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    Star 80 is a 1983 American biographical drama film written and directed by Bob Fosse. It was adapted from the Pulitzer Prize -winning Village Voice article "Death of a Playmate" by Teresa Carpenter and is based on Canadian Playboy model Dorothy Stratten, who was murdered by her husband Paul Snider in 1980. The film's title is taken from one of ...

    • $12 million
    • Wolfgang Glattes, Kenneth Utt
  2. Star 80 (1983) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. Movies. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies ...

  3. One evening, upon entering a Dairy Queen restaurant, Paul is transfixed by a beautiful young 18-year-old clerk named Dorothy Stratten (Mariel Hemmingway). A romance develops, and after several dates, Paul meets Dorothy's family on the night of her senior prom. Both Dorothy's brother, George, and her mother (Carroll Baker) dislike Paul, but he ...

  4. Peter Rainer Los Angeles Herald Examiner Star 80 is a classic example of a movie that exemplifies what it attacks. Aug 9, 2022 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times The movie seems to be ...

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    • Bob Fosse
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    • Mariel Hemingway
  5. On Aug. 14, 1980, Dorothy went back to the shabby little North Hollywood bungalow they had rented together, and Paul murdered her. "Star 80" begins with the murder. Everything else is in flashback, and, therefore, the film has no really happy scenes. Dorothy's triumphs are all stained with our knowledge of what will happen.

  6. 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 ...

    • 103 min
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  8. Star 80 (1983) -- (Movie Clip) The Personality Of A Pimp Sleazy Vancouver native Paul Snider (Eric Roberts) just arrived in LA, agonizing with his fianceè, future playmate Dorothy Stratten (Mariel Hemingway) after meeting Playboy publisher Hugh Hefner (Cliff Robertson), who explains the problem with his staff, writer-director Bob Fosse manipulating time in flashback, in Star 80, 1983.

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