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).
Top Cast
Michael Stein as Dirk Diggler
Robert Ridgely as Jack Horner
Eddie Delcore as Reed Rothchild
Rusty Schwimmer as Candy Kane
Ernie Anderson as Narrator (uncredited)
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