PTA's rough draft of his masterpiece Boogie Nights. This film tells the story of Dirk Diggler. A famous porn star from America who makes it big amongst the industry and amongst the mainstream in the late 1970s. However, Dirk Diggler soon will meet his unfortunate downfall.... (Full plot summary below)
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PTA's rough draft of his masterpiece Boogie Nights. This film tells the story of Dirk Diggler. A famous porn star from America who makes it big amongst the industry and amongst the mainstream in the late 1970s. However, Dirk Diggler soon will meet his unfortunate downfall.
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| User ReviewBen CA very interesting look at PT Anderson's early filmmaking days. Only for true PT Anderson fans though. |
| User ReviewDave HIt's better than the Marky Mark version. |
| User ReviewAditya MNot to judge the film too harshly, as this is the first work of Paul Thomas Anderson before he had access to the tools he does today. It's a great piece of nostalgia for Boogie Nights and generally PT Anderson fans. |
| User ReviewColyn KWhile it's admirable and certainly ambitious, what PTA goes on to do in Boogie Nights is far more worth one's time. It's a |
| User ReviewJack KAt age seventeen, Paul Thomas Anderson shot this short mockumentary, which later became the masterpiece Boogie Nights. It's fascinating because the film hints at the later brilliance of Anderson and is also informative of his childhood neighborhood (how many people can claim that they lived next door to Dirk Digglers?) Amazing considering Anderson's youth and the amateur filmmaking resources available at the time. |
| User Review♠ Alexander ♠I was so happy to see this short...PTA was 17 when he made...he might be my favorite living director and watching this was a pleasure. |
| User ReviewHarrison WOnly of interest because it precedes the great film Boogie Nights in the Paul Thomas Anderson oeuvre, otherwise it's not really worth watching. |
| User ReviewEitan FMostly fascinating just to see Robert Ridgely (who later played The Colonel in Boogie Nights) in the Jack Horner role. Also, I wish Boogie Nights had retained the part of the story where Dirk is discovered at a falafel stand. Other than "I'm your brother... from another mother," it's possibly the most inadvertently funny P.T. Anderson moment ever. |
