

The Dirk Diggler Story
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- Drama
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 Diggler
Robert RidgelyJack Horner- Eddie DelcoreReed Rothchild
Rusty SchwimmerCandy Kane
Ernie AndersonNarrator (uncredited)

Featurette
The Dirk Diggler Story by Paul Thomas Anderson (1988)
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The Dirk Diggler Story releases on January 1, 1988 in theaters. The date is confirmed.
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