1981 television film directed by Gabrielle Beaumont
Death of a Centerfold
Jamie Lee Curtis as Dorothy Stratten
Also known as
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story
Genre
Biography
Drama
Based on
Life of Dorothy Stratten
Written by
Donald E. Stewart
Directed by
Gabrielle Beaumont
Starring
Jamie Lee Curtis Bruce Weitz Robert Reed
Theme music composer
Roger Webb
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English
Production
Executive producer
Larry Wilcox
Producers
Paul Pompian Tim King
Cinematography
Emil Oster
Editor
Morton Tubor
Running time
96 minutes
Production companies
Wilcox Productions MGM Television
Original release
Network
NBC
Release
November 1, 1981 (1981-11-01)
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Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story is a 1981 American made-for-television biographical drama film, optioned by Larry Wilcox and his company Wilcox Productions. Wilcox signed the paperwork at midnight and beat out Hugh Hefner and MGM. Later, Wilcox developed the story and pitched it to MGM, where he had a production development deal and subsequently to NBC. MGM and Wilcox then hired director Gabrielle Beaumont.[1] It is a dramatization of the life and the murder of Playboy Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten, played by Jamie Lee Curtis.[1] The movie aired on November 1, 1981.[2] Two years later, the same story was developed by director Bob Fosse in his movie Star 80, starring Mariel Hemingway and Eric Roberts.
^ abMaltin, Leonard (1997). Leonard Maltin's 1998 Movie and Video Guide. Signet Books. p. 322. ISBN 0-451-19288-5.
^Bogdanovich, Peter (1984). The killing of the unicorn: Dorothy Stratten (1960–1980). New York City: William Morrow. p. 169. ISBN 0-688-01611-1.
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