Smithereens

1982
R
1h 33m

IMDb RATING

6.7/10

2.9K

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Susan Berman and Richard Hell in Smithereens (1982)

A talent-challenged girl tries to promote herself to stardom in New York's waning punk music world.

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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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IMDb RATING

6.7/10

2.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 nomination total

Paul
(as Brad Rinn)

Richard Hell

Eric

Nada Despotovich

Cecile

Roger Jett

Billy (Eric's Roommate)

Kitty Summerall

Eric's Wife

Joni Ruth White

Landlady
(as Robynne White)

D.J. O'Neill

Joel Rooks

Xerox Boss

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)

Storyline

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Trivia
Director Susan Seidelman told her actress Susan Berman to see the Federico Fellini film Les nuits de Cabiria (1957) before beginning to research her role.

Goofs
In end of film when the girl gets ejected from the club by bouncers the boom mic is visible.

Quotes
Wren: I had this dream last night. The whole world had been blown up five years ago, right to smithereens and everyone was just floatin' around on parts like they hadn't even realized what had happened yet.

Connections
Featured in Desperately Seeking Susan & Richard (2004)

Soundtracks
The 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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Featured review

8/10

Realistic, absorbing.

We know people like this: rootless, aimless, self-absorbed, and using. This is a realistic portrait of such a young woman who, when everything smashes to "smithereens," may or may not have an epiphany, in an ending reminiscent of the last frame in 400 Blows. Great directorial debut.