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Boiler Room movie storyline. Seth Davis is a college dropout running an illegal casino from his rented apartment. Driven by his domineering fathers disapproval at his illegitimate existence and his desire for serious wealth, Seth suddenly finds himself seduced by the opportunity to interview as a trainee stock broker from recent acquaintance Greg (Nicky Katt). Walking into the offices of JT Marlin, a small time brokerage firm on the outskirts of New York – Seth gets an aggressive cameo performance from Jay (Ben Affleck) that sets the tone for a firm clearly placing money above all else.
Seth’s fractured relationship with his father and flirtatious glances from love interest Abbie (Nia Long) are enough to keep Seth motivated in his new found career. As he begins to excel and develop a love for the hard sale and high commission, a few chance encounters leads Seth to question the legitimacy of the firms operations – placing him once again at odds with his father and what remains of his morality. With homages to Wall Street, and Glengarry Glen Ross, it’s a decent debut feature for Ben Younger who’s script exposes a truly sinister side of an already immoral business.
Boiler Room is a 2000 American crime drama film written and directed by Ben Younger, and starring Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Ben Affleck, Nicky Katt, Scott Caan, Tom Everett Scott, Ron Rifkin and Jamie Kennedy. Screenwriter Ben Younger interviewed for a job at brokerage firm Sterling Foster. Younger said, “I walked in and immediately realized, ‘This is my movie.’ I mean, you see these kids and know something is going on.”
The film opened in the United States on February 18, 2000, alongside Hanging Up, Pitch Black and The Whole Nine Yards, grossing $6.7 million on its opening weekend. Eventually, the film grossed $17 million domestically and $11.8 million in other territories, with a worldwide total of $28.8 million.
Boiler Room (2000)
Directed by: Ben Younger
Starring: Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Nicky Katt, Scott Caan, Ben Affleck, Ron Rifkin, Jamie Kennedy, Tom Everett Scott, Herbert Russell, Mark Webber
Screenplay by: Ben Younger
Production Design by: Anne Stuhler
Cinematography by: Enrique Chediak
Film Editing by: Chris Peppe
Costume Design by: Julia Caston
Set Decoration by: Jennifer Alex Nickason
Art Direction by: Roswell Hamrick, Mark White
Music by: The Angel
MPAA Rating: R for strong language and some drug content.
Distributed by: New Line Cinema
Release Date: February 18, 2000
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