I love that Rob Ridgley is laughing uncontrollably in the background when Philip Baker Hall says "butter in my ass and lollipops in my mouth". The editor decided to leave that take in and just make the background blurry. I also love how relevant this scene was to Hollywood when the films was made in 1997, since digital filmmaking was about to overtake making movies on film. Rip Rob Ridgley, Philip Baker Hall, Burt Reynolds, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. True legends that will always be immortalized by this great film and the other great films of their careers.
@T T T.T.. You described it better than anyone I've ever heard and what Jack did not realize is that with anyone able to buy a VCR Porn Theaters would slowly go out of business also
There's just no other way to say it, scenes like this show that Reynolds for all his kookiness is a darn good actor. And it doesn't hurt to have a true professional character actor....an artist, a master craftsmen if you will....like Mr. Philip Baker Hall in the scene.
Burt was always his own man. He even rejected roles that could have made him more money but he just didn't want to crater to someone else's vision. He never regretted it either. I liked that about him. Too many times men are criticized for being "stubborn", but it's not about that at all.
Actually home video weakened the entire film industry. By then people did not need to line up to the theaters to watch a single screening. They could now enjoy watching the movie at the privacy of their bed rooms over and over. This is why Hollywood had to produce films that would really give an audience to want to see the whole thing in the big screen. But for obvious reason, the porn industry would suffer way lot more. Why would you want to watch a sex film in a public theater, when you can enjoy it better getting off to it at the comfort and privacy of your own room?
@@joel8583 It was back then. Directors were creative and added artistry. But when it was not lucrative anymore, porno films did not even bother with stories anymore. Nowadays, it is just a clip long enough for you to get off to
Philip Baker Hall shows in this scene that there is no small parts only small actors. It was an excellent scene with the two veteran actors Baker Hall and Reynolds going toe to toe. Their careers couldn't have gone so different. Baker Hall the quiet respected TV actor, Reynolds was the former Big Box Office star. It was interesting seeing these two artists together. Great Scene.
@@laminage No I didn't mean that at all. And you obviously didn't understand the comment. While Philip Baker Hall only had one scene. He didn't need more then one scene to shine in the movie. Other actors may have griped only having one scene. And not given if it there best. Baker Hall a true craftsmen all the way no matter how big or small the part is. Hence the saying there is no small parts only small actors.
This movie is underappreciated. The characters were so well played by the cast. This scene is one of the best in the film with three Hollywood veterans giving great performances and complementing each other so well.
Very well said. Boogie Nights is my personal favorite film and it is one of the best films ever made. Not that many people talk about it today which is shame. The directing, acting, writing, and casting are all top notch. you can hardly say a bad thing about the movie and only nit pick it.
This is the best scene in the film! Such a turning point, and historically correct for that industry. And yes, I love Colonel laughing in the back too!
Burt Reynolds should have won the best supporting actor Oscar for this movie. You could see the anger and disappointment in his face when they called Robin Williams name
Jack mentions to Floyd that he wouldn't go to videotape or loan out his actors. He backs down on both by using videotape and loaning Rollergirl out to pick up some random dude on the street that recognized her from back home.
Pretty much because he had no choice though with The Colonel in prison for child pornography. And by the time of that between 1981-83, video was already massive in the porno industry like Floyd predicted and the theatres were pretty much dead.
A metaphor for Cinema as a whole and, honestly, American Culture as the ‘70s gave way to the ‘80s. We never did get back to that level of artistic integrity, did we?
one of my all-time favorite films. wish you'd see more films released from hollywood that are actually driven by the story and characters instead of gimmicky effects and big names.
This scene, although it comes at around the halfway mark, really delivers a powerful message to the porn industry. Like all other forms of entertainment, porn always needs to keep changing to keep up with the times. This scene was delivered beautifully!
This movie is great because it shows this group of people as a family and a family business. That's what makes Jack the better man, because he's found a family of people that he cares about.
Jack Horner is a very well written character, and open to interpretation. He takes a 17 year old runaway and ushers him into debauchery for the sake of his wallet, turning his back on him when he's made a bunch of money off of him and only takes him back when he apologizes and comes back to make more money for him. Jack never went to find Dirk, never asks Amber about her son or troubles, and in Amber's last scene when she really needs the surrogate father she's made him to be - he kisses her on the head and calls her "the foxiest bitch in the world." That's the power of the writing in this movie, that you can think of Jack's house as a family and that he cares about them. He never says that, never shows that, you just "expect" that since he's basically their surrogate father, and fathers love their family, right? You say he's "found" them while others would say he's scoped out the club scene for hot young talent to find teens, persuade them to sell their bodies, separate from their families and exploit them for money like wringing water from a towel. Jack is not a good man, Colonel is even worse, and Floyd Gondoli is pretty much just a businessman. We don't know enough about him other than the fact that he also has some drugged out teens in his wake that look just like dirty runaways. like Dirk in the end. Buck and Jessie, along with Reed and Scotty, are perhaps the only redeemable characters in the film. The deepest sadness comes from at the end when you can't tell if Dirk really DOES know that Jack is no good for him - but doesn't care - or if he sees him as his savior. And Jack just can't turn away this broken, sad, drugged-out golden goose - even though he knows he was the catalyst and a major contributor to his massive downfall. Eddie's life was ruined, Jack got richer. Then he held the illusion to the very end and welcomed him back like a son so he could start exploiting him again. Oh, yeah, and I like butter in my ass and lollipops in my mouth.
Randall Starr Fucking brilliant observations. I won't say analysis. I HATE analysis. To me, that means breaking things down and turning them into things they are not. You are just seeing the film for the masterful, and profound, work of art that it is. And helping me see new things in the process. Thank you!
Randall Starr Not to mention that Rollergirl was still in high school while she was making movies and sucking off strangers in bars for Jack's amusement. It also seems like she had been at it for a while. I agree with Buck being redeemable. In fact, we never see him in a sex scene, he is always referred to as simply an "actor" and he seems to be pretty naive when it comes to porn.
There are a few dialog driven scenes that transcend the entire fucking movie. Alec Baldwins 'losers' speech in Glengarry, Glen Ross. "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore..." in Network. "Greed is good..." in Wall Street. Boogie Nights is literally my #1 favorite movie of all time, I love every single second of it but in my opinion, this scene, right here, was a fucking mountain. Philip Baker Hall has got to be one of the most underrated character actors in Hollywood.
Ape Wait Ape wait... I like simple pleasures. I like butter in my ass and lollipops in my mouth. Now that's just me. Call me crazy, call me a pervert but your comment is a great comment.
Thanks to IndieWire for posting this. I thought the exact same thing about how this scene predicts PTA's attitudes and battles with the onset of digital film.
The "war" between video and film was a very real one back on those days. Those who saw themselves as "serious" filmmakers avoided videotape like the plague because it could never give the "look" of film. Of course, improvements in technology changed all that. But in those days it was a real war.
I always loved the "butter in my ass...lollipops in my mouth line" and I always wondered who wrote it, but I can definitely see it being improv. Greatest line ever in the history of film
Unforgettable scene. "Hot fuck action to the max" is what does it for me. I remember when "to the max" was so commonly said. I can't remember any adults saying it. The 70's and 80's were the best.
Rest in Peace to all in this scene: Philip Baker Hall (September 10, 1931-June 12, 2022) Burt Reynolds (February 11, 1936-September 6, 2018) Robert Ridgely (Born: December 24, 1931-February 8, 1997)
This scene shows that the difference between loving what you doing and just doing what you love. Profit and gain. Jack wanted to keep being an artist behind the camera. His fellow porn lovers and makers want to make 💰.
@@thoughtsurferzone5012 True... I was thinking about Don cheadle's character. Full of bright ideas and ambitions. Wanting to open his own business in electronic sales and raise a family. But his professional life as a porn star and struggles trying to find his identity kept getting in the way. Fortunately and accidental by chance have him a way out.
I just re-watched this great film last night and I noticed something that I hadn't before: If you show the film run time at the bottom of your screen, you see that the exact halfway point of the film takes place in this scene. Before that point, everyone's lives SEEM great. After that point, Scotty makes a fool of himself, Little Bills murder/suicide, the descent of several characters into drug addiction, Todds death, Ambers disastrous court hearing... This scene is the turning point of the film.
The guy that played the Colonel was Robert Ridgely. This "Guy" was a great imitator and a card. Best imitation of all time was the "walk and talk" of John Wayne. He died during the filming of Boogie Nights but a great Comedian.
The halfway point of the film takes place in this scene. And their whole world, from one side of that half to the other changes. Dirk begins the road to addiction...Little Bill's murder suicide. And let's not even get started on The Colonel...
@setpunk12 Adult theatres may have been. Keep in mind the theatre showing "Back to the Future" wasn't later showing "Ass Queens 6", it was two different buildings.
"Wait a minute. You come into my house, my party...." I get the feeling that I'm watching the real Burt Reynolds. The soft-spoken anger of a man fighting for what he believes in and knowing that he is right. A filmmaker taking a stand for quality against the "fast buck" artists of the world. People who worked with Reynolds as a director commented on the "scene" he directs with Dirk and Amber, saying that it was exactly how he worked on set. Even the call for, "quiet sticks".
Omg. Best scene in the movie! Absolutely no hesitation among these actors nor should there be. Actors showing a sleazy business for what it is. Funny how Burt and Mark Wahlberg both regretted making this movie. But they were perfect.
RIP Floyd Gondolli may you get all the butter and lollipops in the after life.
And watching other people fucking ... live and on video tape.
Amen.
Call me crazy call me a pervert ...
Love how Ridgely is losing it in the background.
All these men are gone now. RIP to them all.
Floyd Gondolli/Phillip Baker Hall died today... and this is one of the greatest deliveries of a dialogue scene in film history.
Oh, I didn’t know. Great here and in Truman Show and Midnight Run.
Watch the movie Magnolia and the Seinfeld episode "The Library" if you really want to see his best work.
It's amazing and so fucking funny. The actor behind is busting his ass laughing
@@fernmann7think you're mistaken. He wasn't in Midnight Run
Of course he was. He was Sydney, the lawyer/advisor for Jimmy Serrano. You claim to have seen the movie?
I love that Rob Ridgley is laughing uncontrollably in the background when Philip Baker Hall says "butter in my ass and lollipops in my mouth". The editor decided to leave that take in and just make the background blurry. I also love how relevant this scene was to Hollywood when the films was made in 1997, since digital filmmaking was about to overtake making movies on film. Rip Rob Ridgley, Philip Baker Hall, Burt Reynolds, and Philip Seymour Hoffman. True legends that will always be immortalized by this great film and the other great films of their careers.
If he hated VHS he would Loathe the internet
Especially Pornhub.
It's all HD now, he'd be down for that
Videotape is the FUTURE!!!!
So true
@T T T.T.. You described it better than anyone I've ever heard and what Jack did not realize is that with anyone able to buy a VCR Porn Theaters would slowly go out of business also
PB Hall OWNS this scene. RIP, Floyd. Hope you returned all your library books.
😂💜💜💜💜
Rest in Peace Jack Horner.
Rest in peace to three great actors. I feel Robert Ridgely wasn't supposed to laugh but Paul Thomas Anderson left it in.
RIP, Philip Baker Hall. Anyone else come looking for this scene as soon as you found out?
There's just no other way to say it, scenes like this show that Reynolds for all his kookiness is a darn good actor. And it doesn't hurt to have a true professional character actor....an artist, a master craftsmen if you will....like Mr. Philip Baker Hall in the scene.
Burt was always his own man. He even rejected roles that could have made him more money but he just didn't want to crater to someone else's vision. He never regretted it either. I liked that about him. Too many times men are criticized for being "stubborn", but it's not about that at all.
"If it looks like shit, sounds like shit, then it must be shit!" Love that line.
Onmysheet it applies to certain films these days.
True. After watching Nocturnal Animals (Shot on film), made me remember how it destroys digital any day.
And Floyd Gondoli was totally right. Pornos on VHS tapes exploded. Porn industry was making a shitload of money when that started
true but the quality of those films were shit.
And then CDs came along and killed video. Then the internet came along & killed CDs. Much like the music industry.
It's always something.
Actually home video weakened the entire film industry. By then people did not need to line up to the theaters to watch a single screening. They could now enjoy watching the movie at the privacy of their bed rooms over and over. This is why Hollywood had to produce films that would really give an audience to want to see the whole thing in the big screen. But for obvious reason, the porn industry would suffer way lot more. Why would you want to watch a sex film in a public theater, when you can enjoy it better getting off to it at the comfort and privacy of your own room?
@@joel8583 It was back then. Directors were creative and added artistry. But when it was not lucrative anymore, porno films did not even bother with stories anymore. Nowadays, it is just a clip long enough for you to get off to
That butter line should have been at the top of AFI's most iconic movie quotes.
Love how he says, “that’s just me, that’s just something that I enjoy.” Like he said the most normal things ever lol
Philip Baker Hall shows in this scene that there is no small parts only small actors. It was an excellent scene with the two veteran actors Baker Hall and Reynolds going toe to toe. Their careers couldn't have gone so different. Baker Hall the quiet respected TV actor, Reynolds was the former Big Box Office star. It was interesting seeing these two artists together. Great Scene.
So glad to see him in Magnolia as well. Man, he never disappoints.
Don`t you mean There Are No Small Actors Just Small Parts. Either way he was brilliant, wasn`t he also in The Talented Mr. Ripley.
@@laminage No I didn't mean that at all. And you obviously didn't understand the comment. While Philip Baker Hall only had one scene. He didn't need more then one scene to shine in the movie. Other actors may have griped only having one scene. And not given if it there best. Baker Hall a true craftsmen all the way no matter how big or small the part is. Hence the saying there is no small parts only small actors.
"I want to make a dollar and a cent in this business".
Nice going, PB Hall!
Every time I watch Boogie Nights, I can't believe that Jack Horner is really Burt Reynolds IRL...
So sad for Burt he didn't get the Oscar for this role...he was so deserving.
The truth ism he was so uncomfortable with this role, he never saw the finished movie
Cold Winter there’s rumors that he only didn’t win cause he tried to distance himself from the movie since he found the content so reprehensible
I just like the Colonel laughing in the background when he says it.
I'd kill for a prequel about the people in this room.
I'd go for a prequel too, but I wouldn't kill for it.
What would you do for a Klondike bar
Prequels and sequels are for super hero movies
@@geg6315
Or The Godfather.
@@JustSomeCanadianGuy that’s true
R.I.P Burt Reynolds😓❤
R.I.P. Phillip Baker Hall.
(1931 - 2022)
This is one of my favorite scenes from the movie. Great stuff.
I think what makes it resonate so much is that this argument has been had so many times, just with different subjects, all throughout history.
"let's make film history.... Right here on video tape ... 😐" Best and underrated jack Horner line
We’re here to usher in the HD revolution…right here on DVD
Floyd Gondoli is not a complicated man... but he is a GREAT actor! Brilliant part.
This movie is underappreciated. The characters were so well played by the cast. This scene is one of the best in the film with three Hollywood veterans giving great performances and complementing each other so well.
Very well said. Boogie Nights is my personal favorite film and it is one of the best films ever made. Not that many people talk about it today which is shame. The directing, acting, writing, and casting are all top notch. you can hardly say a bad thing about the movie and only nit pick it.
RIP good Philip Baker Hall.
Rob Ridgely laughing in the background is solid gold.
This is the best scene in the film! Such a turning point, and historically correct for that industry. And yes, I love Colonel laughing in the back too!
Burt Reynolds should have won the best supporting actor Oscar for this movie. You could see the anger and disappointment in his face when they called Robin Williams name
Totally right! Great performance
Even though he hated the role he did a good job
Robin Williams grew a beard to earn that Oscar.
That award snub was bulls#%t!!!
Good will hunting? Overrated garbage movie
Jack mentions to Floyd that he wouldn't go to videotape or loan out his actors. He backs down on both by using videotape and loaning Rollergirl out to pick up some random dude on the street that recognized her from back home.
Pretty much because he had no choice though with The Colonel in prison for child pornography. And by the time of that between 1981-83, video was already massive in the porno industry like Floyd predicted and the theatres were pretty much dead.
That scene was soul crushing
David Hutchinson 100%, particularly with that motif playing in the background
@@davidhutchinson7888 It was a terrible, but I guess showed the dark storm all the characters were sailing through.
i love how on the dvd scene selection this is called "godzilla vs mothra" hahaha
this movie was so good on so many levels. like no other before or after it.
BASS MARINO So true
RIP Philip Baker Hall. He was a simple man. He liked cinema. In particular, he liked watching people fuck on film.
The music is so good
Amazing scene by two amazing actors.
God burt Reynolds was sooo good in this movie.. .he had range and talent...
This is one of the greatest dialogue scenes ever, especially the film vs.video argument.
A metaphor for Cinema as a whole and, honestly, American Culture as the ‘70s gave way to the ‘80s. We never did get back to that level of artistic integrity, did we?
RIP PBH!
Great minds think alike!
Look back at the colonel face when he says the "Butter" line
Probably Burt's best role, Rip Mr, Reynolds.
His role as Lewis in Deliverance will always be his best for me, but this was a damn good comeback after a string of awful movies he made...
one of my all-time favorite films. wish you'd see more films released from hollywood that are actually driven by the story and characters instead of gimmicky effects and big names.
A great scene in a movie that is nothing but one great scene after another. "We will or we will not continue this conversation." RIP Burt
and now RIP Philip Baker Hall
RIP FLOYD
This scene, although it comes at around the halfway mark, really delivers a powerful message to the porn industry. Like all other forms of entertainment, porn always needs to keep changing to keep up with the times. This scene was delivered beautifully!
Wonder what Jack would have thought if he had been told about the Internet ad online pornography?
The "butter in my ass and lollipops in my mouth" line kills me with laughter everytime I see it.
RIP Philip Baker Hall
This movie is great because it shows this group of people as a family and a family business. That's what makes Jack the better man, because he's found a family of people that he cares about.
Jack Horner is a very well written character, and open to interpretation. He takes a 17 year old runaway and ushers him into debauchery for the sake of his wallet, turning his back on him when he's made a bunch of money off of him and only takes him back when he apologizes and comes back to make more money for him. Jack never went to find Dirk, never asks Amber about her son or troubles, and in Amber's last scene when she really needs the surrogate father she's made him to be - he kisses her on the head and calls her "the foxiest bitch in the world."
That's the power of the writing in this movie, that you can think of Jack's house as a family and that he cares about them. He never says that, never shows that, you just "expect" that since he's basically their surrogate father, and fathers love their family, right? You say he's "found" them while others would say he's scoped out the club scene for hot young talent to find teens, persuade them to sell their bodies, separate from their families and exploit them for money like wringing water from a towel.
Jack is not a good man, Colonel is even worse, and Floyd Gondoli is pretty much just a businessman. We don't know enough about him other than the fact that he also has some drugged out teens in his wake that look just like dirty runaways. like Dirk in the end. Buck and Jessie, along with Reed and Scotty, are perhaps the only redeemable characters in the film.
The deepest sadness comes from at the end when you can't tell if Dirk really DOES know that Jack is no good for him - but doesn't care - or if he sees him as his savior. And Jack just can't turn away this broken, sad, drugged-out golden goose - even though he knows he was the catalyst and a major contributor to his massive downfall. Eddie's life was ruined, Jack got richer. Then he held the illusion to the very end and welcomed him back like a son so he could start exploiting him again.
Oh, yeah, and I like butter in my ass and lollipops in my mouth.
Randall Starr Fucking brilliant observations. I won't say analysis. I HATE analysis. To me, that means breaking things down and turning them into things they are not. You are just seeing the film for the masterful, and profound, work of art that it is. And helping me see new things in the process. Thank you!
Randall Starr From someone in the porn industry, I think you could have done a lot worse than Jack Horner.
Randall Starr Not to mention that Rollergirl was still in high school while she was making movies and sucking off strangers in bars for Jack's amusement. It also seems like she had been at it for a while. I agree with Buck being redeemable. In fact, we never see him in a sex scene, he is always referred to as simply an "actor" and he seems to be pretty naive when it comes to porn.
+Sam Harnish But you must admit Floyd was a Profit when he predicted how big The Adult Industry was about to become
This scene is by far the best one in any film I’ve ever watched, friggin classic!😂
There are a few dialog driven scenes that transcend the entire fucking movie.
Alec Baldwins 'losers' speech in Glengarry, Glen Ross.
"I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore..." in Network.
"Greed is good..." in Wall Street.
Boogie Nights is literally my #1 favorite movie of all time, I love every single second of it but in my opinion, this scene, right here, was a fucking mountain. Philip Baker Hall has got to be one of the most underrated character actors in Hollywood.
Ape Wait Ape wait... I like simple pleasures. I like butter in my ass and lollipops in my mouth. Now that's just me. Call me crazy, call me a pervert but your comment is a great comment.
@@tanner3285 The butter and lollipops comment, is that him admitting that he's gay?
@@jonathanturbide2232 Man that's a good question.
RIP, Philip Baker Hall.
R.I.P. Phillip Baker Hall
RIP Burt Reynolds
RIP Philip baker hall
rip Philip Baker Hall
Thanks to IndieWire for posting this. I thought the exact same thing about how this scene predicts PTA's attitudes and battles with the onset of digital film.
The "war" between video and film was a very real one back on those days. Those who saw themselves as "serious" filmmakers avoided videotape like the plague because it could never give the "look" of film. Of course, improvements in technology changed all that. But in those days it was a real war.
RIP
RIP Phillip Baker Hall amazing actor
Watch the actor in the background. He absolutely lost it when Floyd says "butter in my ass" but the director opted to leave it in
Everybody in this scene is dead now.
One of my favorite scenes in boogie nights I love this scene
At 1:25 you can see Bob Ridgely laughing in the background to the "Butter in my ass, lollipops in my mouth" line.
Thundarr couldn't keep from breaking in the scene.
I always loved the "butter in my ass...lollipops in my mouth line" and I always wondered who wrote it, but I can definitely see it being improv. Greatest line ever in the history of film
I think you're right....look at the Colonel in the back ground when he says that line....he has to cover his face to keep from blowing the take
nigel fergisThat was an amazing line.
nigel fergis It's in the screenplay: docs.xanderdavis.com/scripts/Boogie%20Nights.pdf (page 76)
i dont get butter in the ass- i never tried that. is that a gay thing?
lol- youre right
Notice Robert ridgely in the background trying no To laugh during the "butter in my ass" line
Watching the Colonel try to keep his composure during Floyd’s pitch was the icing on the cake!
Further into the future, the future was going to be online streaming porn, thereby rendering the video/DVD rental industry redundant
lol- i love how floyd wipes his lip with thumb and finger at 1:11.
Unforgettable scene. "Hot fuck action to the max" is what does it for me. I remember when "to the max" was so commonly said. I can't remember any adults saying it. The 70's and 80's were the best.
I could watch that scene over and over
Love how he wipes his mouth with his thumb and finger.
What a legend. RIP
Rest in Peace to all in this scene:
Philip Baker Hall (September 10, 1931-June 12, 2022)
Burt Reynolds (February 11, 1936-September 6, 2018)
Robert Ridgely (Born: December 24, 1931-February 8, 1997)
Looks like the Colonel is cracking up in the background while Floyd was saying his butter on my ass, lollipop in my mouth line.
Hall was great in the Movie "Hard Eight", one of my favorites. What is kinda a strange the other actor in that movie (Hard Eight) was John C. Reilly
Call me crazy, call me a pervert
After watching this, this has upped my anticipation to see "The Master" in 70mm next week.
"I like simple things in life, I like butter in my ass and lollipops in my mouth".... my favorite line....and this mive has some great lines
My absolute favorite Burt Reynolds role.....
That’s just me call me crazy call me a pervert lol
Classic
Well, to Jack's credit, the videocassette and even DVD/optical disc format would eventually die out.
But then they’d be the internet…
I fucking love this movie
Rest in peace to 3 legends.
This scene shows that the difference between loving what you doing and just doing what you love. Profit and gain. Jack wanted to keep being an artist behind the camera. His fellow porn lovers and makers want to make 💰.
If you listen to the movie's dialogue, Jack's workers were a lot
more idealistic than him.
@@thoughtsurferzone5012 True... I was thinking about Don cheadle's character. Full of bright ideas and ambitions. Wanting to open his own business in electronic sales and raise a family. But his professional life as a porn star and struggles trying to find his identity kept getting in the way. Fortunately and accidental by chance have him a way out.
I just re-watched this great film last night and I noticed something that I hadn't before: If you show the film run time at the bottom of your screen, you see that the exact halfway point of the film takes place in this scene. Before that point, everyone's lives SEEM great. After that point, Scotty makes a fool of himself, Little Bills murder/suicide, the descent of several characters into drug addiction, Todds death, Ambers disastrous court hearing... This scene is the turning point of the film.
The guy that played the Colonel was Robert Ridgely. This "Guy" was a great imitator and a card. Best imitation of all time was the "walk and talk" of John Wayne. He died during the filming of Boogie Nights but a great Comedian.
What a God damn actor. Always delivered a top quality performance. Rest in peace you fucking legend you
A very similar discussion happened when Henry Ford was introducing the Automobile to a man who built horse carriages.
The more I watch this film, the more I think Burt gives the best performance.
Jack Horner is 1984 Ghostbusters, Floyd is 2016 Ghostbusters. Or Jack's quote at 1:54.
You can see Robert Ridgely cracking up in the background at the "butter in my ass" line.
The halfway point of the film takes place in this scene. And their whole world, from one side of that half to the other changes. Dirk begins the road to addiction...Little Bill's murder suicide. And let's not even get started on The Colonel...
@setpunk12 Adult theatres may have been. Keep in mind the theatre showing "Back to the Future" wasn't later showing "Ass Queens 6", it was two different buildings.
"Wait a minute. You come into my house, my party...."
I get the feeling that I'm watching the real Burt Reynolds.
The soft-spoken anger of a man fighting for what he believes in and knowing that he is right.
A filmmaker taking a stand for quality against the "fast buck" artists of the world.
People who worked with Reynolds as a director commented on the "scene" he directs with
Dirk and Amber, saying that it was exactly how he worked on set.
Even the call for, "quiet sticks".
RIP Floyd Gondoli! It’s all about the simple pleasures of life.
Saw this in the theaters back then
Incidentally I sure wish I could wear suits like Floyd's to work.
Philip Baker Hall was helluvan actor 👍
Omg. Best scene in the movie! Absolutely no hesitation among these actors nor should there be.
Actors showing a sleazy business for what it is.
Funny how Burt and Mark Wahlberg both regretted making this movie. But they were perfect.
Wahlberg should have gotten an Oscar nomination for his performance. He absolutely nailed that role.