| | | Where would you turn? How far would you go? How hard will you fall?
Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Widescreen
Welcome to the infamous "boiler room" - where twentysomething millionaires are made overnight. Here, in the inner sanctum of a fly-by-night brokerage firm, hyper-aggressive young stockjocks peddle to unsuspecting buyers over the phone - and are rewarded with mansions, Ferraris and more luxury toys than they know what to do with. In this unassuming Long Island enclave, Gen Xers chase the green at breakneck speeds, sometimes one step ahead of the law. Boiler Room is a riveting expose of one of the biggest and most lucrative scams in American history - and a dramatic look at a generation obsessed with the speed of wealth and success. The film is written and directed by newcomer Ben Younger. The ensemble cast also includes Ben Affleck as the head recruiter, Giovanni Ribisi as the firm's new recruit, Tom Everett Scott as the investment firm´s boyish leader, as well as Scott Caan, Jamie Kennedy and Vin Diesel as the ambitious boiler room boys and Nia Long as the unassuming receptionist.
"A fast and funny look at a world where 'greed is good' has become the only reality in town." Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"It's Wall Street for the new millennium." Jeffrey Lyons, WNBC-TV News
"...pays off with emotional dividends well worth the time investment." Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Editor's Note
Seth Davis (Giovanni Ribisi), a19-year-old college dropout, runs a casino out of his Queens apartment. When his father (Ron Rifkin), a well respected judge, discovers that he has dropped out of school and begun to engage in illegal activities, he expresses his continued disappointment with Seth. Seth is overcome with the need to be accepted by his father, and after being introduced to Greg (Nicky Katt), a successful stockbroker, he uses this as an opportunity to go straight and redeem himself in the process. Walking into the offices of J.T. Marlin in suburban Long Island, he encounters a world that at first overwhelms him, but eventually wins him over. The individuals who inhabit these "boiler rooms" (basically sweatshops for business types) are young, aggressive, and driven by an animalistic greed for money that borders on the psychopathic. Seth learns the ropes from the more experienced Greg and Chris (Vin Diesel), and falls under their materialistic influence. It doesn't help that he has an obvious knack for the craft, and pretty soon he's on his way to closing deals of his own. After he starts dating Abby (Nia Long), the firm's receptionist, he slowly begins to learn that J.T. Marlin isn't the honest firm that he initially thought they were. By the time he makes the decision to get out of the game, it might already be too late.
Plot Summary
A supercharged ride through the cutthroat world of illegal stock selling, BOILER ROOM is fueled by an electric hip-hop soundtrack. Ribisi portrays Seth Davis, a college dropout who thinks he's going straight when he takes a job at J.T. Marlin, a stock firm located in Long Island. Seth wants nothing more than to be loved and respected by his father, a revered judge. As he learns the ropes and begins to make waves within the company, he discovers that J.T. Marlin might be a bogus operation after all. A last attempt at redeeming himself threatens to land both him and his father in jail. Younger's film is an adrenaline rush of a motion picture.
| Features | Cast and Crew Filmographies | | DVD-ROM: Script-to-Screen Read the Screenplay, Take the Quiz (Are You Boiler Room Material?), Original Theatrical Website... and more!!! | | 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound | | 5.1 Isolated Score with Composer Commentary by The Angel | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Widescreen Version of the Film | | Deleted Scenes/Alternate Ending | | Commentary by Director Ben Younger, Producer Jennifer Todd and Actor Giovanni Ribisi |
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Release Information
| | Studio: New Line |
| Release Date: 11/10/2009 |
| Running Time: 120 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2000 | | Catalog ID: 5055 | | UPC: 00794043505522 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Premiere
"...[A] brainy thriller....Deserves to become a college-student clut rental..." -- 4 out of 5 stars - Watch More Than Once 08/01/2000 p.87Movieline's Hollywood Life
"...Affleck is the one surefire star of the movie...[When he's on screen] the movie sizzles..." 03/??/2000 p.36 Variety
"...Absorbing and entertaining..." 2/7-13/2000 p.52-3 Rolling Stone
"...[A] toxic spellbinder....Ribisi scores with a performance of quicksilver intelligence..." 03/02/2000 p.106 Total Film
"...A classy, accurate script and some powerhouse performances by rising stars..." 06/01/2000 p.83 Entertainment Weekly
"...A misanthropic snap and verve..." -- Rating: B 03/10/2000 p.50 New York Times
"...[The film] shows us a group of actors, and a filmmaker, with soul to spare and talent to burn..." 02/18/2000 p.E30 Los Angeles Times
"...Ribisi carries the film quite nicely. He is an intense, brooding presence..." 02/18/2000 p.F10 Chicago Sun-Times
"...The movie hums with authenticity....The movie has the high-octane feel of real life, closely observed..." 02/18/2000 p.31 The New York Times 8 of 10
Ribisi uses everything he has...to deliver a perfectly balanced, beautifully nuanced performance... Nearly every other performance in the movie is as good as Ribisi's... Boiler Room reflects the sensibility of the generation it holds up to critical scrutiny, and it's a cunningly ambiguous act of self-portraiture... shows us a group of actors, and a filmmaker, with soul to spare and talent to burn. - A.O. Scott
Chicago Sun-Times 7 of 10
The movie hums with authenticity, and knows a lot about the cultlike power of a company that promises to turn its trainees into millionaires... The movie has the high-octane feel of real life, closely observed... The acting is good all around. - Roger Ebert
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