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).
The Dirk Diggler Story has generally received mixed reviews.
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The Dirk Diggler Story was released in 1988 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 8 reviews, giving The Dirk Diggler Story (1988) an average rating of 51%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 60%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 0%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed The Dirk Diggler Story a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 51%, The Dirk Diggler Story is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1988, which stands at 57%.
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