The firecrackers and Boogie Nights...
I'm fairly certain that the firecracker scene in Boogie Nights was influenced by the scene in Putney when the Asian businessman is tossing them around in the office.
share100% correct sir. Paul Thomas Anderson admits that he shamelessly swiped the scene from Putney Swope (with Robert Downey's blessing, of course) on the Director's commentary for Boogie Nights.
"Barker, that is not your boyfriend's dick. Do not come early."