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The Dirk Diggler Story

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The Dirk Diggler Story

A mockumentary short film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson at age seventeen. Presented as a behind-the-scenes television profile, it chronicles the rise and fall of Dirk Diggler, a well-endowed porn star whose fame and fortune spiral into drug abuse and tragedy. Modeled on real-life adult film actor John Holmes, the film serves as an early prototype for Anderson’s later feature Boogie Nights (1997).

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

53

User score

38 votes

Status

Released

Released

January 1, 1988

Runtime

31m

Language

English

Top cast

Michael Stein

Michael Stein

Dirk Diggler

Robert Ridgely

Robert Ridgely

Jack Horner

Eddie Delcore

Reed Rothchild

Rusty Schwimmer

Rusty Schwimmer

Candy Kane

Ernie Anderson

Ernie Anderson

Narrator (uncredited)

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