The Dirk Diggler Story is a 1988 mockumentary short film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
Dirk Diggler (Michael Stein) was born as Steven Samuel Adams on April 15, 1961, outside of Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Diggler meets his friend, Reed Rothchild (Eddie Delcore), through Horner in 1979, while working on a film.
[5] Stein loved the idea and was cast to play the role of Dirk Diggler; he selected his own wardrobe.
[1] Being influenced by This Is Spinal Tap at the time, he decided to do a mockumentary[6] and used the John Holmes documentary, Exhausted, as a model for the film, even taking some dialogue almost word-for-word.
Ridgely played the supporting role of The Colonel James, the original financier of Jack's films while Stein made a cameo appearance as the stereo store customer who talks with Don Cheadle's Buck Swope.
[9] The main differences between The Dirk Diggler Story and Boogie Nights are the mockumentary versus narratives styles in the former and latter films, respectively;[6] Additional differences include Diggler's stint in gay porn and death from a drug overdose in the short film versus his prostitution and happy return to his former lifestyle in the feature film and the aspect ratio being in 1.33:1 in The Dirk Diggler Story and 2.40:1 in Boogie Nights.