A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into a chaotic adventure of amnesia and self-discovery.
Costume
Madonna's thrifted eccentrics defined 80s street style.
Direction
Seidelman's kinetic eye for NYC's underground scene.
Acting
Arquette's desperate, hilarious star-making turn.
Director
Susan Seidelman
Rosanna Arquette
Roberta Glass
Madonna
Susan
Aidan Quinn
Dez
Mark Blum
Gary Glass
Robert Joy
Jim
Laurie Metcalf
Leslie Glass
Anna Thomson
Crystal
Will Patton
Wayne Nolan
Steven Wright
Larry Stillman D.D.S.
John Turturro
Ray
Giancarlo Esposito
Street Vendor
Richard Hell
Bruce Meeker
Rockets Redglare
Taxi Driver
Annie Golden
Band Singer
Richard Edson
Man With Newspapers
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Madonna's pre-superstardom; 'Into the Groove' was written for this film and became her first UK #1.
The pyramid jacket and lace gloves? All from real East Village thrift stores — costume designer Santo Loquasto basically documented actual street fashion.
US
