The Dirk Diggler Story

Name: The Dirk Diggler Story
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1988-01-01
Duration: 31 min
Cast: Michael Stein, Robert Ridgely, Eddie Delcore, Rusty Schwimmer, Ernie Anderson

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1988 · 31 min · Comedy · Drama · TMDB 5.3/10

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).

Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast

Michael Stein — Dirk Diggler
Robert Ridgely — Jack Horner
Eddie Delcore — Reed Rothchild
Rusty Schwimmer — Candy Kane
Ernie Anderson — Narrator (uncredited)