Boiler Room

Giovanni Ribisi Director: Ben Younger Ben Younger

Overview

New Line produces some of the best discs available. The picture quality, for starters, is outstanding. It is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and is anamorphic. There are a few moments of aliasing, but they are kept to a minimum. The sound, while not nearly as impressive, is still quite good. This disc has both a Dolby Digital 5.1 and 4.0 surround track. The soundtrack is basically dialogue-driven, so one would not expect to see a wide use of the surrounds. What does come into effect is the subwoofer, due to all the bass from the hip-hop soundtrack. The disc has the usual trailer and filmographies of the cast and crew. It also has two audio commentary tracks, one from the director, producer, composer, and star Giovanni Ribisi, and the other, in the way of an isolated music track, from the composer, a woman named the Angel. Both tracks have some great information about making this film and how the elements came together. The track with the Angel is unconventional; it is presented with her words layered at times on top of other sentences. Next there are four deleted scenes and an alternate ending. In addition, this disc has a few DVD-ROM features. The disc is rounded off by additional trailers that are hidden in the filmography section. These are for two other New Line films, Friday and Love Jones.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/11/2000
UPC:	0794043505522
Original Release:	2000
Rating:	R
Source:	New Line Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Time:	2:00:00
Sales rank:	39,492

Special Features

Widescreen version; 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound; Deleted scenes/alternate ending; Commentary by director Ben Younger, producer Jennifer Todd, and actor Giovanni Ribisi; 5.1 Isolated score with composer commentary by the Angel; Original theatrical trailer; Cast and crew filmographies; Interactive menus; DVD-ROM features:; "Script-to-Screen"; Quiz: "Are You Boiler Room Material?"; Original theatrical website

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Giovanni Ribisi	Seth Davis
Vin Diesel	Chris Varick
Nia Long	Abby Halperin
Nicky Katt	Greg Feinstein
Scott Caan	Richie
Ron Rifkin	Judge Davis
Jamie Kennedy	Adam
Taylor Nichols	Harry Reynard
Bill Nichols	Agent Drew
Tom Everett Scott	Michael Brantley
Ben Affleck	Jim Young
Siobhan Fallon	Michelle, Harry's Supervisor
Jon Abrahams	Jeff
Mark Moshe Bellows	John Fineman
Judy Del Guidice	Office Woman
Marsha Dietlein	Susan Reynard
Lucinda Faraldo	Trendy Hostess
Christopher Fitzgerald	Kid
Lisa Gerstein	Sheryl
John Griesemer	Concierge
Russell Harper	Kid
Don J. Hewitt	Local
Marjorie Johnson	Abby's Mother
Neal Lerner	Gay Man
Eddie Malavarca	Broker
Peter Maloney	Doctor Jacobs
Will McCormack	Mike the Casino Patron
Donna Mitchell	Seth's Mother
Anson Mount	Broker
Taylor Patterson	Sara Reynard
Raymond Pirkle	JP Broker
Joe Prelow	JP Broker
Peter Rini	JP Broker
Jared Ryan	Casino Steve
Ross Ryman	Isaac
Gillian Sacco	Waitress at Mickey's
Bill Sage	Agent Drew
Matthew Saldivan	Series Seven Kid
Daniel Serafini-Sauli	Steve/Broker
Serge Skliarenko	Croatian Broker
Joseph Tudisco	Janitor
Seth Ullian	Broker
André Vippolis	Neil
Carlo Vogel	Rude Kid
Alex Webb	FBI Director
Mark Webber	Kid
Lori Yoffe	Secretary
David Younger	Marc

Technical Credits

Ben Younger

Catherine Gore

Ben Younger	Director,Screenwriter
Jennifer Alex	Set Decoration/Design
Angel	Score Composer
William Shackleton Arnot	Camera Operator
Bob Bowen	Musical Direction/Supervision
Richard Brener	Executive Producer
Julia Caston	Costumes/Costume Designer
Enrique Chediak	Cinematographer
Catherine Gore	Screenwriter
Michael Green	Camera Operator
Roswell Hamrick	Art Director
Wendy O'Brien-Livingstone	Casting
John Papsidera	Casting
Chris Peppe	Editor
Julian Petrillo	Asst. Director
Claire Rudnick Polstein	Executive Producer
Pamela Post	Associate Producer
Dana Sano	Musical Direction/Supervision
Peter Schneider	Sound Mixer
Anne Stuhler	Production Designer
Jennifer Todd	Producer
Suzanne Todd	Producer
E. Bennett Walsh	Co-producer
Mark White	Art Director

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Main Title/ Honor Is In the Door [5:02]
2. Knock of Fate [4:59]
3. "An Honest Living" [1:58]
4. An Offer from Greg [3:57]
5. Group Interview [7:00]
6. First Day [6:18]
7. A Couple of Tips [2:47]
8. "I've Never Heard of This Firm..." [1:50]
9. Wall Street [2:38]
10. "Reco!" [5:49]
11. Drinks for Two/ Drinks for Four [6:20]
12. "Act As If..." [2:07]
13. Seth Gets Pitched [1:37]
14. Boys Will Be Boys [4:27]
15. Casino Problems [2:21]
16. First Close [2:30]
17. Seth and Abbie [2:39]
18. Harry [3:28]
19. Series 7 Celebration [4:58]
20. The Building Next Door [1:26]
21. The Fortieth [1:34]
22. "Congratulations!" [2:15]
23. Seth Finds Nothing [3:49]
24. "Get Off Your Ass!" [2:18]
25. Harry Goes in Heavy [3:43]
26. "It's a Chop Shop..." [4:07]
27. "I Need Your Help!" [6:49]
28. Under Arrest [5:10]
29. Last Day [4:01]
30. "It's Time..." [4:33]
31. What If [1:17]
32. End Credits [5:46]

Menu

Side #1 --
   Play Movie
   Audio Options
      5.1 Surround Sound
      2.0 Stereo Surround Sound
      English Subtitles: On
      English Subtitles: Off
   Special Features
      Play Movie With Filmmaker Commentary
      Isolated Score With Composer Commentary
      Deleted Scenes
         Hotel Room Party
         Seth's Employees At School
         Cruising With the Boys
         Dinner Joke
         Original Ending
      Theatrical Trailer
      Cast and Crew
         Giovanni Ribisi
         Vin Diesel
         Nia Long
         Nicky Katt
         Scott Caan
         Ron Rifkin
         Jamie Kennedy
         Taylor Nichols
         Tom Everett Scott
         Ben Affleck
         Ben Younger
         Jennifer Todd
         Suzanne Todd
         The Angel
   Scene Selections

Editorial Reviews

Ben Younger's Boiler Room is a morality tale about sleazy stockbrokers that freely acknowledges its antecedents: The film's young, would-be millionaires spend their evenings in unfurnished mansions watching Wall Street on a big-screen TV and recite lines from Glengarry Glen Ross by heart. The mesmerizing Giovanni Ribisi stars as a college dropout with get-rich-quick dreams who joins a low-end brokerage house only to discover he's being taught to bilk families out of their life savings. The fun of Boiler Room is in the vibrant portrait it paints of a particularly high-pressure brand of salesmanship, with characters mouthing such memorable catch phrases as "don't pitch the bitch" (i.e., don't sell to women). Vin Diesel and Nicky Katt are vivid as Ribisi's fellow brokers, and Ben Affleck gets to deliver some zingy, testosterone-laced monologues urging new recruits to stop at nothing in their quest for the all-important "close." Ribisi's relationship with his disapproving father and his affair with the firm's secretary add some emotional dimension, but Boiler Room is really a boys' flick -- it's at its energetic best when exploring the rituals of an all-male universe where misogyny and bad manners rule.

Barnes & Noble - Gregory Baird

The directorial debut of filmmaker Ben Younger, Boiler Room (2000) is a stylishly rendered drama that is perhaps overly indebted to several previous films, most notably the "greed is good" philosophy of Wall Street (1987). Although Younger acknowledges his inspiration with a scene paying homage to Oliver Stone's anti-corporate treatise, Boiler Room is more of a Generation-X imitation than a serious reconsideration of the same subject matter. Nevertheless, Younger creates some memorable visuals, and extracts excellent performances from a talented cast, notably character actor Giovanni Ribisi, who successfully carries a film as a leading man for the first time. Unfolding like an anti-Horatio Alger tale, or the sobering flip side of '80s-era "boy makes rich" films like The Secret of My Success (1987) and Cocktail (1988), Boiler Room ends up a well-crafted but overly familiar tale of youthful exuberance and ambition corrupted by big business.

All Movie Guide - Karl Williams

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