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Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)

 -  Comedy | Romance | Drama  -  29 March 1985 (USA)
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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.

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Dez
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Jim
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Crystal
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Ian
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Larry Stillman D.D.S
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Ray
Anne Carlisle ...
Victoria
José Angel Santana ...
Boutique Owner (as Jose Santana)
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Richard Hell ...
Bruce Meeker
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Storyline

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 »

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Comedy | Romance | Drama

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PG-13 | See all certifications »
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29 March 1985 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Recherche Susan désespérément  »

Box Office

Budget:

$4,500,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$27,400,000 (USA)
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Trivia

The orange baseball jersey that Susan wears after her clothes have been stolen, sports the letters MC. These are Madonna's initials; her full name is Madonna Ciccone. See more »

Goofs

When Susan picks up The New York Mirror newspaper, the word lotto is spelled Looto on the front page See more »

Quotes

Dez: Some guy grabbed you?
Roberta: Yes, he was after me. Well, not me exactly. He was after Susan, who he thinks I am, but I'm not!
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Soundtracks

"ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER"
Written by Cy Curnin (uncredited), Rupert Greenall (uncredited), Jamie West-Oram (uncredited),
Alfie Agius (uncredited) and Adam Woods (uncredited)
Performed by The Fixx
Courtesy of MCA Records Inc.
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actually a really good movie
2 August 2005 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

yay! madonna actually does have one good movie! (and yes, we are talking about this one.) she plays susan, who is the definition of a free-spirit. and rosanna arquette is just as delightful as she always is, and frankly i would expect nothing less.

the soundtrack is an 80s gem. madonna's song "into the grove" is proudly featured and really sets the mood in the club scene. and the 80s fashion provides such an effective blast from the past that one really finds himself back in 1985.

this was overall a really good movie. it was fun and the characters were likable. i recommend that you rent it for an evening in with the friends.


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