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Boogie Nights (1997)

In his late teens, Writer-Director Paul Thomas Anderson became fascinated with pornography filmed in the 1970s. Anderson found the plot structure of these old films to have a charming quality not generally found in more modern pornography. As Anderson's interest in the history and demise of this genre grew, he became inspired and wrote a short entitled The Dirk Diggler Story, which was shot on video and edited using two VCRs. The movie as we see it today was re-written as a feature during the filming of his first movie Sydney/Hard Eight.

Several characters were inspired by the lives of real people, many who have been involved with moviemaking in and around Hollywood over the last several decades. The rise and fall of Eddie Adams was inspired by porn star Shauna Grant (born Colleen Applegate), while the more multilayered inspiration came from John Holmes for the Dirk Diggler/Brock Landers characters.