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 Stein Dirk Diggler
Robert Ridgely Jack Horner Eddie Delcore Reed Rothchild
Rusty Schwimmer Candy Kane
Ernie Anderson Narrator (uncredited)Screenings in Brussels
No upcoming screenings.
