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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).

Top Cast

  • Michael Stein

    Michael Stein

    Dirk Diggler

  • Robert Ridgely

    Robert Ridgely

    Jack Horner

  • Eddie Delcore

    Eddie Delcore

    Reed Rothchild

  • Rusty Schwimmer

    Rusty Schwimmer

    Candy Kane

  • Ernie Anderson

    Ernie Anderson

    Narrator (uncredited)

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).

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