<P> Boogie Nights is based on a mockumentary short film that Anderson made while he was still in high school called The Dirk Diggler Story . The short was based on the 1981 documentary Exhausted : John C. Holmes , The Real Story , a documentary about the life of legendary porn actor John Holmes , the person on whom Dirk Diggler is based . </P>
<P> Boogie Nights is based on a mockumentary short film that Anderson made while he was still in high school called The Dirk Diggler Story . The short was based on the 1981 documentary Exhausted : John C. Holmes , The Real Story , a documentary about the life of legendary porn actor John Holmes , the person on whom Dirk Diggler is based . </P>
who are the characters in boogie nights based on
who are the characters in boogie nights based on
John Holmes
John Holmes