Desperately Seeking Susan

Susan Desperately Seeking ... (Original Title: Desperately Seeking Susan ) is an American film comedy that was produced in 1985. Directed by Susan Seidelman.

Action

The frustrated housewife Roberta Glass is married to the bathtubs salesman Gary. Out of boredom, she reads Personals, including one in which the musician Jim his girlfriend Susan " desperately looking ". You will be a meeting of Jim and Susan in New York City and follows Susan then. When Susan exchanged her jacket just decided against new boots, Roberta buys the jacket. It takes place in a locker key and are now yourself an entry.

The Jim went away then asks his friend Dec, take care of Susan, and Susan's jacket describes him as a distinctive mark. Susan comes to the meeting place by taxi, but which they can not pay, and is arrested by the police. December sees Roberta is bothered with Susan's jacket from an unknown person. Roberta colliding with the back of his head against a lamppost and temporarily loses her memory. Dec, holding Roberta Susan helps her and takes her to his apartment with.

December finds the locker key at Roberta, and they will open in the hope that Roberta remembers the sight of her things. You can find it between two pieces of clothing antique earrings and a photograph of a night club. There Roberta gets a job as an assistant to a magician. It is then followed by the unknown gangster who wants to get back the earrings that were stolen from the real Susan. Meanwhile, Susan makes acquaintance with Gary and wrapped it around his finger, and they are looking for Roberta. This recalls now back and was arrested by the police for prostitution, but was released by the deposited on Dec bail.

It finally comes to a showdown, as Gary and Susan and Jim returned with December meet at the nightclub with Roberta and the unknown criminals. As the latter realizes that he was behind the falsity ago, he threatened Susan is, however, defeated by Roberta with a bottle. In the end, Roberta Gary separates and goes to December to end Roberta takes some behaviors of Susan. After the last scene, a newspaper is shown with a picture of Roberta and Susan. You pass the stolen jewelry from Susan during a press conference.

Background

Filmed in New York City and Atlantic City film cost about 4.5 million dollars. He brought the producers to the U.S. box office approximately $ 27.4 million.

Reviews

Roger Ebert praised in the Chicago Sun - Times a few moments of the film, the characters as well as the presence of Rosanna Arquette and Madonna. The plot was " confusing " and make the biggest weakness of the film from. The lexicon of the International film describes the film as " peppy staged cinematic experience ."

Awards

Rosanna Arquette won the 1986 BAFTA Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe. Susan Seidelman 1986 was nominated for the César. Risa Bramon Garcia and Billy Hopkins was nominated for the 1986 Casting Society of America Award.

1985 in film Screenplay Film score Thomas Newman Edward Lachman Andrew Mondshein Anna Thomson Atlantic City (New Jersey) Chicago Sun-Times Golden Globe Award
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