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The Dirk Diggler Story(1988)
Status: Released
Date: 1988-01-01
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37 Votes
Time: 0h 31m
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).
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
Movie: The Dirk Diggler Story
Top 5 Billed Cast
Michael Stein
Dirk Diggler
Robert Ridgely
Jack Horner
Rusty Schwimmer
Candy Kane
Ernie Anderson
Narrator (uncredited)
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