(The Dirk Diggler Story)

Content: 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).

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Comedy,

Drama

Runtime:

31 minutes

Year:

1988

Directors:

Paul Thomas Anderson

Actors:

Dirk Diggler

Jack Horner

Reed Rothchild

Candy Kane

Narrator (uncredited)

Crews:

Director

Director of Photography

Producer

Writer

Songs