Star 80
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 Snider's vanity license plates. The film was Fosse's final film before his death in 1987.
Plot
Dorothy Stratten lies dead as her husband Paul Snider rants to himself about the events that led up to the present moment. The story, told through a series of flashbacks, has a linear narrative but is interspersed by Paul's rants as well as by documentary-style interviews with some of the characters.
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| author | Bob Fosse |
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| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Bob Fosse |
| editor | Alan Heim |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | act break dairy queen delusion divorce documentary-style dorothy stratten end erotic furniture failed business film director fiming hugh hefner insolvency license plate losing money mercedes mercedes-benz new york city paul snider phone call photo shoot playboy club playboy magazine playboy mansion playmate of the month playmate of the year principal photography private detective pygmalion effect rape roller disco scam artist sex contraption their way |
| musicBy | Ralph Burns |
| producer | Kenneth Utt |
| productionCompany | The Ladd Company |
| publisher | Columbia-EMI-Warner Distributors Warner Bros. |
| theme | biographical biographical drama death independent pseudo-documentary |