29 Dec 2016

Star 80 (USA, 1983)

Star 80 (USA, 1983). Director: Bob Fosse. Stars: Mariel Hemingway, Eric Roberts, Cliff Robertson...

Based on the sad story of model / actress / Playboy playmate Dorothy Stratten.

The playboy himself, Hefner, has a game room in his mansion, with several of-the-times (circa 1980) pinball machines.

Stratten’s husband and manager Snider plays a Strikes and Spares (Bally, 1977), with another playmate as onlooker...


The reverse angle shows a Tri Zone (Williams, 1979) behind them in the corner...

Hef enters the game room: on the wall behind him is a lightbox made from a Buck Rogers (Gottlieb, 1980) backglass. Between the jukebox and the Space Invaders (Taito/Midway, 1978) video game is an unidentifiable pinball machine...

As Snider and friend walk away we see the lineup of machines on that wall... in the foreground is the Tri Zone and Strikes and Spares, and then there’s a Black Knight (Williams, 1980), a Skipper (Gottlieb, 1969), and an Odds & Evens (Bally, 1971)...


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