 When Jimmy (Jackson, Samuel L. (qv)) and Sydney  (Hall, Philip Baker (qv)) have their confrontation, Jimmy mentions  that he knows Sydneys friends Floyd Gondolli and Jimmy Gator. In  Anderson, Paul Thomas (qv)s next movie,  _Boogie Nights (1997)_ (qv), Philip Baker Hall plays Floyd Gondolli.  In Andersons followup to Boogie Nights, _Magnolia (1999)_ (qv),  Philip Baker Hall plays Jimmy Gator.