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Desperately Seeking Susan is a 1985 American comedy-drama film directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Rosanna Arquette, Aidan Quinn and Madonna. Set in New York City, the plot involves the interaction between two women – a bored housewife and a bohemian drifter – linked by various messages in the personals section of a newspaper.
Apr 12, 1985 · Desperately Seeking Susan: Directed by Susan Seidelman. With Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Mark Blum. A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself.
- (26K)
- Comedy, Drama
- Susan Seidelman
- 1985-04-12
A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the...
- 7 min
- 20.2K
- Amazon MGM Studios
- Garin Pirnia
- A French film influenced the screenplay for Desperately Seeking Susan. Leora Barish, who wrote the script for Desperately Seeking Susan, told Yahoo! that the screenplay was influenced by Jacques Rivette’s 1974 film Celine and Julie Go Boating.
- The filmmakers considered Diane Keaton and Goldie Hawn to play Susan and Roberta, respectively. “When I first got involved, the characters were of a different generation,” Seidelman told Yahoo!.
- Susan Seidelman convinced the studio to cast Madonna. “I pulled for Madonna—I knew her from living downtown,” Seidelman told Yahoo!. “Studio execs had never heard of her, so [director of photography] Ed Lachman and I went to Union Square to shoot her audition reel.
- The original script had a different ending. The film ends (SPOILER!) with Roberta staying with Dez, played by Aidan Quinn, and Susan with Jim, played by Robert Joy.
Aug 30, 2023 · Desperately Seeking Susan epitomizes '80s fashion and materialism, with Madonna embracing her role as the ultimate material girl and showcasing gaudy fashion choices.
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A time and place are suggested where Susan can rendezvous with the person who is desperately seeking her. A bored housewife ( Rosanna Arquette ) sees the ad and becomes consumed with curiosity. Who is Susan and who is seeking her, and why?
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Meanwhile in Atlantic City, Susan (Madonna) is in a hotel room with Bruce Meeker, a local gangster, Susan sees Jim's message in the newspaper and decides to return to New York City. Before she leaves, she steals two ornate Egyptian earrings from Meeker's jacket pocket.
