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Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) [PG-13]

Release Date:
March 29, 1985

Original Title:
Desperately Seeking Susan

Alternate Titles:
Hledám Suzan
У відчаї шукаю Сьюзен

Genres:
Comedy | Crime | Drama

Production Companies:
Orion Pictures
Sanford/Pillsbury Productions

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
BR: 12  DE: 12  DK: 11  FR: U  GB: 15  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 104

Roberta is desperate to be Susan. Susan is wanted by the mob. The mob finds Roberta instead...

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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. This fascination reaches a peak when an ad with the headline "Desperately Seeking Susan" proposes a rendezvous. Roberta goes too, and in a series of events involving amnesia and mistaken identity, steps into Susan's life.

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ADR Editor:
Jay Dranch

Additional Casting:
Todd M. Thaler

Art Department Coordinator:
Glenn Lloyd

Art Direction:
Speed Hopkins

Assistant Sound Editor:
Randall Coleman
Kenton Jakub
Stuart Stanley
Brunilda Torres

Boom Operator:
Linda Murphy

Camera Operator:
Francis Kenny

Casting:
Billy Hopkins
Risa Bramon Garcia

Director:
Susan Seidelman

Director of Photography:
Edward Lachman

Editor:
Andrew Mondshein

Executive Producer:
Michael Peyser

First Assistant Camera:
Mitch Dubin

First Assistant Director:
Joel Tuber

Foley Editor:
Bruce Kitzmeyer

Gaffer:
Ray Quinlan
James Fitzpatrick

Hairstylist:
Werner Sherer

Key Grip:
Tom Prate

Makeup Artist:
Richard Dean

Music Editor:
Louis Cerborino

Music Supervisor:
Danny Goldberg
Timothy R. Sexton

Original Music Composer:
Thomas Newman

Post Production Accountant:
Julie Lamm

Producer:
Midge Sanford
Sarah Pillsbury

Production Design:
Santo Loquasto

Production Office Coordinator:
Shelley Houis

Property Master:
Leslie Bloom

Script Supervisor:
Ira Hurvitz

Second Assistant Camera:
Debbie Sarjeant

Second Assistant Director:
David Dreyfuss

Set Decoration:
George DeTitta Jr.

Sound Editor:
Peter Odabashian
Mark Rathaus
Lou Graf

Sound Mixer:
Les Lazarowitz

Still Photographer:
Andrew D. Schwartz

Supervising Sound Editor:
Maurice Schell

Transportation Captain:
Rocco Derasmo

Unit Production Manager:
Michael Peyser

Wardrobe Supervisor:
William A. Campbell
Melissa Stanton

Writer:
Leora Barish

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