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Star 80

1983 · 103 min · Director: Bob Fosse ★ IMDb 6.8 · 8,969 ratings

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Paul Snider is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes when he meets Dorothy Stratten working behind the counter of a Dairy Queen. Under his guidance Dorothy grows to fame as a Playboy Playmate. But when Dorothy begins pursuing an acting career, the jealous Paul finds himself elbowed out of the picture by more famous men.

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Star 80 (1983) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 35%, Anxiety 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Anxiety, Sadness. Genres: Drama. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Disturbing, Anxiety and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Empathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Disturbing
Empathy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 83 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Hope35 %20 %18 %15 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Tension39 %26 %24 %20 %
12.5 %≈ 13′Hope38 %23 %23 %30 %
17.5 %≈ 18′Empathy39 %25 %26 %35 %
22.5 %≈ 23′Tension45 %35 %36 %35 %
27.5 %≈ 28′Disturbing46 %35 %34 %36 %
32.5 %≈ 33′Hope46 %36 %25 %36 %
37.5 %≈ 39′Tension45 %35 %23 %30 %
42.5 %≈ 44′Hope41 %29 %23 %26 %
47.5 %≈ 49′Tension40 %30 %24 %27 %
52.5 %≈ 54′Hope39 %30 %26 %24 %
57.5 %≈ 59′Disturbing41 %30 %26 %25 %
62.5 %≈ 64′Hope50 %38 %24 %39 %
67.5 %≈ 70′Empathy59 %49 %30 %50 %
72.5 %≈ 75′Tension61 %55 %40 %49 %
77.5 %≈ 80′Tension63 %57 %45 %45 %
82.5 %≈ 85′Tension74 %70 %57 %51 %
87.5 %≈ 90′Tension89 %86 %79 %66 %
92.5 %≈ 95′Disturbing91 %75 %81 %74 %
97.5 %≈ 100′Sadness83 %45 %63 %68 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

Eric Roberts

Paul Snider

Carroll Baker

Dorothy's Mum

RR
Roger Rees

Roger Rees

Aram Nicholas

David Clennon

Martin "Geb" Gebber

JM
Josh Mostel

Josh Mostel

Private Detective

LG
Lisa Gordon

SM
Sidney Miller

SM
Sidney Miller

Nightclub Owner

KH
Keith Hefner

TW
Tina Willson

Bobo Weller

SI
Shelly Ingram

Betty

SA
Sheila Anderson

Exotic Dancer

CR
Cis Rundle

Meg Davis

KW
Kathryn Witt

Robin

JC
Jordan Christopher

Peter Rose

JL
James Luisi

Roy

NP
Neva Patterson

Playboy Executive

RF
Robert Fields

Director

Details

Directed by
Bob Fosse
Written by
Bob Fosse, Teresa Carpenter
Type
Movies
Released
1983
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Drama
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.8 · 8,969 ratings
Feels mostly
Disturbing
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