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Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) 5.8
A bored suburban housewife, seeking adventure to her life, accidentally gets hit on the head, wakes up with amnesia, and is mistaken for a free-spirited New York City drifter named Susan. Director:Susan SeidelmanWriter:Leora Barish |
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| Rosanna Arquette | ... | ||
| Madonna | ... | ||
| Aidan Quinn | ... | ||
| Mark Blum | ... | ||
| Robert Joy | ... | ||
| Laurie Metcalf | ... | ||
| Anna Levine | ... | ||
| Will Patton | ... | ||
| Peter Maloney | ... | ||
| Steven Wright | ... | ||
| John Turturro | ... |
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Anne Carlisle | ... | |
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José Angel Santana | ... |
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Bored Roberta spots a regular personal ad in the paper titled 'Desperately Seeking Susan'. She heads off to New York, following one of the ads, and finds Susan. When Susan sells her jacket, Roberta - trying to emulate her mystery ad writer - buys the jacket and wears it. Little does she know someon is looking for the jacket - and its owner... Written by Colin Tinto <cst@imdb.com>
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Roberta is desperate to be Susan. Susan is wanted by the mob. The mob finds Roberta instead... See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
12 April 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Recherche Susan désespérément See more »Box Office
Budget:
$4,500,000 (estimated)Gross:
$27,400,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Susan: I've got good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?
Gary: You said you were going to leave!
Susan: All right, good news first. Roberta's not working with the greaseball.
Gary: My wife just got picked up on the lower east side escaping from her gun-toting pimp.
Susan: He's not a pimp. Problem is, he's probably going to try to kill her because he thinks she's me.
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Music by David Bowie (uncredited)
Lyrics by Iggy Pop (uncredited)
Performed by Iggy Pop
Courtesy of RCA Records, Inc.
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Diane Keaton was briefly considered for the part of Roberta, while Goldie Hawn was considered for the part of Susan. A combination of Orion Pictures wanting to keep the budget under $5 million and director Susan Seidelman wanting to work with newcomers ultimately led to the casting of Rosanna Arquette and Madonna. See more »Goofs
When Susan walks dripping wet from the swimming pool to the poolside chair, her path is already wet from previous takes. See more »Quotes
Gary: Susan! What are you doing?Susan: I've got good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?
Gary: You said you were going to leave!
Susan: All right, good news first. Roberta's not working with the greaseball.
Gary: My wife just got picked up on the lower east side escaping from her gun-toting pimp.
Susan: He's not a pimp. Problem is, he's probably going to try to kill her because he thinks she's me.
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Soundtracks
LUST FOR LIFEMusic by David Bowie (uncredited)
Lyrics by Iggy Pop (uncredited)
Performed by Iggy Pop
Courtesy of RCA Records, Inc.
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This movie has 5 great things going for it: Madonna, Rosanna Arquette, the soundtrack, shot in 1984 and in New York City. Arquette plays Roberta Glass, a bored and ignored housewife who is obsessed with a couple she reads about in the personals, Jim and Susan. Roberta reads that Jim and Susan will meet at Battery Park the following day, and goes down to watch the two. As Jim and Susan part again for a few days, Roberta decides to follow Susan (Madonna) though the streets and into a clothing store, where Susan trades the store-owner her pyramid jacket for some rhinestone boots. When Susan leaves, Roberta buys the jacket, goes home and finds a key in one of the pockets. Roberta then puts an ad in the paper for Susan to meet her at Battery Park to pick up the key she left in the jacket. As Susan gets to the park, she is arrested for short-changing the cab driver, just as a thug who is after Susan mistakes Roberta for her. Roberta knocks herself out cold accidentally and wakes up believing she is Susan. The rest of the film is non-stop comedic confusion and madness, played out by some great talents including Laurie Metcalf as Roberta's sister-in-law, Leslie, and Aidan Quinn, Robert Joy and Mark Blum as the hapless unfortunate love interests of our heroines. Directed by Susan Seidelman ("Smithereens"). Highly recommended.