Boogie Nights filming locations
Film locations: Los Angeles
Boogie Nights filming location: the 'Hot Traxx' disco: Iglesia Cristiana Nuevo Empezar, 18419 Sherman Way, Reseda
Paul Thomas Anderson’s somewhat rose-tinted look at the fall of the porn film industry in the 70s, bursting with style, energy and great performances, was filmed largely in the San Fernando Valley north of Los Angeles.
The ‘Hot Traxx’ disco, where film director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds) spots Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg) working as a waiter, has cleaned up its act a little, and is in fact a church, Iglesia Cristiana Nuevo Empezar, 18419 Sherman Way at Canby Avenue, Reseda. Just west, on Sherman Way, you can see the, now-closed, Reseda Picture House used for the opening credits.
Horner’s house is in West Covina, and his porno warehouse is the real thing, Gourmet Video in Van Nuys.
Boogie Nights filming location: Dirk Diggler gets beaten up: St Catherine's of Siena Church, 18115 Sherman Way at Lindley Avenue, Reseda
Eddie, transformed into porn legend Dirk Diggler and down on his luck, is reduced to showing off his spectacular endowment for bucks in front of St Catherine’s of Siena Church, 18115 Sherman Way at Lindley Avenue, where he gets beaten up by a carload of surfer punks.
Boogie Nights filming location: the robbery: Miss Donuts, 18231 Sherman Way, near Etiwanda Avenue, Reseda
A little further west along Sherman Way, the life of Buck Swope (Don Cheadle) is turned around when witnesses the bloodily bungled robbery at Miss Donuts, 18231 Sherman Way, near Etiwanda Avenue.
Boogie Nights filming location:setting up the scam: El Royale Motel, 11117 Ventura Boulevard, Studio City
Todd Parker (Thomas Jane) ropes Dirk and Reed (John C Reilly) into his dubious scam to rip off Rahad (Alfred Molina) at the El Royale Motel, 11117 Ventura Boulevard, Studio City.
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Boogie Nights, 1997
Director
Cast
- Mark Wahlberg
- Julianne Moore
- Burt Reynolds
- Don Cheadle
- John C Reilly
- Luis Guzmán
- William H Macy
- Thomas Jane
- Alfred Molina
visit the film locations
Los Angeles: Flights: Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
Trivia
For more of the Valley as seen by Paul Thomas Anderson, see Magnolia