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Summary
Fiction and documentary mingle in a freewheeling portrait of Susan Superstar, a New York celebrity on a drug-fueled downward slide that mirrors Edie Sedgwick’s own self-destructive spiral.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Pure escapism
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 60Audiences 60GoodWatch 59
Tomatometer60%
Audience score64%
IMDb5.6
Running time
1 h 24 min
Shorter than most documentaries, −12 min on the typical 96
typical 9684Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries, rent or buy in 3 more
Released
1973
April 19, 1973
53 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityModerate
- Dark themesStrong
- Drug useNamed in the advisories
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 6 more24 people
- Edie SedgwickSusan Superstar
- WHWesley HayesButch
- Isabel JewellMummy
- Jeff BriggsGeoffrey
- Paul AmericaPaul
- TFTom FlyeTom
- GLGabriel LampaMario
- PHPat HartleyYoli
- NBNell BassettReceptionist
- CBCharlie BacisDoctor Robert
- JHJane HolzerCharla
- DWDavid WeismanDavid
- WRWesley RandWes
- VivaDiana - Vogue editor
- Roger VadimDr. Braun
- Brigid BerlinBrigid
- LMLilimor MercerLil
- RRoskoLocker Attendant
- LLorenzoRapist
- TTitusRapist
- Allen GinsbergSelf
Christian MarquandEntrepreneur- JNJohn NahanLawyer
- JMJean MargouleffMister Verdecchio
Directing · 2
- John Palmer Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
- David Weisman Director, Screenplay, Producer
Writing · 1
- Chuck Wein Original Concept
Production · 1
- Robert Margouleff Producer, Sound
Camera · 1
- Kjell Rostad Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Robert Farren Editor
Sound · 2
- Gino Piserchio Original Music Composer
- John Phillips Music
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Betsy Johnson Costume Design
Other crew · 1
- Mary Louise Weller Thanks
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