Eric Roberts, Mariel Hemingway, Carroll Baker

Paul Snider, discovered Playboy centerfold Dorothy Stratten, pushed her toward stardom, and worshiped her at the altar of the Playboy mystique. Snider wants people to "treat us that special way, the w...( read more  read more... )ay they treat Stars!" and when Stratten tries to shake him off her coattails, he explodes.

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R, 102 min.

Directed by: Bob Fosse

Release Date: November 10, 1983

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DVD Release Date: November 10, 1998

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  • October 31, 2008
    Creepy cuz it's true.
  • February 22, 2008
    Bob Fosse's Boogie Nights.

    Eric Roberts gives a fantastic psychopathic performance in this heavy drama by the master director.
  • May 27, 2007
    An excellent film exploring the life and death of Playboy supermodel Dorothy Stratton. Hemmingway is brilliant as Stratton, and Eric Roberts is superb as her husband, Paul Snider. A true look at Snider's obsessive nature with Stratton and her career?
  • June 15, 2009
    Eric Roberts looks so different. This was interesting to watch now because body types have changed a lot. Oh, the days before plastic surgery...
  • July 28, 2009
    Not up to Bob Fosse's usual standard but a nonfiction tale of a shy Canadian girl who is swept off her feet but a much older man who uses her to attain the success that always eluded him. Sad story. Makes Peter Bogdonavich look a little creepy - after Dorothy Stratten died, he to...( read more)ok up with her much younger sister many years later!
  • February 13, 2009
    she's soo cute my my!!
  • December 26, 2008
    mariel hemingway
    eric roberts
  • November 15, 2008
    Good movie but sad and tragic.
  • September 14, 2008
    Gene Siskel said it was one of the best of 1983.
  • August 10, 2008
    Recently saw Mariel Hemmingway in a very bad movie. I wonder if she can do better....

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