Factory Girl

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Factory Girl
Directed by George Hickenlooper
Produced by Aaron Richard Golub
Holly Wiersma
Written by Captain Mauzner (story & screenplay)
Aaron Richard Golub(story)
Simon Monjack (screenplay)
Starring Sienna Miller
Hayden Christensen
Jimmy Fallon
Mena Suvari
Shawn Hatosy
and Guy Pearce
Distributed by The Weinstein Company/MGM (USA)
Paramount Pictures (UK)
Release date(s) February 2, 2007 (U.S.)
Language English
IMDb profile
This article is about the film Factory Girl. See Factory Girl (song) for the Rolling Stones song.

Factory Girl is an American drama film released on December 29, 2006. New York City, Toronto, Stamford, Connecticut, and Shreveport, Louisiana served as the filming locations.

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[edit] Synopsis

Factory Girl tells a fictionalized story of socialite and Warhol superstar Edie Sedgwick, who is portrayed by Sienna Miller. Guy Pearce plays Andy Warhol, and Hayden Christensen portrays a rock star who is based upon Bob Dylan.

After Sedgwick dropped out of art school in Cambridge in 1965, she moved to New York and met Warhol, who promised to make her a star. The movie portrays her rise to fame and subsequent downfall into obscurity[1].

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[edit] Controversy

Andy Warhol and Edie Sedgwick
Andy Warhol and Edie Sedgwick

The film has also sparked up news as Lou Reed, a member of the Velvet Underground and friend of Sedgwick, has told the New York Daily News, "I read that script. It's one of the most disgusting, foul things I've seen — by any illiterate retard — in a long time. There's no limit to how low some people will go to write something to make money... They're all a bunch of whores." [2]

Bob Dylan's lawyers had also threatened to sue, alleging that the movie insinuates that Dylan was responsible for Sedgwick's death. To date no lawsuit has been filed. Edie Sedgwick's brother, Jonathan, claimed that Dylan's affair with Sedgwick did actually take place, and that she ostensibly aborted Dylan's child.[3][4] However, according to Sedgwick's personal medical records and oral life-history tape recorded for her final film Ciao! Manhattan less than a year before her death, there is credible evidence that the only abortion she underwent in her lifetime was at age 20, in 1963. Throughout most of 1966 Sedgwick had in an intensely private yet tumultuous relationship with Dylan's closest friend, Bob Neuwirth. During this period, she became increasingly dependent on barbiturates. Although she experimented with illegal substances, including opiates, there is no record that she ever became a heroin addict. Neuwirth eventually parted ways with Sedgwick in early 1967, unable to cope with her drug abuse and erratic behavior.

The film was set back by numerous delays, including a lawsuit by Sony Pictures, as well as the schedules of Miller and Pearce, so additional shooting was delayed until mid November 2006.[5] Consequently, producer Harvey Weinstein had to postpone the release date. Director George Hickenlooper helmed the additional shoots and mixed the final cut of the film in New York City, where he worked in close collaboration with Weinstein. [6] Weinstein released the picture on December 29, 2006, in Los Angeles. The film was released nationwide on February 2, 2007.

[edit] Reception

Factory Girl was neither a critical nor financial success. It gathered a number of poor reviews, with a 20 percent, "Rotten" score at Rotten Tomatoes [7]. As of March 1, 2008, the film has made $1,675,241 domestic gross and 1,514,138 in foreign markets. Rental gross on DVD/Home Video Rentals has been $8.72 million. [8].

[edit] Behind the scenes

Katie Holmes was set to take the starring role after Miller backed out, but it was reported Tom Cruise convinced Holmes not to do it because it would be bad for her image. Regarding the rumors, Holmes said, "I declined the role in Factory Girl based on my own decisions about the movie." [9] The role then went back to Miller. However, Holmes had also stated that even if she did take the part, she would have to drop out because she was pregnant when the movie was set to begin filming.

Because the post production schedule was so delayed, Hickenlooper continued to sound edit the film after its initial release in Los Angeles on December 29, 2006. [10]

According to Hickenlooper, the budget, once expected to be $8 million, was less than $7 million. [11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Perilous Footsteps To Follow
  2. ^ Factory Girl: Oscar Material for Sienna Miller? - Cinematical
  3. ^ 'My Sister Edie Loved Dylan'
  4. ^ Warhol muse ‘lost baby by Dylan’ - Sunday Times - Times Online
  5. ^ The studio behind ''Factory Girl'' pushes Oscar | Factory Girl | Movie News | Movies | Entertainment Weekly
  6. ^ Factory Man - New York Times
  7. ^ Factory Girl - Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes
  8. ^ Factory Girl (2006)
  9. ^ BBC - Movies - interview - Katie Holmes
  10. ^ Factory Man - New York Times
  11. ^ Junket Report: Factory Girl - Cinematical

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