restaurant that Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider stake out in The French Connection (1971).
- When Seth is visiting the office at night, he looks through a stack of contracts, which he notices all have the same names on them. One of the names is co-producer E. Bennett Walsh. |
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Jim Young: They say money can't buy happiness? Look at the fucking smile on my face? Ear to ear, baby. |
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Jim Young: Anybody who tells you money is the root of all evil doesn't fucking have any. |
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Seth Davis: The only people making money passing are NFL quarterbacks, and Alan, I don't see a number on your back. |
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Jim Young: You want details? Fine. I drive a Ferrari, 355 Cabriolet, What's up? I have a ridiculous house in the South Fork. I have every toy you could possibly imagine. And best of all kids, I am liquid. |
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Greg Weinstein: Don't you have a canoli you can stick in your mouth?
Chris Varick: Don't you have a menorah you could shove up your ass? |
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Seth Davis: Its strange to think how that knock changed everything, everything, hey don't get me wrong here, I don't believe in fate, I believe in odds. |
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CRITICAL COMMENTS |
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| "A shallow script that never gets at the heart or conflict behind the swagger." -- Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News |
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"Boiler Room pays off with emotional dividends well worth the time investment." -- Lou Lumenick, New York Post |
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| "You won't find a movie that taps more directly into the jugular of the greed-fueled late 90s." -- Susan Stark, Detroit News |
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"Last reel is particularly disappointing in its naive philosophy, manifest in Younger's rush to bring the various conflicts to satisfying closure." -- Emanuel Levy, Variety |
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| "Boiler Room is a new film that will yank anyone who's ever gotten a cold call from a chop shop." -- Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle |
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"Better than expected." -- Mike Hall, Century Cinema |
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