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Release Date: 1982

Cast: Joel Brooks, Amos Poe, Richard Hell, Kitty Summerall, Susan Berman, Nada Despotovich, Joel Rooks, Roger Jett, Brad Rijn, Pamela Speed, D.J. O'Neill, Chris Noth ...MORE

Cast: Joel Brooks, Amos Poe, Richard Hell, Kitty Summerall, Susan Berman, Nada Despotovich, Joel Rooks, Roger Jett, Brad Rijn, Pamela Speed, D.J. O'Neill, Chris Noth, Cookie Mueller, Joni-Ruth White ...LESS

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Smithereens is a 1982 film directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Susan Berman, Brad Rinn, and punk rock icon Richard Hell. The film follows a narcissistic young woman from New Jersey who comes to New York to join the punk subculture, only to find that it's gravitated towards Los Angeles; in order to pay her way across country, she engages in a number of parasitic relationships, shifting her allegiances to new "friends" in an ongoing effort to ultimately endear herself to someone who will finance her desired lifestyle. Smithereens marked the debut of Oscar-nominated screenwriter Ron... MORE

Smithereens is a 1982 film directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Susan Berman, Brad Rinn, and punk rock icon Richard Hell. The film follows a narcissistic young woman from New Jersey who comes to New York to join the punk subculture, only to find that it's gravitated towards Los Angeles; in order to pay her way across country, she engages in a number of parasitic relationships, shifting her allegiances to new "friends" in an ongoing effort to ultimately endear herself to someone who will finance her desired lifestyle. Smithereens marked the debut of Oscar-nominated screenwriter Ron Nyswaner (Philadelphia) and features a score by The Feelies. It was the first American independent film invited to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. Wren (Susan Berman) is a runaway from New Jersey who has come to New York in the hopes of becoming a figure in the punk rock scene, only to find that the movement has largely died down on the East Coast and is now centered in Los Angeles. Wren finds herself relegated to sneaking into the city's remaining punk hot spot, the Peppermint Lounge, to try to ingratiate herself with the bands that play there, in the hopes that one of LESS