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Release Date:
10 November 1983 (USA) morePlot:
Paul Snider is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes... more | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Eric Roberts: The Hollywood Interview (From The Hollywood Interview. 2 November 2009, 10:23 AM, PST)
Streep Noms #4-5 and Oscar Trivia
(From FilmExperience. 20 June 2009, 2:07 PM, PDT)
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Worth watching for Eric Roberts more (40 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Mariel Hemingway | ... | Dorothy Stratten | |
| Eric Roberts | ... | Paul Snider | |
| Cliff Robertson | ... | Hugh Hefner | |
| Carroll Baker | ... | Dorothy's Mother | |
| Roger Rees | ... | Aram Nicholas | |
| David Clennon | ... | Geb | |
| Josh Mostel | ... | Private Detective | |
| Lisa Gordon | ... | Eileen | |
| Sidney Miller | ... | Nightclub Owner | |
| Keith Hefner | ... | Photographer | |
| Tina Willson | ... | Bobo Weller | |
| Shelly Ingram | ... | Betty | |
| Sheila Anderson | ... | Exotic Dancer | |
| Cis Rundle | ... | Meg Davis | |
| Kathryn Witt | ... | Robin |
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Australia:M | Iceland:16 | USA:R (#26722) | UK:18 | Argentina:18 | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1984) | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16Fun Stuff
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Bob Fosse made Paul Snider the main character in the film because he identified with his character the most; he even told Eric Roberts that when he played Snider, he was really playing Fosse, if Fosse had not been successful. moreGoofs:
Continuity: A bloody hand straps a body to the table, but moments later a wide shot shows the body on the floor and the table is nowhere to be seen. moreQuotes:
Snider: Well, you can take your magazine, you mansion and your movies and shove'em ALL up your ass now. moreMovie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Teri Garr/Mick Fleetwood's Zoo (#9.5)" (1983) moreSoundtrack:
Sing Sing Sing moreFAQ
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This was probably Eric Roberts' best movie. He steals the show as the sleazy, small-time hustler Paul Snider. Snider aches to be the big-shot, the real "Star 80" but is a failure at everything he tries---except when he gets Dorothy Stratten recognized by Playboy. Then, just as things might break through for them, Dorothy dumps him for a film director (in real life, Peter Bogdanovich). Of course we know the rest---sleazeball Snider kills Dorothy and himself.
Bogdanovich wrote a scathing book about the case, "Death of the Unicorn" in which he lam basts Hugh Hefner (no more invitations to the mansion for him). What is really weird is that Bogdanovich later married Dorothy Stratten's younger sister, who was in junior high when Dorothy was killed.