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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).
Keywords
porn actor
mockumentary
found footage
Casts

Michael Stein
Dirk Diggler

Robert Ridgely
Jack Horner
Eddie Delcore
Reed Rothchild

Rusty Schwimmer
Candy Kane

Ernie Anderson
Narrator (uncredited)
Crews

Paul Thomas Anderson
Director

Paul Thomas Anderson
Director of Photography

Shane Conrad
Producer

Paul Thomas Anderson
Writer

Stan Bush
Songs
Johann Benét
Key Makeup Artist
Backdrops & Posters
