Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story

Death of a Centerfold The Dorothy Stratten Story is a 1981 American television film directed by Gabrielle Beaumont. It is a true dramatization of the life and the murder of Playboy Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten, played by Jamie Lee Curtis. The movie was aired on NBC in November 1981. Two years later the same story was developed by director Bob Fosse in his movie Star 80, starring Mariel Hemingway and Eric Roberts.

The New York Times critic John J. OConnor praised the movie, saying the movie works remarkably well in building a dramatic momentum. Jamie Lee Curtiss Dorothy is a thoroughly understandable, if not sympathetic figure. And Bruce Weitz is extraordinary. People magazine also praised the film, saying Jamie Lee Curtis is just right as Stratten, and Bruce Weitz is a standout as her ex. Movie critic Leonard Maltin described the film as exploitive.Death of a Centerfold The Dorothy Stratten Story aired on NBC and finished 27th in the Neilsen ratings. When the film was broadcast a second time on NBC in the summer of 1983, it fared better by finishing 4th in the ratings. ........

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