The Dirk Diggler Story

1988 · 31 min · Comedy, Drama

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).

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson
Released: January 1, 1988
Language: English

Cast

Michael Stein
Dirk Diggler
Robert Ridgely
Jack Horner
Eddie Delcore
Reed Rothchild
Rusty Schwimmer
Candy Kane
Ernie Anderson
Narrator (uncredited)

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