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MONEY
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Made its money back 4.1× over at the box office.
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Boiler Room
"Welcome to the new American dream."
2000 1h 59m EN
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6.7
SOLID
★6.7TMDB · 769
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Synopsis
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A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm and is on the fast track to success—but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.
“Welcome to the new American dream.”
Cast
Giovanni Ribisi
Seth Davis
Vin Diesel
Chris Varick
Nia Long
Abbie Halpert
Nicky Katt
Greg Weinstein
Scott Caan
Richie O'Flaherty
Ron Rifkin
Judge Marty Davis
Jamie Kennedy
Adam
Taylor Nichols
Harry Reynard
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Ben Younger
- Writers
- Ben Younger
- Languages
- English, Russian
- Countries
- United States of America
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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ERA
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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Russian.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Ben Younger, shot by Enrique Chediak. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by The Angel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Chris Peppe shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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RUNTIME
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Giovanni Ribisi and Vin Diesel and Nia Long carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "Welcome to the new American dream.".
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Ben Younger directs. Enrique Chediak behind the camera. The Angel scores. Chris Peppe cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Russian.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Made its money back 4.1× over at the box office.
- 226 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Russian.
- 4Directed by Ben Younger, shot by Enrique Chediak. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by The Angel. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Chris Peppe shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Giovanni Ribisi and Vin Diesel and Nia Long carry the top of the cast.
- 8Marketing tagline: "Welcome to the new American dream.".
- 9IMDB entry: tt0181984 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 10Classified under 8 themes, including "finances", "long island, new york", "stockbroker", "investment firm".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Enrique Chediak
- Original score
- The Angel
- Editing
- Chris Peppe
- Production design
- Anne Stuhler
- Costume design
- Julia Caston
- Makeup / hair
- Quentin Harris
- Sound
- Joe Barnett
- Runtime
- 119 min · 1h 59m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $7,000,000
- Box office
- $28,780,255
- Return
- 411% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
Also by
Ben Younger
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
New Line Cinema
US
Key crew
- EditorChris Peppe
- Script SupervisorCatherine Gore
- Supervising Sound EditorFrank Gaeta
- CastingJohn Papsidera
- Associate ProducerPamela Post
- Set DecorationJennifer Alex Nickason
- Sound Effects EditorBenjamin L. Cook
- Co-ProducerE. Bennett Walsh
- First Assistant EditorPamela Chmiel
- Production DesignAnne Stuhler
- ProducerSuzanne Todd
- Assistant Costume DesignerJill Kliber
- Sound Re-Recording MixerJoe Barnett
- Key Hair StylistQuentin Harris
- Art DirectionMark White
- Costume DesignJulia Caston
- Music EditorLise Richardson
- Music SupervisorDana Sano
- Steadicam OperatorWill Arnot
- First Assistant EditorElaine C. Andrianos
- Still PhotographerDavid Lee
- Sound Re-Recording MixerJohn Ross
- Sound mixerPeter Schneider
- ProducerJennifer Todd
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- finances
- long island, new york
- stockbroker
- investment firm
- candid
- investment banker
- admiring
- enchant
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2000-02-18R
Also known as
International titles
- Les initiésFR
- O Primeiro MilhãoBR
- 1 km da Wall StreetIT
- 致命圈套CN
- 开水房CN
- RyzykoPL
- Risiko – Der schnellste Weg zum ReichtumDE
- БойлернаUA
- 沸腾空间CN
