DESPERATELY SEEKING SUSAN

Production - Cast - Trivia - Soundtrack - Release - Synopsis - Rating - Awards - Pictures


Desperately Seeking Susan

"Susan! My God, we thought you were dead!" - "No, just in New Jersey."


Production

Directed by: Susan Seidelman
Written by: Leora Barish
Produced by: Michael Peyser, Sarah Pillsbury & Midge Sanford
Production company: Orion Pictures
Location: NY (US)
Date of filming: Sept. 1984
Budget: $ 4.5 million

Cast

Rosanna Arquette
Madonna
Aidan Quinn
Mark Blum
Robert Joy
Laurie Metcalf
Anna Levine
Will Patton
Peter Maloney
Steven Wright
John Turturro
Anne Carlisle
José Santana
Giancarlo Esposito
Richard Hell
Roberta Glass
Susan
Dez
Gary Glass
Jim
Leslie Glass
Crystal
Wayne Nolan
Ian
Larry Stillman D.D.S
Ray
Victoria
Boutique Owner
Street Vendor
Bruce Meeker

Trivia

  • Madonna was trying to lose weight, or rather not to gain any. So when the script called for her to be eating, she'd spit out the food at the end of the take!

  • The orange baseball jersey that Susan wears after her clothes have been stolen, sports the letters MC. These are of course Madonna Ciccone's initials.

  • Rosanna Arquette was reportedly complaining that Madonna got all the attention instead of her, who had the leading role.

Soundtrack

Desperately Seeking Susan (OST)

Original Music by: Thomas Newman. This soundtrack contains only instrumental songs.

  1. Leave Atlantic City!
  2. Port Authority by Night
  3. New York City by Day
  4. Through the Viewscope
  5. St. Mark's Place
  6. A Key and a Picture
  7. Battery Park / Amnesia
  8. Jail/Port Authority by Day
  9. Rain
  10. Running with Birds in Cages
  11. Trouble Almost

This soundtrack doesn't contain many songs that were used in the movie, such as Madonna's successful theme song Into The Groove, which was later included in the re-issue of the Like A Virgin album.

  • Madonna: Into The Groove
  • Junior Walker - Urgent
  • Betty Everett - The Shoop Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)
  • Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
  • Run DMC - Sucker MC's
  • Dee Dee Sharp - Smashed Potato Time
  • The Fixx - One Thing Leads To Another
  • Carly Simon - You Belong To Me
  • Aretha Franklin - Respect
  • Marshall Crenshaw - Someday, someway

Release

Desperately Seeking Susan - click to enlarge Released as: Desperately Seeking Susan
Released in theatres: March 29th, 1985 (US)
Released on DVD: June 13th, 2000 (US); Aug. 14th, 2000 (Europe)
Runtime: 104 minutes
Genre: Comedy/Romance
MPAA rating: PG-13
Box office: $ 27.4 million (US)

Synopsis

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Awards

  • 1986 BAFTA Awards: award for 'Best Actress in a Supporting Role' (Rosanna Arquette)

  • 1986 Casting Society of America Awards: nomination for 'Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy' (Risa Bramon Garcia & Billy Hopkins)

  • 1986 César Awards: nomination for 'Best Foreign Film'

  • 1986 Golden Globes: nomination for 'Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical' (Rosanna Arquette)

Pictures

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