Boiler Room
DVD cover
Directed by	Ben Younger
Produced by	Jennifer Todd, Suzanne Todd
Written by	Ben Younger
Starring	Giovanni Ribisi Vin Diesel Nia Long Nicky Katt Ron Rifkin Ben Affleck
Distributed by	New Line Cinema
Running time	118 mins
Budget	$9,000,000
IMDb profile

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. Image File history File links Boiler_room_dvd. ... Ben Younger (born 10 July, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York) is a Jewish-American screenwriter and film director. ... Ben Younger (born 10 July, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York) is a Jewish-American screenwriter and film director. ... Giovanni Ribisi in Sofia Coppolas Lost in Translation Antonino Giovanni Ribisi (born December 17, 1974 in Los Angeles) is an American actor. ... Vin Diesel (born Mark Sinclair Vincent on July 18, 1967) is an American actor, writer, director, and producer. ... Long in the film In Too Deep Nia Long (born Nitara Carlynn Long on October 30, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actress. ... Nicky Katt (born May 11, 1970 in South Dakota) is an American actor best known for his role on David E. Kelleys Fox drama Boston Public. ... Rifkin as Arvin Sloane on Alias Ron Rifkin, born October 31, 1939, in New York City, New York, USA, is a film, stage, and television actor and director. ... Benjamin Geza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American film actor and an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter. ... New Line Cinema logo New Line Cinema, founded in 1967, is one of the ten major Hollywood movie studios. ... This is a list of film-related events in 2000. ... A drama film is a film that depends mostly on in-depth character development, interaction, and highly emotional themes. ... Ben Younger (born 10 July, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York) is a Jewish-American screenwriter and film director. ... Giovanni Ribisi in Sofia Coppolas Lost in Translation Antonino Giovanni Ribisi (born December 17, 1974 in Los Angeles) is an American actor. ... Vin Diesel (born Mark Sinclair Vincent on July 18, 1967) is an American actor, writer, director, and producer. ... Long in the film In Too Deep Nia Long (born Nitara Carlynn Long on October 30, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actress. ... Benjamin Geza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American film actor and an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter. ... Nicky Katt (born May 11, 1970 in South Dakota) is an American actor best known for his role on David E. Kelleys Fox drama Boston Public. ... Scott Caan Scott Caan (born August 23, 1976) is an American actor. ... Tom Everett Scott (Born September 7, 1970) is an American actor. ... Rifkin as Arvin Sloane on Alias Ron Rifkin, born October 31, 1939, in New York City, New York, USA, is a film, stage, and television actor and director. ... Jamie Kennedy James Harvey Kennedy (born May 25, 1970) is an American actor and comedian. ...

Plot

The film takes a look at the world of "boiler room"--seedy, dishonorable--brokerage firms. The film centers around Seth Davis (Ribisi), a budding underground casino owner in Queens whose life turns upside down when offered employment at J.T. Marlin, a less-than-reputable brokerage firm. Davis' opposition to his disapproving federal judge father drives the plot as Davis goes deeper into the operation at J.T. Marlin than he'd like, learning how the firm scams its clients. The company runs a"pump and dump", using its brokers to create artificial demand in pumping up the price of an IPO of a fake company. Once the price rises, the firm sells its stake and cashes in. Its earnings are used in yet another IPO. Marlin trained their own brokers as to take advantage of their ignorance. This is why they dismissed anyone holding a Series 7 license. The term boiler room in business refers to a busy center of activity, often telemarketing or other types of sales. ... The financial fraud known as pump and dump (aka Stock Dump) involves artificially inflating the price of a stock or other security through promotion, in order to sell at the inflated price. ... Artificial demand constitues demand for something that in the abscence of exposure to the vehicle of creating demand, would not exist. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Series 7 exam, formally known as the General Securities Representative Examination, is a required exam to become a stock broker in the US. The exam is a six-hour test administered by the self-regulating National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), which covers a broad range of investments including...

Analysis

The film is often compared to Glengarry Glen Ross and Wall Street, and both movies are quoted -- by name and with lines of dialogue -- by characters in the film, and in one instance a whole scene (from Wall Street) is recited by the characters as they watch it on video. Alec Baldwin's character in Glengarry is often quoted by the character played Ben Affleck. Boiler Room's dialogue has also been compared to that of David Mamet. Glengarry Glen Ross is the title of a 1992 movie, based on the 1984 Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning play of the same name by David Mamet, who adapted it into a screenplay for the film. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, screenwriter, director, poet, essayist and novelist. ...

Score

The following songs are played throughout the movie:

• "New York (Ya Out There)" by Rakim
• "Keepin the Faith" by De La Soul
• "Funky Child" by Lords of the Underground
• "Segue to Word" by The Angel
• "Sunset Eyes" by Ernie Andrews
• "You Don't" by Tricky
• "Right Here" by Pharoahe Monch
• "What a Thug About" by Beanie Sigel
• "Things Done Changed" by The Notorious B.I.G.
• "Area" by De La Soul
• "Get on This" by Ugly Duckling
• "Ma Dukes" by O.C.
• "Award Tour" by A Tribe Called Quest
• "Supa Star" by Group Home
• "Anywayz" by Esthero
• "Destiny Complete" by The Angel f/ Mystic
• "Brand Nubian Rock the Set" by Brand Nubian
• "Impress the Kid" by Slick Rick
• "Simon Says" by Pharoahe Monch
• "Money or Love" by Saukrates
• "That Ain't Gangsta" by 50 Cent

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Trivia

• The film is partly based on director Ben Younger's personal experiences. One of Younger's former jobs was as a broker at a boiler room, where he witnessed first hand the office tactics and procedures, which he soon realized were highly illegal. The experience inspired him to develop a script.
• Ben Affleck worked a couple days at SAG scale on the film, and presented Younger with a brand new BMW motorcycle as a gift.
• Giovanni Ribisi was one of the investors in a Ponzi scheme conducted by Reed Slatkin.[1]
• Director's cut version implies a rampage massacre in the final scene by a financially disgruntled victim in the story.

Ben Younger (born 10 July, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York) is a Jewish-American screenwriter and film director. ... Benjamin Geza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American film actor and an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter. ... The Screen Actors Guild (S.A.G.) is the labor union representing over 120,000 film actors in the United States. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that involves paying abnormally high returns (profits) to investors out of the money paid in by subsequent investors, rather than from net revenues generated by any real business. ... Reed Slatkin is the perpetrator of the largest Ponzi scheme in the United States since that conducted by Ponzi himself. ...

External links

• Boiler Room at the Internet Movie Database