 Paul Thomas Anderson (qv) used  _Exhausted: John C. Holmes, the Real Story (1981) (V)_ (qv), a  documentary about John Holmes (I) (qv), as a reference for some of  the scenes in this film. The scene where Jessie  (Melora Walters (qv)) enters the bar and first meets Dirk  (Mark Wahlberg (I) (qv)) is identical to a scene in "Exhausted".