Boiler Room

Theatrical Release Date: 2000 02 18 (USA)

UPC: 794043505522

Studio: New Line Home Video

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Adult Situations, Adult Language, Substance Abuse]

Summary: In this drama that explores greed and corruption in American business, Giovanni Ribisi plays Seth Davis, an intelligent and ambitious college dropout who runs a casino in his apartment. Eager to show his father that he can succeed, Seth lands a job with a small stock brokerage firm. He is given a space in the company's "boiler room," where he makes cold calls to prospective clients. As it turns out, Seth has a genuine talent for cold calling, which gains him the approval of his superiors, the admiration of his father, and the attentions of one of his co-workers, Abby Hilliard (Nia Long). However, the higher up the ladder Seth rises, the deeper he sinks into a quagmire of dirty dealings, until he's breaking the law in order to keep his bosses happy and his paychecks coming. The Boiler Room also features Tom Everett Scott, Scott Caan, Jamie Kennedy, Nicky Katt, and Ben Affleck in a cameo as the headhunter who brings Seth into the firm. Ribisi and Scott also appeared together in That Thing You Do; Ribisi was the drummer replaced by Scott, who then led The One-Ders to fictional pop stardom. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best First Feature – Independent Spirit Awards Best First Screenplay – Independent Spirit Awards

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

Boiler Room

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 07/11/2000

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 120 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: 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]

Karl Williams

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. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Eddie Malavarca  Actor 
André Vippolis  Actor 
Taylor Patterson  Actor 
Alex Webb  Actor 
Anson Mount  Actor 
Peter Rini  Actor 
Joe Prelow  Actor 
David Younger  Actor 
Marsha Dietlein  Actor 
Bill Sage  Actor 
Lisa Gerstein  Actor 
Marjorie Johnson  Actor 
Don J. Hewitt  Actor 
Gillian Sacco  Actor 
Jon Abrahams  Actor 
Judy Del Guidice  Actor 
Christopher Fitzgerald  Actor 
Seth Ullian  Actor 
John Griesemer  Actor 
Peter Maloney  Actor 
Will McCormack  Actor 
Lucinda Faraldo  Actor 
Mark Moshe Bellows  Actor 
Serge Skliarenko  Actor 
Neal Lerner  Actor 
Siobhan Fallon  Actor 
Mark Webber  Actor 
Matthew Saldivan  Actor 
Russell Harper  Actor 
Carlo Vogel  Actor 
Donna Mitchell  Actor 
Joseph Tudisco  Actor 
Raymond Pirkle  Actor 
Lori Yoffe  Actor 
Daniel Serafini-Sauli  Actor 
Jared Ryan  Actor 
Ross Ryman  Actor 
Suzanne Todd  Producer 
Jennifer Todd  Producer 
Claire Rudnick Polstein  Executive Producer 
The Angel  Composer (Music Score) 
Richard Brener  Executive Producer 
Ben Younger  Director 
Ben Younger  Screenwriter 
Catherine Gore  Screenwriter 
Giovanni Ribisi  Actor 
Vin Diesel  Actor 
Nia Long  Actor 
Nicky Katt  Actor 
Scott Caan  Actor 
Ron Rifkin  Actor 
Jamie Kennedy  Actor 
Taylor Nichols  Actor 
Bill Nichols  Actor 
Tom Everett Scott  Actor 
Ben Affleck  Actor 

Country: USA