Seth Davis (Ribisi), a nineteen-year-old college dropout, runs a casino out of his Queens apartment. When his father (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 (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 (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 (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.
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.
DVD Features:
Region 1
Snap Case
Widescreen 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Dolby Digital Stereo Surround - English
Additional Release Material:
Isolated Audio Track - 1.Score with Composer Commentary
Audio Commentary - 1.Ben Younger - Director
2.Jennifer Todd - Producer
3.Giovanni Ribisi - Actor
Trailers - 1.Original Theatrical Trailer
Deleted Scenes/Outtakes
Alternate Ending
Text/Photo Galleries:
Filmographies - 1.Cast & Crew
DVD-ROM Features:
Weblinks
Screenplay/Storyboard Access
Quiz - "Are You Boiler Room Material?"
Original Theatrical Website
Costume Designer
Julia Caston: Costume Designer
Director of Photography
Enrique Chediak: Director of Photography
Production Designer
Ann Stuhler: Production Designer
Casting
John Papsidera: Casting
Review 1:
"...[A] brainy thriller....Deserves to become a college-student clut rental..." -- 4 out of 5 stars - Watch More Than Once
Source: Premiere
p.87 08/01/2000
Review 2:
"...Affleck is the one surefire star of the movie...[When he's on screen] the movie sizzles..."
Source: Movieline's Hollywood Life
p.36 03/2000
Review 3:
"...Absorbing and entertaining..."
Source: Variety
p.52-3 2/7-13/2000
Review 4:
"...[A] toxic spellbinder....Ribisi scores with a performance of quicksilver intelligence..."
Source: Rolling Stone
p.106 3/2/2000
Review 5:
"...A classy, accurate script and some powerhouse performances by rising stars..."
Source: Total Film
p.83 06/01/2000
Review 6:
"...A misanthropic snap and verve..." -- Rating: B
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.50 03/10/2000
Review 7:
"...[The film] shows us a group of actors, and a filmmaker, with soul to spare and talent to burn..."
Source: New York Times
p.E30 02/18/2000
Review 8:
"...Ribisi carries the film quite nicely. He is an intense, brooding presence..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.F10 02/18/2000
Review 9:
"...The movie hums with authenticity....The movie has the high-octane feel of real life, closely observed..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.31 02/18/2000
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