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).
Movie Info
Release Date: 1/1/1988
Runtime: 31 min
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Writers: Paul Thomas Anderson
Top Cast
Michael Stein
Dirk Diggler
Robert Ridgely
Jack Horner
Rusty Schwimmer
Candy Kane
Ernie Anderson
Narrator (uncredited)
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