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Underground U.S.A. is a 1980 American No Wave underground film directed by Eric Mitchell starring Patti Astor, Rene Ricard, Jackie Curtis, Cookie Mueller, Steve Mass, Tom Wright, Ronnie Cutrone, John Lurie, David Armstrong, and Taylor Mead. Tom DiCillo was the director of photography. Set design was by sculptor Jedd Garet. Future director Jim Jarmusch was the sound recordist. The film, made for $25,000 with the assistance of Colab's No wave cinema project, was shot in the Mudd Club and Lower East Side apartment interiors. Underground U.S.A. was Eric Mitchell's third no wave film and the first to be shot in 16 mm film.