Smithereens (1982) on Netflix
Wren runs away from New Jersey to New York to join the punk scene, which has moved to Los Angeles. She dates Paul, a traveler from Montana who sleeps in his van.
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Plot summary
Wren has run away from New Jersey to New York City, hoping to become a figure in the punk scene, only to find that the movement has shifted to Los Angeles. She works part-time at a copy shop, using it to print fliers of her own photocopied pictures, and at night she slips into the Peppermint Lounge to meet the bands who play there. She mugs women in the subway to supplement her income. Paul, a young man from Montana on a road trip, is staying in the city before continuing to New Hampshire; he sleeps in his van but has saved money. Wren agrees to date him, drawn to the stability he offers. On a date they meet Eric, a former member of the punk group Smithereens, who says he is assembling a new band headed for Los Angeles.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Smithereens (1982)
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- While shooting, a pedestrian saw director Susan Seidelman hand the script supervisor a prop gun, called the police, and the script supervisor was arrested.
- On the fifth day of filming, star Susan Berman fell off a fire escape on the 44th floor while rehearsing and broke her ankle; she spent four months in a plaster cast as shooting was delayed.
- Smithereens was the first American independent film invited to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival.
