The Dirk Diggler Story
- Release Date
- 1988-01-01
- Runtime
- 0h 31m
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- N/A
- Links
- IMDb
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).