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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.
- Sarah Pillsbury, Midge Sanford
- Thomas Newman
- March 29, 1985
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.
- Susan Seidelman
- 2 min
Robert Joy (born August 17, 1951) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his role as medical examiner Sid Hammerback on the police procedural series CSI: NY , and his appearances in the films Atlantic City (1980), Ragtime (1981), Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Land of the Dead (2005), and The Hills Have Eyes (2006).
YearTitleRoleNotes2022Hunter FoxRecurring role; 7 episodes2021Gerald Morris1 episode: "Exit Strategy"2015Ira Goldstein2 episodes2015Monguno's Father2 episodesRobert Joy plays Susan's desperately seeking lover. Peter Maloney is the broken-down magician. New York underground characters such as Richard Hell, Anne Carlisle and Rockets Red Glare also surface briefly. The director is Susan Seidelman, whose previous film, "Smithereens," was a similar excursion through the uncharted depths of New York.
Apr 6, 2024. May 24, 2023. Rated: 3/4 • Aug 29, 2021. New Jersey housewife Roberta Glass (Rosanna Arquette) spices up her boring life by reading personal ads, especially a series of them being ...
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- Susan Seidelman
- PG-13
- Rosanna Arquette
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Roberta goes to the park as well, and watches from afar as Susan and Jim (Robert Joy) reunite. Following the two at a distance, Roberta overhears Jim telling Susan that he has to go to Buffalo with his band. When Susan mentions Meeker's murder, Jim gives her the number of his movie projectionist friend, Dez, in case she runs into any trouble.
