The Dirk Diggler Story Poster

The Dirk Diggler Story

Not Rated Comedy Drama

Starring: Michael Stein, Robert Ridgely, Eddie Delcore, Rusty Schwimmer, Ernie Anderson

Writer: Paul Thomas Anderson

Release Date:
January 1, 1988
Ratings:
5.1 / 10
Director:
Paul Thomas Anderson
Companies:
N/A

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).