Earlycareer madonna and meryl streep elevate these darkly funny films about women scraping up against the confines of expectation. In 1985, susan seidelman blessed the planet with desperately seeking susan, a screwball east village fantasia about amnesia, egyptian artifacts, mob killings, mistaken identities, jacuzzi sales. A bored new jersey suburban housewifes fascination with a kooky character shes read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself. Desperately seeking susan 1985 roberta rosanna arquette is a housewife, bored with her life and feeling ignored by her hot tubselling husband. On march 29, 1985, orion unveiled the breezy desperately seeking susan, featuring madonnas first starring film role, in limited release. Roberta goes too, and in a series of events involving amnesia and mistaken identity, steps into susans life. She then lays back on a poolside chair, her wet bra somewhat seethrough as she turns on a tv set. Desperately seeking susan, which came out on april 12, 1985, was the ultimate 80s female rock n roll buddy comedy, with two of the decades most. I think the movie and madonnas fame somehow collide slightly, everyone into the groove.
Madonna swimming across a pool in a bra and boxer shorts, then pulling herself out of the water up a ladder. From shots of a lower manhattan that no longer exists to an icon madonna captured at the exact moment of her rocketship ascent to superstardom, one would be hard pressed to build a better or more enjoyable time. Desperately seeking susan where to stream and watch. Desperately seeking susan works with its fairy tale depiction of new york and the fun, frothy chemistry generated by. Roberta is a bored suburban housewife who is fascinated with a woman, susan, she only knows about by reading messages to and from her in the personals section of the newspaper. Deperately seeking susan is the perfect movie for an nyc. Mark blum, a longtime broadway actor whose film career got an early kickstart from an appearance in the madonna hit desperately seeking susan, has. A bored suburban housewife, seeking escape from her life, suffers amnesia after an accident, wakes up, and is mistaken for a freespirited new york city drifter. Desperately seeking susan is een amerikaanse romantische komedie uit 1985 onder regie van susan seidelman.
Rent desperately seeking susan 1985 starring rosanna arquette and madonna on dvd and bluray. Desperately seeking susan film locations on the set of. Bored roberta spots a regular personal ad in the paper titled desperately seeking susan. The one thing that interests her is the excitement and romance she finds in following the relationship of jim robert joy and susan madonna, who communicate through their travels using the. Rosanna arquette, madonna, aidan quinn, mark blum en robert joy. Madonna paid tribute to her desperately seeking susan costar mark blum on thursday after she learned the veteran actor died as a result of complications from the coronavirus. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. They could be seen as stereotypical to a point, but that doesnt matter much in this movie.
Desperately seeking susan trailer directed by susan seidelman and starring aidan quinn, mark blum, robert joy, will patton, peter maloney. Madonna and rosanna arquette remembered their desperately seeking susan costar mark blum today, joining a lengthy and growing roster of hollywood and broadway stars mourning the actor who died of. Desperately seeking susan accurately rated pg is a lark, an exhilarating celebration of people who have the good sense to be in touch with themselves and with each other. Trending stories,celebrity news and all the best of today. Buy desperately seeking susan movie posters from movie poster shop. There were also film techniques i have never seen used before, which.
Overall, desperately seeking susan, a title that makes me want to defend adverbs, is a filmbynumbers cliche, but there are a few minor redeeming qualities. She leaves safe and comfy new jersey for scary unknowable manhattan and follows susan madonna in an early nonsinging movie role and the want ads writer jim robert joy, a rockandroller often. Desperately seeking susan is the headline on an ad that gives a time, date, and meeting place, a temptation too great for roberta to pass up. Watch desperately seeking susan 1985 online full movie. Watch desperately seeking susan 19 full movie free online. Im glad i have desperately seeking susan back in my collection im a keen madonna fan. This fascination reaches a peak when an ad with the headline desperately seeking susan proposes a rendezvous. Desperately seeking susan the 1985 romantic comedy movie featuring madonna and rosanna arquette at the award winning 80s movies rewind. Mark blum, a veteran character actor who starred in the films desperately seeking susan and crocodile dundee, as well as the recent tv series you, has died due to complications from the.
Desperately seeking susan movie posters from movie poster shop. Desperately seeking susan is een amerikaanse romantische komedie. Desperately seeking susan is a screwball comedy based on several cases of mistaken identity. Rosanna arquette recalls desperately seeking susans. She heads off to new york, following one of the ads, and finds susan. Read the desperately seeking susan movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. When susan sells her jacket, roberta trying to emulate her mystery ad writer buys the jacket and wears it. Susan, for example, is a punk drifter who is in a hotel room with a mobster the first time we see her. He eventually moved on to the big screen, nabbing notable roles in 1985s desperately seeking susan as gary, the love interest of madonnas character and 1986s crocodile dundee. Rosanna arquette, madonna, aidan quinn, steven wright, john turturro, susan seidelman. Shes flip, hip, and energetic as susan, the wild tramp with whom bored, suburban new jersey housewife roberta glass rosanna arquette becomes obsessed after reading of.
Shortly after, the mobster is killed and the mob hit man comes looking for susan, who may have been a witness. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The 61yearold singer shared a photo of herself and blum from the 1985 movie desperately seeking susan on instagram. Desperately seeking susan movie the 80s movies rewind.
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