Factory Girl
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| 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 |
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- This article is about the film Factory Girl. See Factory Girl (song) for the Rolling Stones song.
Factory Girl was released on December 29, 2006. New York City, Stamford, Connecticut, Toronto, Canada, and Shreveport, Louisiana served as the filming locations.
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[edit] Synopsis
It tells a fictionalized story of mid-sixties socialite and Warhol superstar Edie Sedgwick, who is portrayed by Sienna Miller. Guy Pearce plays Andy Warhol, and Hayden Christensen portrays an unnamed 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].
[edit] Credited Cast
- Guy Pearce .... Andy Warhol
- Sienna Miller .... Edie Sedgwick
- Hayden Christensen .... Billy Quinn (credited in the film simply as "Folk Singer")
- Jimmy Fallon .... Chuck Wein
- Meredith Ostrom .... Nico
- Beth Grant .... Julia Warhol
- Mary Elizabeth Winstead ... Ingrid Superstar
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
- Armin Amero .... Ondine
- Peter Barnes .... Reporter
- Brian Bell .... Lou Reed
- Kent Jude Bernard .... Elmo-Who
- Colleen Camp .... Mrs. Whitley
- Will Carter .... Gino
- Steve Cox .... Junkie at Chelsea Hotel
- Illeana Douglas .... Diana Vreeland
- Richard Dupont .... Cowboy Fred
- Robert Dupont .... Cowboy Leo
- Brendon Faddis .... Rocco (attached)
- Thomas Faustin .... Aru
- Jeff Galpin .... Horse Trainer
- Shawn Hatosy .... Syd Pepperman
- Edward Herrmann .... James Townsend
- George Hickenlooper .... Documentarian
- Michael Hughes .... Cambridge Dandy Cloke Dossett
- Jack Huston .... Gerard Malanga
- Grant James .... Andy's Priest
- Sally Kirkland .... Julia Noyes de Forest
- Samantha Maloney .... Moe Tucker
- Captain Mauzner .... Max Schwarzkopf
- Trish Meaney .... Virginia Quinn
- Joel Michaely .... Joey
- Tarajia Morrell .... Reporter
- Daniel Newman .... Rocco
- Don Novello .... Mort Silvers
- Brandon Olive .... Vinyl/Man in Suit
- Mary-Kate Olsen .... Molly Spence
- Tommy Perna .... Jack
- Madeleine Poirrier .... Young Edie Sedgwick
- Vivek Sharma .... Killian, the photographer
- Tara Summers .... Brigid Berlin
- Mena Suvari .... Richie Berlin
- Deneen Tyler .... Wanda
- Alexi Wasser .... Lexa
- Johnny Whitworth .... Silver George
- Patrick Wilson .... John Cale
- Mike Coe .... Vogue Photographer/Reporter
[edit] Controversy
The film has also sparked up news as Lou Reed, a member of the Velvet Underground and friend of Edie's, has publicly 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", as well as "They're all a bunch of whores."
Bob Dylan's lawyers also threatened to sue, alleging that the movie portrays Dylan as responsible for Sedgwick's death. To date no lawsuit has been filed and one is unlikely to be filed now that Edie Sedgwick's brother, Jonathan Sedgwick, is claiming that Dylan's affair with his sister did actually take place, and that she ostensibly aborted his child. [2] [3]
The production was set back by numerous delays, including a lawsuit by Sony Pictures, as well as the schedules of Sienna Miller and Guy Pearce, so additional shooting was delayed until mid November 2006.[4] 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 worked in close collaboration with Harvey Weinstein. [5] Still hoping to get an Oscar nod for Sienna Miller for the 2006 season, Weinstein released the picture on December 29, 2006, in Los Angeles. The film was released nationwide on the 2nd of February, 2007.
[edit] Reception
Factory Girl was neither a critical nor financial success. It gathered a number of poor reviews, with a 17% "Rotten" rating at Rotten Tomatoes [6]. As of March 20, 2007, the film had made an estimated $1,657,872 domestic gross [7].
[edit] Trivia
- Sienna Miller and Hayden Christensen's sex scene is rumored to be actual sexual intercourse [8]. They were romantically linked during an early shoot in Louisiana, but Miller ended it when she decided she wanted to smooth things over with then-boyfriend Jude Law. By the time filming reconvened in Toronto, Miller and Law had broken up, and Miller got back together with Christensen. It is rumored that, when time came for the sex scene, they dispensed with the paraphernalia typically used to obscure genitalia during simulated sex scenes, and actually engaged in sexual intercourse. Miller's agents claim it is merely a rumor, but the director only stated that the crew "tried to portray it tastefully." [9]
- Weezer's guitarist/singer Brian Bell and drummer Patrick Wilson covered the Velvet Underground song "Heroin" for this film. They also appear in the movie, with Bell playing Lou Reed and Wilson playing John Cale.
- 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." [10] The role then went back to Miller.
- This is the first movie that Mary-Kate Olsen will appear in without her twin sister (although her scenes have been deleted from the final cut, with the exception of a scene where she can be seen standing in the background, admiring a painting).
- Because the post production schedule was so delayed, director George Hickenlooper continued to sound edit the film after its initial release in Los Angeles on December 29th, 2006. [11]
- Warhol associates Gerard Malanga, Brigid Berlin, Sam Green, Richard Dupont, Robert Dupont in addition to Edie's brother, Jonathan Sedgwick, all licensed the life rights over their interviews to the producers of the film. Edie's cousin, John Sedgwick, author of the forthcoming Sedgwick family biography In My Blood: Six Generations of Madness and Desire in an American Family served as an advisor to the film. [12] Edie's associate, Danny Fields, was also an advisor to the film.
- According to Hickenlooper, the budget, once expected to be $8 million, was less than $7 million. [13]
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Factory Girl at the Internet Movie Database
- Factory Girl Trailer
- Slate article - How 'Factory Girl' Insults Andy Warhol
- Factory Man: A Night Out With George Hickenlooper, The New York Times
- FOXNews.com article - "Sienna Miller: A Movie Star Is Born"
- "Factory Girl" at Sienna Miller Online
- Edie: Girl on Fire author David Weisman 2007 SuicideGirls interview by Daniel Robert Epstein
- A.V. Club Review by Nathan Rabin, Feb. 9, 2007
- Junket Report: Factory Girl, Posted Jan 31st 2007 1:01PM by Ryan Stewart
- Boxoffice.com Review by Wade Major, Feb. 2, 2007
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer Review by William Arnold, Feb. 9, 2007
- Cinematic Happenings Under Development, "Factual Girl," Devin Faraci, Feb. 7, 2007
