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The Dirk Diggler Story

1988
Directed byPaul Thomas Anderson
0h 31m

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).

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Michael SteinDirk DigglerRobert RidgelyJack Horner
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Eddie Delcore
Reed Rothchild
Rusty SchwimmerCandy Kane
Ernie AndersonNarrator (uncredited)
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ComedyDrama
STATUSReleased
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5.1

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