Let's talk about this awesome movie, music that accompanies it and the sexy, do-able (in my opinion) Madonna that I love in this

alphastreet said:

Let's talk about this awesome movie, music that accompanies it and the sexy, do-able (in my opinion) Madonna that I love in this

Words can not express how much I love this movie. I saw it for the very first time less than 2 years ago but I consider it to be one of my fave films. Madonna is incredible in it. Her Style and coolness are really something. I love rest the rest of the cast too! What a film!

alphastreet said:

Let's talk about this awesome movie, music that accompanies it and the sexy, do-able (in my opinion) Madonna that I love in this

Words can not express how much I love this movie. I saw it for the very first time less than 2 years ago but I consider it to be one of my fave films. Madonna is incredible in it. Her Style and coolness are really something. I love rest the rest of the cast too! What a film! Madonna was stunningly gorgeous back then too!

I've loved the music video for Get Into The Groove since I was 3 years old in the mid 80's and remember my parents watching the end of the movie and telling me it's Madonna lol but I didn't get around to watching it till way later on when I was old enough LOL and yeah it was actually less than 2 years ago for me too though I have all of her albums and have followed her for a long time though I'm just a casual fan and don't consider myself a diehard or queen.

One of the few Madonna films I actually like

For some reason,I never liked this movie.On the other hand,I love 'Who's That Girl'

THE EPIPHANY OF CLASSIC MADONNA.



TRIVIA

A worker on the set of Desperately Seeking Susan said Madonna's dalliances were no secret. "Her trailer would be rocking back and forth like there was an earthquake or something. 'Like A Virgin' had just come out, so we all had a good laugh. But when it came to work, she was a total professional.

At their first meeting, Seidelman said Madonna was "Vulnerable, sweet, even a little bit nervous. There was none of the arrogance for which she was already becoming famous. And she had a sense of humor. Given what I'd been told about her, I wasn't at all sure she'd have one.

When Madonna arrived for the audition, Seidelman recalled, "She got out of the cab, but she didn't have enough money to pay. So here she is meeting with a bunch of movie people for a job, and the first thing she does is hit us up for cab fare. It was exactly what Susan would have done!

Madonna had considerable control over the role: She did her own hair and makeup, supplied her own wardrobe, and injected Susan with her own brand of self confidance.

The alternate ending featured on the DVD of Madonna and Roseanna on camels was the original ending for the film. But when they showed it to test audiences they thought the film ended at the cinema scene. Once that was shown everyone got up to leave so they cut the film to end there.

When director Susan Seidelman heard that the hottest singer in town was interested in the part of Susan, she invited Madonna to come in for a screentest. The heads at Orion Pictures, however, were reluctant to cast an untested actress, but producer Midge Sanford was captivated. Of Madonna, Sanford said, She had this prescence you couldn't get rid of.

When there was a 6 A.M call to film a scene for "Desperately Seeking Susan", Madonna's driver would pick her up at a health club every morning where she'd already done 50 laps by 6 A.M.

Madonna was trying to lose weight or rather not to gain any, so when the script called for her to be eating she'd spit out the food at the end of each take.

200 actresses tried out for the part of Susan including Rebecca De Mornay, Melanie Griffith, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ellen Barkin, and Kelly McGillis.

Desperately Seeking Susan had been floating around Hollywood for four years before it was optioned by Orion Pictures. The producers decided to go for a modest movie, allowing only a bargain-basement budget of $5 million.

n 1982 Madonna was 'Desperately Seeking' a film role. She auditioned at Troma studios for a teenage T&A comedy called "The First Turn on!". She even designed her own sexy camping outfit featuring some very short shorts. Troma wasn't impressed, thought she couldn't act and Madonna begged them and said she would do anything for the part. They never did cast her and to this day it has become their claim to fame... "We were the dummies that rejected Madonna!" Madonna went on to take over the world with the release of a hit movie and record; "Desperately Seeking Susan" and Like a Virgin.

Madonna was twenty-six at the time of the movie and there's a scene where she pulls up to a curb driving a car. Madonna actually didn't learn how to drive until the year after this film came out, when she was twenty-seven. Her husband at the time, Sean Penn, bought her her first car which she ended up wrecking.

Anna Levine, who plays Susan's friend Crystal, said that Madonna "had a very clear vision of her character, which other people didn't always have, so they left her as Madonna.

Rosanna Arquette was nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical category.

The film that Roberta is watching, while she's finishing off the birthday cake, is the Hitchcock classic "Rebecca".

Although her name is Susan in the film, there is a scene where Madonna wears an orange top with the letters "MC" on it, which in true life are her real initials, "Madonna Ciccone".

Rosanna Arquette was reportedly jealous of all the attention Madonna got from this film since Arquette was supposed to be the main character but Madonna was the more popular one.

Madonna got rave reviews for her role in this film. Time Magazine said "Madonna is a talented comedian. And in the title role of Susan she proves it." And the New York Times called it "The Madonna Movie."

Although there is a scene where Madonna gets high on a joint with Gary, in true life she doesn't care for drugs. She was quoted as saying, "I don't take drugs. I never really did. They don't do anything for me. All the feelings I think drugs are supposed to produce in you, confidence or energy, I can produce naturally in my body."

Originally, the part of Susan had been conceived as sort of an aging hippie to be played by Diane Keaton.

John Turturro (Ray from the Magic Club), Giancarlo Esposito (the street vendor trying to sell the hat to Roberta), and Richard Edson (the man at the newspaper vending machine) all also appeared together in "Do The Right Thing".

Richard Edson was also the original drummer for Sonic Youth.

Director Susan Seidelman knew Madonna from the local club scene before she was famous, dancing at clubs like Danceteria and Paradise Garage.

Allowing Madonna to express the role in her own way turned out to be a very wise move. Desperately Seeking Susan was rush released for the Easter season in 1985 and earned an unexpected $16 million.

Other musicians appearing in this film: The most popular are John Lurie, of The Lounge Lizards, who plays the neighbour saxophonist, Richard Hell, he was the bassplayer of the legendary NY punkband 'Television', Richard Edson, former drummer of Sonic Youth, Ann Magnuson, ex-singer of 'Bongwater', and Annie Golden who was the leadsinger of the 70's New-Wave-Band 'The Shirts'.

Another musican in it was Arto Lindsay, punk band DNA and now a solo artist. He has also collaborated with John Lurie who player the neighbor saxaphonist. Lindsay's band DNA was featured in the movie "New York Beat Movie" (or "Downtown '81") which starred John Lurie and artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

The taxi driver in "Desperately Seeking Susan", Rockets Redglare, was a bodyguard for Jean-Michel Basquiat. He also appeared in several Jim Jarmusch films, along with John Lurie.

Giancarlo Esposito and Victor Argo, both in "Desperately Seeking Susan", also appeared together in "Smoke", "Blue in the Face", and "King of New York." (John Lurie was also in "Smoke" and "Blue in the Face").

In the begining of her career, some people labeled Madonna as manufactured. Madonna once said, "I was making this movie, Desperately Seeking Susan, one of the drivers that took me to the set every day was this kid, and one day he said to me, "I have this bet going with my friend, he told me that all the music you do was done by someone else and they picked the songs and did it all and all they needed was a girl singer and you auditioned and they picked you. And Madonna isn't your real name and all of it is fabricated." And I said, "WHAAAAAAT?? Are you out of your mind??!" But that's what his friend told him, and it suddenly hit me that's probably what a lot of people think. It hit me."

Versions of this movie that aired on the networks AMC and WE: Women's Entertainment, after the September 11th attacks, edited out shots of the World Trade Center, alongside the usual edits for s*x, drugs and language.

The film has 2 taglines: 1.) "Roberta is desperate to be Susan. Susan is wanted by the mob. The mob finds Roberta instead..." 2.) "A life so outrageous it takes 2 women to live it."

............

SoulAlive said:

THE EPIPHANY OF CLASSIC MADONNA.



TRIVIA

A worker on the set of Desperately Seeking Susan said Madonna's dalliances were no secret. "Her trailer would be rocking back and forth like there was an earthquake or something. 'Like A Virgin' had just come out, so we all had a good laugh. But when it came to work, she was a total professional.

At their first meeting, Seidelman said Madonna was "Vulnerable, sweet, even a little bit nervous. There was none of the arrogance for which she was already becoming famous. And she had a sense of humor. Given what I'd been told about her, I wasn't at all sure she'd have one.

When Madonna arrived for the audition, Seidelman recalled, "She got out of the cab, but she didn't have enough money to pay. So here she is meeting with a bunch of movie people for a job, and the first thing she does is hit us up for cab fare. It was exactly what Susan would have done!

Madonna had considerable control over the role: She did her own hair and makeup, supplied her own wardrobe, and injected Susan with her own brand of self confidance.

The alternate ending featured on the DVD of Madonna and Roseanna on camels was the original ending for the film. But when they showed it to test audiences they thought the film ended at the cinema scene. Once that was shown everyone got up to leave so they cut the film to end there.

When director Susan Seidelman heard that the hottest singer in town was interested in the part of Susan, she invited Madonna to come in for a screentest. The heads at Orion Pictures, however, were reluctant to cast an untested actress, but producer Midge Sanford was captivated. Of Madonna, Sanford said, She had this prescence you couldn't get rid of.

When there was a 6 A.M call to film a scene for "Desperately Seeking Susan", Madonna's driver would pick her up at a health club every morning where she'd already done 50 laps by 6 A.M.

Madonna was trying to lose weight or rather not to gain any, so when the script called for her to be eating she'd spit out the food at the end of each take.

200 actresses tried out for the part of Susan including Rebecca De Mornay, Melanie Griffith, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ellen Barkin, and Kelly McGillis.

Desperately Seeking Susan had been floating around Hollywood for four years before it was optioned by Orion Pictures. The producers decided to go for a modest movie, allowing only a bargain-basement budget of $5 million.

n 1982 Madonna was 'Desperately Seeking' a film role. She auditioned at Troma studios for a teenage T&A comedy called "The First Turn on!". She even designed her own sexy camping outfit featuring some very short shorts. Troma wasn't impressed, thought she couldn't act and Madonna begged them and said she would do anything for the part. They never did cast her and to this day it has become their claim to fame... "We were the dummies that rejected Madonna!" Madonna went on to take over the world with the release of a hit movie and record; "Desperately Seeking Susan" and Like a Virgin.

Madonna was twenty-six at the time of the movie and there's a scene where she pulls up to a curb driving a car. Madonna actually didn't learn how to drive until the year after this film came out, when she was twenty-seven. Her husband at the time, Sean Penn, bought her her first car which she ended up wrecking.

Anna Levine, who plays Susan's friend Crystal, said that Madonna "had a very clear vision of her character, which other people didn't always have, so they left her as Madonna.

Rosanna Arquette was nominated for a Golden Globe in the Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical category.

The film that Roberta is watching, while she's finishing off the birthday cake, is the Hitchcock classic "Rebecca".

Although her name is Susan in the film, there is a scene where Madonna wears an orange top with the letters "MC" on it, which in true life are her real initials, "Madonna Ciccone".

Rosanna Arquette was reportedly jealous of all the attention Madonna got from this film since Arquette was supposed to be the main character but Madonna was the more popular one.

Madonna got rave reviews for her role in this film. Time Magazine said "Madonna is a talented comedian. And in the title role of Susan she proves it." And the New York Times called it "The Madonna Movie."

Although there is a scene where Madonna gets high on a joint with Gary, in true life she doesn't care for drugs. She was quoted as saying, "I don't take drugs. I never really did. They don't do anything for me. All the feelings I think drugs are supposed to produce in you, confidence or energy, I can produce naturally in my body."

Originally, the part of Susan had been conceived as sort of an aging hippie to be played by Diane Keaton.

John Turturro (Ray from the Magic Club), Giancarlo Esposito (the street vendor trying to sell the hat to Roberta), and Richard Edson (the man at the newspaper vending machine) all also appeared together in "Do The Right Thing".

Richard Edson was also the original drummer for Sonic Youth.

Director Susan Seidelman knew Madonna from the local club scene before she was famous, dancing at clubs like Danceteria and Paradise Garage.

Allowing Madonna to express the role in her own way turned out to be a very wise move. Desperately Seeking Susan was rush released for the Easter season in 1985 and earned an unexpected $16 million.

Other musicians appearing in this film: The most popular are John Lurie, of The Lounge Lizards, who plays the neighbour saxophonist, Richard Hell, he was the bassplayer of the legendary NY punkband 'Television', Richard Edson, former drummer of Sonic Youth, Ann Magnuson, ex-singer of 'Bongwater', and Annie Golden who was the leadsinger of the 70's New-Wave-Band 'The Shirts'.

Another musican in it was Arto Lindsay, punk band DNA and now a solo artist. He has also collaborated with John Lurie who player the neighbor saxaphonist. Lindsay's band DNA was featured in the movie "New York Beat Movie" (or "Downtown '81") which starred John Lurie and artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

The taxi driver in "Desperately Seeking Susan", Rockets Redglare, was a bodyguard for Jean-Michel Basquiat. He also appeared in several Jim Jarmusch films, along with John Lurie.

Giancarlo Esposito and Victor Argo, both in "Desperately Seeking Susan", also appeared together in "Smoke", "Blue in the Face", and "King of New York." (John Lurie was also in "Smoke" and "Blue in the Face").

In the begining of her career, some people labeled Madonna as manufactured. Madonna once said, "I was making this movie, Desperately Seeking Susan, one of the drivers that took me to the set every day was this kid, and one day he said to me, "I have this bet going with my friend, he told me that all the music you do was done by someone else and they picked the songs and did it all and all they needed was a girl singer and you auditioned and they picked you. And Madonna isn't your real name and all of it is fabricated." And I said, "WHAAAAAAT?? Are you out of your mind??!" But that's what his friend told him, and it suddenly hit me that's probably what a lot of people think. It hit me."

Versions of this movie that aired on the networks AMC and WE: Women's Entertainment, after the September 11th attacks, edited out shots of the World Trade Center, alongside the usual edits for s*x, drugs and language.

The film has 2 taglines: 1.) "Roberta is desperate to be Susan. Susan is wanted by the mob. The mob finds Roberta instead..." 2.) "A life so outrageous it takes 2 women to live it."

............

These are some cool facts about the film!

Anyone ever seen a film called Smithereens? It is directed by Susan Seidelman the same director of DSS and again this film is briliant. It's a more gritty verson of DSS featuring a charachter named Wren who is a lost soul and wanna be rockstar. I highly recommend!

80s movie soundtrack flashback: "Into The Groove" by Madonna (1985)

Well, damn

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ONLY in Hollywood

And I love the movie

That was all a really good read, I didn't know a lot of those facts! And I noticed the MC initials on her shirt too and picked up on it

I added it to my Netflix list. Not sure why, seriously, but I did!

Rossana Arquette was on the L word for a season, I think maddona is hot for her age, Arquette looked hot for ANY age. She aged real good!

Love Rossana, Love Madonna... but Ann Magnuson stole the movie with 1 line.

alphastreet said:

Let's talk about this awesome movie,