Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) on Netflix
Roberta Glass, a bored Fort Lee housewife, follows the personals ads of Jim and Susan. In New York she buys Susan's jacket, is mistaken for her, and loses her memory.
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Plot summary
In Fort Lee, New Jersey, Roberta Glass feels stuck in her marriage to Gary Glass, a home spa retailer. She follows the personal ads in a New York tabloid, reading the messages that Jim places for Susan, and goes to Battery Park hoping to see the two of them. Susan, a drifter, takes a pair of Egyptian earrings from a man in Atlantic City, and a criminal named Wayne Nolan wants them back, knowing her only by her jacket. Roberta buys that jacket from a vintage store. Wearing it at Battery Park, she is taken for Susan, and when Dez, a friend of Jim's, comes to her aid, she falls and hits her head.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Madonna recorded a song titled "Desperately Seeking Susan" for the film, but it was cut and replaced with a rough demo of "Into the Groove," which went on to become a major hit even though only the demo version appears in the movie.
- Orion chairman Mike Medavoy originally pushed for Barbra Streisand to play the title role, and the filmmakers first wanted Diane Keaton and Goldie Hawn as the two leads before the director chose newcomers Rosanna Arquette and Madonna instead.
- Bruce Willis was considered for the role of Dez and Melanie Griffith for Susan, while Madonna won her part over Ellen Barkin and Jennifer Jason Leigh, with singer Suzanne Vega also auditioning.
- Costume designer Santo Loquasto designed Susan's distinctive jacket, supposedly first worn by Jimi Hendrix, and it became the basis of the film's plot of mistaken identity.
- Separated-at-birth triplets Robert Shafran, Eddy Galland and David Kellman turn up in a cameo role in the film, reportedly appearing at Madonna's own personal invitation.
