The Dirk Diggler Story (1988)
Overview
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).
Cast
Michael Stein
Dirk Diggler
Robert Ridgely
Jack Horner
Rusty Schwimmer
Candy Kane
Ernie Anderson
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