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Underground U.S.A.

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Underground U.S.A.
Directed byEric Mitchell
Written byEric Mitchell
Produced byEric Mitchell
StarringPatti Astor
Rene Ricard
Jackie Curtis
Taylor Mead
Distributed byNew Line Cinema
Release date
  • May 1980 (1980-05)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Underground U.S.A. is a 1980 American underground film directed by Eric Mitchell and starring Patti Astor, Rene Ricard, Jackie Curtis, Cookie Mueller, Tom Wright, John Lurie, and Taylor Mead.[1] Future director Jim Jarmusch was the sound recordist on this film.[2]

Premise

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An older woman (Astor) looks for love with younger men in a take-off of Sunset Boulevard (1950). Punk musicians kidnap Mudd Club owner Steve Mass.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Boch, Richard (2017). The Mudd Club. Port Townsend, WA: Feral House. p. 172. ISBN 978-1-62731-051-2. OCLC 972429558.
  2. ^ Scheibel, Will (2017). American Stranger: Modernisms, Hollywood, and the Cinema of Nicholas Ray. State University of New York Press. p. 179. ISBN 978-1-4384-6413-8.
  3. ^ Boch, Richard (2017). The Mudd Club. Port Townsend, WA: Feral House. pp. 172–173. ISBN 978-1-62731-051-2. OCLC 972429558.
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