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Star 80 (1983)

Directed by Bob Fosse

Drama | Biography

Most recently watched by danielt

Overview

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. Under his guidance Dorothy grows to fame as a Playboy Playmate. But when Dorothy begins pursuing an acting career, the jealous Paul finds himself elbowed out of the picture by more famous men.

Rated R | Length 103 minutes

Actors

Mariel Hemingway | Eric Roberts | Cliff Robertson | Carroll Baker | Roger Rees | David Clennon | Josh Mostel | Lisa Gordon | Sidney Miller | Keith Hefner | Tina Willson | Shelly Ingram | Sheila Anderson | Cis Rundle | Kathryn Witt | Jordan Christopher | James Luisi | Neva Patterson | Robert Fields | Keenen Ivory Wayans | Sandy Wolshin | Robert Perault | James Blendick | Jacqueline Coleman | Don Granberry | Stuart Damon | Ernest Thompson | Budd Friedman | Deborah Geffner | Norman Browning | Hagan Beggs | Bobby Bass | Gilbert B. Combs | Terence Kelly | Tabitha Herrington | Dean Hajum | Dan Zeleski | Paul Ryan | Michael Joel Shapiro | Fred Pierce | John Horn | David W. Rose | Stanley Kamel | Liz Sheridan | Liis Kailey | Robert Picardo | Erica Yohn | Marilyn Madderom | Lonny Chin | Venus Pinkston | Tracy Vaccaro | Michele Hill | Kim St. Leon | Sulinda Watson | Cathy St. George | Katrina von Splawn | Carol Hills | Kristine Garbo | Catherine Gilmore | Charlene Howell | David Cameron | Stacey Toten | Michael Levittan | Lorraine Michaels | Bonnie Kanner | Toni Petrie | Don Jones | George McKensie | Martin Eade | Jim Cross | Don Kitchen | Rick Webb | Peter Ohrnberger | Daniel Keough | Tina Tyler | Gwen Welles | Alison Brown | Sam Behrens

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Viewing Notes

Continuing my Eric Roberts right hector with his climatic adaptation of the Dorothy Stratton story. Didn’t realize they made more than one movie about this true crime story. ER is great in this.

*ahem*

let’s try this again: continuing my Eric Roberts’ project with this cinematic adaptation of the tragic Dorothy Stratten story (based on the “Death of a Centerfold” piece in the Village Voice). The previous film was a telefilm and that’s the one I always remember bc it features Jamie Lee Curtis and Robert Reed.

This adaptation is really good bc of Eric Roberts. He’s the character that steals every scene yet you don’t know what he’s gonna do next. Like an accident waiting to happen (of course, inferred by the character he’s portraying). I still haven’t seen a few of ER’s more famous film roles but I’d still say this one is one of his best performances.

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