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6.7/10
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A talent-challenged girl tries to promote herself to stardom in New York's waning punk music world.A talent-challenged girl tries to promote herself to stardom in New York's waning punk music world.A talent-challenged girl tries to promote herself to stardom in New York's waning punk music world.
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- 1 nomination total
Joni Ruth White
- Landlady
- (as Robynne White)
Ada McSpade
- Rasta
- (as Ade McSpade)
Ed French
- Horror Movie Sequence
- (as Edward E. French)
Alan Woolf
- Pimp
- (as Wolf Alan)
‘Snow White’ Stars Test Their Wits
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- TriviaDirector Susan Seidelman told her actress Susan Berman to see the Federico Fellini film Les nuits de Cabiria (1957) before beginning to research her role.
- GoofsIn end of film when the girl gets ejected from the club by bouncers the boom mic is visible.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Desperately Seeking Susan & Richard (2004)
- SoundtracksThe Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness
Written by Bill Million (uncredited) and Glenn Mercer (uncredited)
Performed by The Feelies
From the album "Crazy Rhythms" (1980)
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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.
- FilmBoy999
- May 21, 2000
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- New York City Girl
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- $105,000 (estimated)
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