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Star 80 is the second film based on the murder of Stratten, preceded by the 1981 television film Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story, with Jamie Lee Curtis as Stratten and Bruce Weitz as Snider.
Find out who starred in and worked on the 1983 biographical drama film Star 80, directed by Bob Fosse and based on the true story of Dorothy Stratten, a Playboy model who was murdered by her husband. See the full cast and crew list, including Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Hugh Hefner, and more.
A successful young model finds trouble when her obsessive manager-turned-husband becomes dangerously jealous. Paul Snider is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes when he meets Dorothy Stratten working behind the counter of a Dairy Queen. Dorothy is a pretty but naive high school senior.
Star 80 is a 1983 film directed by Bob Fosse, starring Eric Roberts and Mariel Hemingway, based on the true story of Dorothy Stratten, a Playboy model who was murdered by her husband. The film explores the seedy side of Hollywood and the exploitation of women's bodies in the media.
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- Mariel Hemingway
"Star 80" is his most despairing film. After the Nazi decadence of "Cabaret," after the drug abuse and self-destruction in "Lenny" and the death-obsessed hero of "All That Jazz," here is a movie that begins with violent death and burrows deeper.
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Nov 15, 2016 · “Star 80” is far from genre material, though the true story it’s based on is the stuff of demented horror. Instead, it’s a terrifying and genre-less descent into the red mist of misogyny.
