Director
Susan Seidelman
Starring
Susan Berman, Brad Rinn, Richard Hell, Nada Despotovich, Roger Jett
Certificate
15
Run Time
89 mins
Release Year
1982
Country of Origin
USA
Language
English
Director of Photography: Chirine El Khadem
Editor: Susan Seidelman
Produced by: Susan Seidelman
Music: Glenn Mercer, Bill Million
Screenplay by: Ron Nyswaner, Peter Askin
Production Designer: Franz Harland
Sound Production: Ze'ev Dunie, Paul Michael
Director Bio
Susan Seidelman
P&I - Director Bio
Susan Seidelman is an American filmmaker. Her debut feature film, Smithereens (1982), was the first American independent film to be selected for competition at Cannes Film Festival. Other films directed by Seidelman include Desperately Seeking Susan and She-Devil (1989).
Smithereens
With Susan Berman as runaway Wren and Richard Hell as Eric, director Susan Seidelman’s atmospheric drama takes us back to the East Village punk scene of the 1980s. With a script by Seidelman and Ron Nyswaner, who would go on to write Philadelphia (1993), and a soundtrack featuring influential cult band The Feelies, Smithereens was one of the first independent American movies to screen in competition at Cannes. Seidelman would go on to direct ’80s classic Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) starring Madonna.