Star 80


Star 80 is a 1983 American film about the true story of Playboy Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten, who was murdered by her estranged, Svengalilike husband Paul Snider in 1980. The film was directed by Bob Fosse, and starred Mariel Hemingway and Eric Roberts. Cliff Robertson played Hugh Hefner. Hefners reallife brother Keith appears in the movie as Dorothys photographer. In spite of that, Hugh Hefner sued the producers of the picture, stemming from his disapproval of how he was depicted in the film. This was Roger Reess first film. In accordance with the familys wishes, Dorothys mother is never mentioned by name in the movie, and the names of her sister and brother were altered. Other names were also changed due to legal concerns.

A teenaged girl, Dorothy Hoogstraten, is working at a Dairy Queen in her hometown of Vancouver, Canada when a customer in his 20s, Paul Snider, makes her acquaintance. Snider becomes her date for a school dance, over the objections of Dorothys mother, who does not care for his manner, dress, or attempt to ingratiate himself with the family, Dorothys younger sister in particular.Snider has such a violent and jealous nature, he literally backstabs a former boyfriend of Dorothys with a pocket knife at the dance. But he is persuasive, winning over Dorothy with his attention and flattery, until finally he gets her to agree to pose for Polaroid photographs, nude. He then sends the pictures to Playboy magazine, after forging Dorothys mothers signature on an age consent form, which invites Dorothy to come to Los Angeles to be shot by a professional photographer. ........

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