Basic Info
Release: January 01, 1988
Runtime: 31 min
Rating: ⭐ 5.1/10 (35 votes)
Status: Released
Videos
The Dirk Diggler Story by Paul Thomas Anderson (1988) (YouTube)
The Dirk Diggler Story
1988
31 min
⭐ 5.1/10
35 votes
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).
Genres
Comedy
Drama
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
Michael Stein
Dirk Diggler
Robert Ridgely
Jack Horner
Eddie Delcore
Reed Rothchild
Rusty Schwimmer
Candy Kane
Ernie Anderson
Narrator (uncredited)
Crew
Paul Thomas Anderson
Director
Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer
Shane Conrad
Producer
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