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Jun 23, 2018 - 11:37 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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Peter Bogdanovich, who intended to marry Dorothy Stratten at the time of her murder, was opposed to the film, saying Fosse “didn’t know the true story.” In fact, Bogdanovich, who was in the process of writing a biography of Stratten, refused to lend his name to the project and threatened a lawsuit if he found his onscreen counterpart, “Aram Nicholas” (played by Roger Rees) to be objectionable.
A news item in the 30 April 1982 Daily Variety speculated that Harry Dean Stanton would be cast as Hugh Hefner. Six weeks later, however, the 15 June 1982 Hollywood Reporter noted that Cliff Robertson was researching the role during visits to Hefner’s mansion.
The 27 October 1983 Los Angeles Herald Examiner reported Hefner’s disappointment with the completed film, which he described as “too shallow.” Peter Bogdanovich told the 13 November 1983 Los Angeles Times that his opinions of the film would appear in his upcoming book, "The Killing of the Unicorn: Dorothy Stratten, 1960-1980," which was published in 1984. No legal action against the production has been determined.
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8/10
It was one of those movies my parents had to "talk over" when it first came on HBO before they let me see it, because it was pretty disturbing.
Really good movie imo.
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Hardly the greatest film ever made but certainly one of the most depressing. Fosse puts the sudience into the mind of the disturbed Paul Snider from the beginning and Eric Roberts makes him one of the most pathetic creeps ever committed to film.
This movie had no chance of ever becoming a popular hit, even with Fosse's name attached. Yet, as I say this, I'd still be curious to view this today to confirm my first reaction to it.
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