Boiler Room is a 2000 American drama film written and directed by Ben Younger, and starring Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Ben Affleck, Nicky Katt, Scott Caan, Tom Everett Scott, Ron Rifkin and Jamie Kennedy. The film is based partly on the real life experiences of Jordan Belfort. In 1999 Seth Davis , a 19-year-old college dropout runs an illegal but successful underground casino in his Queens apartment. His father Marty , a New York City federal judge, disapproves of him and worries that Seth's criminal living may cost him his judgeship. In hopes to get on his father's good side,... Seth joins J.T. Marlin, a brokerage firm based in a non-descript office building in or near Commack, NY, after Greg Weinstein comes to his home to check out Seth's business and offers him a job at the firm. Seth agrees and becomes a trainee under Weinstein. Everything seems to work out for Seth in the early days of his job. Arriving at J.T. Marlin, he learns from Jim Young , one of the heads of the company, what he needs to do to become a millionaire working at the firm. Seth learns the ways of the company and does very well at his new job.
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| Release date: | February 18, 2000 |
| Directed by: | Ben Younger |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 118 Minutes |
| Producer: | Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd |
| Editor: | Chris Peppe |
| Music by: | The Angel |
| Cinematography: | Enrique Chediak |
| Screenplay by: | Ben Younger |
| Estimated budget: | $9,000,000 |