Hard Eight
If you stay in the game long enough, you'll see everything, win everything, and lose everything.
Country
Budget
$3 000 000
Box office
$222 559
Director
Actors
Philip Baker Hall, John C. Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L. Jackson, F. William Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Nathanael Cooper, Wynn White, Robert Ridgely, Kathleen Campbell
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
John S. Lyons, Robert Jones, François Duplat, Hans Brockmann, Keith Samples
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Nancy Deren
Audition
Christine Sheaks
Editing
Barbara Tulliver
Whole Team (126)
Whole Team (126)
Short description
A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular.
What's left behind the scenes
- In Russia, the film is also known under the titles "Sidney" and "Cool Eight."
- Initially, director Paul Thomas Anderson wanted to title the film “Sidney.” This was his directorial debut, and his opinions on anything weren’t particularly sought after (this even applied to the final edit – unlike all of Anderson’s later films), so Rysher Entertainment independently re-edited the film and gave it the title “Boogie Nights.” This infuriated Anderson, and through various maneuvers and persuasions, he managed to convince the studio to allow him to release his own version (albeit under the same title, “Boogie Nights”).
- According to Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014) improvised in practically all scenes.
- Camera assistant Michael J. Riva turned down an offer to work with Kevin Reynolds for two weeks on the science fiction action film “Waterworld” (1995) in order to work on this film. Since then, he has consistently worked as a camera assistant on all of Paul Thomas Anderson’s films.
- In Russia, the film is also known under the titles 'Sydney' and 'Cool Eight'.
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Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
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