Star 80 – Tod eines Playmates (1983)

Star 80 – Tod eines Playmates: Directed by Bob Fosse. With Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson, Carroll Baker. A successful young model finds trouble when her obsessive manager-turned-husband becomes dangerously jealous.

“Eric Roberts was clearly the `STARu0026#39; of Star 80. His performance as the self proclaimed Gods gift to Women character Paul Snider is really what makes this film. He makes the viewer take an instant dislike to him from his opening scene and carries it all the way through. Mariel Heminways portrayal of the ill fated Playboy Playmate Dorothy Stratten is maybe lukewarm marginal. Cliff Robertson is cast as Hugh Hefner but somehow doesnu0026#39;t seem right for the role.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e Sadly this was in fact a true tragic story. See it for no other reason than Eric Roberts superb portrayal of the seven letter word usually considered vulgar meaning a stupid, incompetent or detestable person boyfriend/husband/manager of Dorothy Stratten. Vastly superior to the alternate version 1981u0026#39;s Death of A Centerfold.”