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6.6/10   361 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Peter Askin (writer)
Ron Nyswaner (screenplay)
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Release Date:
19 August 1983 (West Germany) more
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Plot:
An restless and abrasive young woman eschews the affections of a sensitive young portrait artist, preferring... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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(11 articles)
User Reviews:
excellent film by the director of "desperately seeking susan" more (19 total)

Cast

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Susan Berman ... Wren
Brad Rijn ... Paul (as Brad Rinn)
Richard Hell ... Eric
Nada Despotovich ... Cecile
Roger Jett ... Billy
Kitty Summerall ... Eric's wife
Joni Ruth White ... Landlady (as Robynne White)
D.J. O'Neill ... Ed
Pamela Speed ... Terry
Tom Cherwin ... Mike
Edie Schecter ... Christine
Katherine Riley ... 1st Hooker

Amos Poe ... Hustler in Bar
Ada McSpade ... Rasta (as Ade McSpade)
Cookie Mueller ... Horror Movie Sequence

Ed French ... Horror Movie Sequence (as Edward E. French)

Alan Woolf ... Pimp (as Wolf Alan)
X-Sessive ... Lead Singer
Paul Dunlap ... Bouncer
Sara Sassin ... Tough Woman in Cafe
Chel Chenier ... Cecile's Roommate

Geretta Geretta ... Prostitute (as Geretta Giancarlo)
Phyllis Kay ... Prostitute (as Phylis Kay)
Celia Maurice ... Prostitute

Roma Maffia ... Prostitute

Chris Noth ... Prostitute
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Directed by
Susan Seidelman 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Peter Askin  writer
Ron Nyswaner  screenplay
Ron Nyswaner  story
Susan Seidelman  story

Produced by
Joanne Gross .... associate producer
Susan Seidelman .... producer
 
Original Music by
Glenn Mercer 
Bill Million 
 
Cinematography by
Chirine El Khadem 
 
Film Editing by
Susan Seidelman 
 
Production Design by
Franz Harland 
 
Costume Design by
Alison Lances 
 
Makeup Department
Ed French .... special makeup/horror movie effects
Eric Turner .... hair stylist
 
Art Department
Lani Asher .... props
Anthony Coren .... assistant art director
Skip Hooper .... graphic artist
Lee Schattino .... props
 
Sound Department
Ze'ev Dunie .... boom operator
Paul Michael .... foley artist
 
Camera and Electrical Department
David Golia .... first assistant camera
Ken Kotsch .... gaffer
Anna Reinhardt .... second electrician
 
Editorial Department
Jim Finn .... negative cutter
 
Music Department
Paul Michael .... assistant recording engineer
 
Other crew
Stephen Seymour .... video
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
89 min
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Susan Seidelman's crew consisted of friends and people with whom she had worked at New York University film school when she was a student there. more
Goofs:
Boom mic visible: In end of film when the girl gets ejected from the club by bouncers the boom mic is visible. more
Movie Connections:
Features Bedtime for Bonzo (1951) more
Soundtrack:
Loveless Love more

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11 out of 12 people found the following review useful.
excellent film by the director of "desperately seeking susan", 22 May 2000
Author: FilmBoy999

i quite disagree with "dehlia"'s comment, this movie is anything but dull. It is an excellent film that does seemingly document the early new york style of punk/new wave rock and it's main character Wren who is as mentioned on a road to nowhere. The film comes off as a really excellent student feature, and it was the first film by the director of Desperately Seeking Susan and She -Devil. You can definitely see remnants of the Wren character in the character Madonna plays in "susan" and the film doesn't have a big sappy ending which is what makes it so interesting, it starts off like a comedy and then reveals itself as a more serious drama. It reminded me a great deal of the films of the French New Wave. Definitely worth seeing.

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