who are the characters in boogie nights based on
Boogie Nights Boogie Nights is based on a mockumentary short film that Anderson made while he was still in high school called The Dirk Diggler Story.[3] 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.[7]
Karen Lynn Gorney In 1977, Gorney co-starred in her third film, and biggest role to date, as Stephanie Mangano in Saturday Night Fever, alongside John Travolta.[2] The next year, she appeared as a celebrity panelist on Hollywood Squares.