101 - Boiler Room

<p>(Original Airdate: January 12th, 2018) Boiler Room is a 2000 American <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_film'>crime</a> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drama_film'>drama film</a> written and directed by <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Younger'>Ben Younger</a> and starring <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Ribisi'>Giovanni Ribisi</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin_Diesel'>Vin Diesel</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nia_Long'>Nia Long</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Affleck'>Ben Affleck</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky_Katt'>Nicky Katt</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Caan'>Scott Caan</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Everett_Scott'>Tom Everett Scott</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Rifkin'>Ron Rifkin</a>, and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Kennedy'>Jamie Kennedy</a>. The film was conceived when screenwriter <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Younger'>Ben Younger</a> interviewed for a job at brokerage firm Sterling Foster. Younger said, "I walked in and immediately realized, 'This is my movie.' I mean, you see these kids and know something is going on."<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiler_Room_(film)#cite_note-3'>[3]</a></p> <p>The film was nominated for several awards including a <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Reel_Awards_of_2001'>Black Reel Award</a>, a <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Independent_Film_Awards'>British Independent Film Award</a>, and two <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Independent_Spirit_Awards'>Independent Spirit Awards</a>. It won the Special Jury Prize at the 2000 <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deauville_American_Film_Festival'>Deauville Film Festival</a>. Haiku-- "Stock brokers are bad Giovanni Ribisi Ben Affleck is great?" - MC</p>