Desperately seeking Susan
February 9, 2011Desperately seeking Susan
Call Number: VHS01470
by : Susan Seidelman; Madonna; Rosanna Arquette; Aidan Quinn; Orion Pictures.; Wilderness Women Productions.; Thorn EMI Video (Firm)
Format: VHS
Language: English
Publisher: New York : Thorn EMI/HBO Video, ©1985.
Notes: Approx 104 min. “TVA 2991.” Rated PG-13. Videocassette release of the 1985 motion picture by Orion Pictures Corporation. Nominated for a Gloden Globe.
Summary: Susan’s boyfriend places an ad in a New York paper stating “Desperately seeking Susan.” Across the river in New Jersey, Roberta is trapped in a suburban lifestyle. Her only escape is reading the curious ads in the personal column in the newspaper. Seeing this unusual ad prompts Roberta to discover what life is really like for Susan. Through a series of hilarious events Susan and Roberta switch roles, each discovering what the other has experienced.
OCLC #: 12440914
Added: February 9, 2011
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection