The Dirk Diggler Story (1988)

The Dirk Diggler Story (1988)

1988-01-01 United States of America 31 Min. PG-13
5.1 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).

Cast

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