| Movie Name | Boiler Room |
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| Released | February 18, 2000 Nationwide; January 20, 2000 Sundance'00 |
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| Genre | Drama |
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| Runtime | 118 mins |
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| Rating | R |
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| Director(s) | Ben Younger |
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| Producer(s) | Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd |
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| Writer(s) | Ben Younger |
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| Distribution | New Line Cinema |
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| Budget | $9,000,000 |
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| U.S. Box Office | $16,919,117 |
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| Country | USA |
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| Language | Russian, English |
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Boiler Room is a 2000 U.S. drama, written and directed by Ben Younger, and starring Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel and Nia Long. Other characters in the film were played by Ben Affleck, Nicky Katt, Scott Caan, Tom Everett Scott, Ron Rifkin and Jamie Kennedy. The film takes a look at the world of "boiler room" (seedy, dishonorable) brokerage firms. The film centers around college dropout Seth Davis (Ribisi), a budding underground casino owner in Queens whose life turns upside down when offe ..
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Cast: Giovanni Ribisi - Seth Davis Vin Diesel - Chris Varick Nia Long - Abbie Halpert Nicky Katt - Greg WeinsteinMore... | Crew: Original Music by The Angel
Cinematography byMore... | Trivia: A different ending, in which Seth's main victim Harry goes to the Boiler Room armed with guns and ostensibly seeking bloody revenge, was scrapped in favor of the FBI bust ending. This alternate ending is found on the DVD.When Seth is visiting the office at night, he looks through a stack of contracts, which he notices all have the same names on them. One of the names is co-producer E. Bennett Walsh.Ratner's, the restaurant Seth and his family eat dinner in, is the same restaurant that Gene Hackman and Roy Scheider stake out in "The French Connection" (1971). More... | Awards: Jury Special Prize For: Ben Younger Year: 2000 Won
More... | Quotes: Man on phone: Take me off your list. Seth Davis: Fine, fine. I'm gonna take you off my list of successful people today.
Jim Young: And there is no such thing as a no sale call. A sale is made on every call you make. Either you sell the client some stock or he sells you a reason he can't. Either way a sale is made, the only question is who is gonna close? You or him? Now be relentless, that's it, I'm done.More... | Other Info: Produced in: United States Filming Locations: New York, USA Studios: New Line Cinema
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