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).

Release Date

1988-01-01

Year

1988

Duration

31m

Status

Released

Score

5.10

#porn-actor#mockumentary#found-footage

Cast

Michael Stein

Michael Stein

Dirk Diggler

Robert Ridgely

Robert Ridgely

Jack Horner

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Eddie Delcore

Reed Rothchild

Rusty Schwimmer

Rusty Schwimmer

Candy Kane

Ernie Anderson

Ernie Anderson

Narrator (uncredited)