The filmmakers initially wanted Diane Keaton and Goldie Hawn to play Roberta and Susan, but the director decided to cast newcomers Arquette and Madonna instead and the studio wanted the movie to have younger actors in order to appeal to younger filmgoers.
She introduces herself once again and they kiss, as Jim and Susan reunite in the theater below. Later, Roberta finds Dez in a projection booth at the movie theater where he works. There, Roberta and Susan finally meet each other for the first time. Nolan threatens Susan at gunpoint, but is knocked out by Roberta. Dez leaves as Roberta tries to explain the events of her disappearance to Gary, finally voicing her unhappiness and ending their marriage. During her act, Roberta recognizes Nolan, who escapes backstage. She reads the column, as do Jim and Dez they arrive at the Magic Club, along with Gary, his sister Leslie, and Nolan. Dez attacks an intruder in his apartment who turns out to be Jim, and confesses to his relationship with “Susan” as Roberta slips away. She realizes the truth from Roberta's diary, and posts a column to meet her at the Magic Club. After calling Dez to bail her out, they find his apartment ransacked by Nolan, and sleep together.Īt Gary's house, Susan sees a television report about Meeker and Nolan having stolen the earrings, once belonging to Nefertiti. Roberta calls from jail, but hangs up when Susan and Gary answer. Susan accompanies Gary home, where they get high. Searching for Roberta, her husband Gary finds his way to the vintage store and is put in touch with Susan, who believes Roberta and Dez are connected to Meeker's death and want to frame her.
Roberta hits her head again, regaining her memory, but is mistaken for a prostitute and arrested. After Roberta's disastrous first performance, Nolan attacks her, demanding the earrings, but he escapes as the police arrive. She arrives at the Magic Club – narrowly missing Susan, who has been released from jail and discovered her suitcase gone – and is hired as Crystal's replacement. Here she finds the other earring, and Dez says she can stay at his apartment for one night.īelieving she must be Susan, Roberta retraces Susan's steps with Nolan in pursuit. Dez believes she is Susan and, finding the locker key, he takes her to the Port Authority to collect Susan's suitcase. Susan spots Roberta, but can't reach her as police chase her for not paying her taxicab fare.ĭez arrives on a moped and rescues Roberta, who falls and hits her head, losing her memory (and her bag - so no ID). Waiting for Susan at Battery Park and wearing her jacket, Roberta is accosted by Nolan, mistaking her for Susan because she's blonde and wearing the distinctive jacket. Concerned about the column and Susan's connection to Meeker's death, Jim asks his best friend Dez to check on her. Finding Susan's locker key in the pocket of the jacket, she posts another “Desperately Seeking Susan” column to meet with her to return it. Roberta follows Susan to a vintage store, watching her trade in her jacket before losing sight of her, and buys the jacket. Hoping to spot the lovers, Roberta goes to Battery Park and sees Jim reunite with Susan before leaving with his band for Buffalo. She asks to stay with her friend Crystal, a magician's assistant at the Magic Club, and learns Meeker was killed at the hotel. Arriving in New York City, Susan dons one of the earrings, stashing the other in her suitcase in a Port Authority locker. She steals a pair of ornate Egyptian earrings from his coat before departing the sinister Wayne Nolan notices Susan's embellished tuxedo jacket as she leaves. In an Atlantic City hotel, the itinerant Susan reads the column after a tryst with mobster Bruce Meeker. Roberta Glass, an unfulfilled housewife in Fort Lee, New Jersey, is fascinated by messages between lovers Susan Thomas and Jim Dandy in the personals section of a New York City tabloid, particularly a column from Jim with the headline “Desperately Seeking Susan”, seeking a rendezvous in Battery Park.
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