I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)

Director:

Mary Harron

Writers:

Jeremiah Newton (book)
Diane Tucker (research)
(more)

Release Date:

1 May 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama

Tagline:

You only get one shot at fame.

Plot:

Based on the true story of Valerie Solanas who was a 60s radical preaching hatred toward men in her "Scum" manifesto...

Plot Keywords:

Hatred | Manifesto | Nudity | Prostitution | Hate

Awards:

6 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Lili Taylor	...	Valerie Jean Solanas
Jared Harris	...	Andy Warhol
Martha Plimpton	...	Stevie
Lothaire Bluteau	...	Maurice Girodias
Anna Levine	...	Iris (as Anna Thompson)
Peter Friedman	...	Alan Burke
Tahnee Welch	...	Viva
Jamie Harrold	...	Jackie Curtis
Donovan Leitch	...	Gerard Malanga
Michael Imperioli	...	Ondine
Reg Rogers	...	Paul Morrisey (as Reg Rodgers)
Bill Sage	...	Tom Baker
Jill Hennessy	...	Laura
Coco McPherson	...	Brigid Berlin
Myriam Cyr	...	Ultra Violet
Danny Morgenstern	...	Jeremiah Newton
Lola Pashalinski	...	Psychiatrist
Lynn Cohen	...	Hotel Earle Concierge
Craig Chester	...	Fred Hughes
Stephen Dorff	...	Candy Darling
James Lyons	...	Billy Name
Lorraine Farris	...	Susan
Victor Browne	...	Danny
Billy Erb	...	Rotten Rita
Kevin Rendon	...	Amphetamine Head
Caroline Benezet-Brown	...	Isabelle de Courcy
Anh Duong	...	Comtesse de Courcy
Massimo Audiello	...	Mario Amaya
Christina McKay	...	Warhol Superstar 1
Eugenie Vincent	...	Warhol Superstar 2
Georgia Hubley	...	Party Band Member
Ira Kaplan	...	Party Band Member
James McNew	...	Party Band Member
Tara Key	...	Party Band Member
Mark Margolis	...	Louis Solanas
Dawn Didawick	...	Waitress
Faith Geer	...	Mrs. Warhola
Jeff Webster	...	Assistant D.A. Lankler
Henry Cabot Beck	...	Reporter 1
Christopher Cook	...	Reporter 2
Edoardo Ballerini	...	Editor of School Paper
Gabriel Mann	...	Clean Cut Boy (as Gabriel Mick)
Marian Quinn	...	Jean
John Ventimiglia	...	John Who Likes Lesbians
Fenton Lawless	...	John Who Likes Golf Shoes
Laura Ekstrand	...	Marilyn
Michelle Hurst	...	Nedicks Manager
Michael Stumm	...	Chelsea Hotel Manager
Justin Theroux	...	Mark
Eric Mabius	...	Revolutionary No. 2
Isabel Gillies	...	Alison
Davis Hall	...	Alan Burke Show Director
Paco Juanas	...	Flamenco Guitarist
Steve Itkin	...	Police Chief on T.V.
Bill Lin	...	Passerby Man
Debbon Ayer	...	Passerby Girl 1
Anna Grace	...	Passerby Girl 2
Daniel Haughey	...	The Pornographer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rebecca Kramer	...	Runaway (uncredited)
Vincent J. Mazella	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Jennifer Miro	...	Cornelia Guest (uncredited)
Charles Nassif	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Stan Tracy	...	Maitre'd (uncredited)

Directed by
Mary Harron

Writing credits
Jeremiah Newton		(book: additional scenes dialogue from "The Letters and Diaries of Candy Darling, 1992")
Diane Tucker		(research)
Mary Harron		(written by) and
Daniel Minahan		(written by)

Produced by
Tom Kalin	....	producer
Pamela Koffler	....	line producer
Lindsay Law	....	executive producer
Christine Vachon	....	producer
Anthony Wall	....	executive producer

Original Music by
John Cale

Cinematography by
Ellen Kuras

Film Editing by
Keith Reamer

Casting by
Kerry Barden
Billy Hopkins
Suzanne Smith

Production Design by
Thérèse DePrez

Set Decoration by
Diane Lederman

Costume Design by
David C. Robinson		(as David Robinson)

Makeup Department
Rob Benevides	....	special makeup effects
Judy Chin	....	makeup artist
Marjorie Durand	....	key makeup artist
Edward St. George	....	hair designer

Production Management
Blair Breard	....	unit production manager
Pamela Koffler	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jeffrey Lazar	....	first assistant director
Daniel Minahan	....	second unit director
Jody Solomon	....	second assistant director
John M. Tyson	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Annie Ballard	....	property master
Stuart Berkowitz	....	art intern
John Bruce	....	art coordinator
Paul Etheredge	....	lead man (as Paul Etheredge-Ouzts)
Tanya Greenblatt	....	art department production assistant
Victoria Krasnakevich	....	set dresser
Misho Stawnychy	....	graphic artist

Sound Department
Mark DeSimone	....	adr engineer
Mark DeSimone	....	foley mixer
Jeanne Gilliland	....	boom operator
Kevin Lee	....	sound editor
John Marshall	....	supervising mixer
David Novack	....	sound re-recording mixer
Harry Peck Bolles	....	supervising sound editor
Lynn Sable	....	assistant sound editor
Robert Taz Larrea	....	sound mixer
Alfredo D. Troche	....	adr artist

Special Effects by
Joyce George	....	special photography

Camera and Electrical Department
James J. Ferris	....	grip
Russell Lee Fine	....	photographer
Nan Goldin	....	special photography
John C. Nadeau	....	gaffer (as John Nadeau)
Toshiaki Ozawa	....	grip
Simone Perusse	....	best boy electric
Kate Phelan	....	third electrician (as Kate M. Phelan)
Kenji Tanaka	....	camera production assistant
John Tanzer	....	electrician
Susanna Virtanen	....	first assistant camera (as Indiana Montana)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Laura R. Solin	....	costumer
Wendy Van Dyke	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
May Kuckro	....	assistant editor
Patricia Sztaba	....	negative cutter
Stan Sztaba	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Martin Brass	....	score recordist
James Flatto	....	music editor
Randall Poster	....	music supervisor
Dave Soldier	....	score arranger

Other crew
Andy Clark	....	assistant location manager
Jewel Donohue	....	production assistant
Matthew T. Gannon	....	production associate: Playhouse International Pictures
Eva Kolodner	....	production office coordinator
Molly Lewis	....	key craft service
Genevieve Lohman	....	location assistant
Billy Name	....	creative advisor
René Veilleux	....	key production assistant
Sheila Waldron	....	script supervisor (as Sheila G. Waldron)
Thomas J. Whelan	....	location manager
John D. Genovese	....	additional production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Ward Chamberlin	....	thanks
Ahmet Ertegun	....	thanks
Daniel Haughey	....	special thanks
Georgia Hubley	....	thanks
Ira Kaplan	....	thanks
Andrew Leary	....	thanks
Arthur Lee	....	thanks
Milton Maldonado	....	thanks (as Lt. Milton Maldonado)
Johnny Rivers	....	thanks
Robin Urdang	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Playhouse International Pictures (presents)
• Samuel Goldwyn Company, The (in association with)
• BBC Arena (in association with)

Distributors

• Samuel Goldwyn Company, The (1996) (USA) (theatrical)
• Cinemien (1997) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Cannes Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Cinema Club (2003) (UK) (VHS)
• Evergreen Entertainment (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• Homescreen (1997) (Netherlands) (video)
• MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Orion Pictures Corporation
• Telegroup (Spain)
• Tobis Filmkunst (Germany)

Other Companies

• Hand Held Films  camera equipment provided by

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, language, drug use and brief violence

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

New Zealand:R16 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | South Korea:18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R

Company:

Playhouse International Pictures

Trivia:

The filmmakers were given permission to reproduce some of Andy Warhol's paintings and silk screens for the set, but they had to destroy them after filming.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Hugh Masekela's "Grazing in the Grass" is being played at the party in The Factory. The scene takes place in 1967, but the song was not recorded until March 1968.

Quotes:

Paul Morrisey:You call this a groovy light show. I'd rather sit and watch the clothes dryer at the Laundromat. Oh, look. It changed color. Where's a love child? They'll get a kick outta this. Only a hippie would find this even remotely interesting, but I'll tell ya. You spend one day with the hippies, and you realize how truly refreshing and unpretentious, hard core, New York degenerates are.

Movie Connections:

References I, a Man (1967)

Soundtrack:

Kick Out the Jams

Her Fifteen Minutes Of Fame

If you shoot someone whom others consider "important" I suppose some filmmaker will want to make a movie about you. I can think of no other reason why anyone would want to make a film about Valerie Solanas (Lili Taylor), the spunky, chain-smoking, foul-mouthed, self-centered, lesbian feminist who, in the summer of 1968, shot Andy Warhol (Jared Harris). Warhol was a New York City painter/artist ... or something ... and guru of all things avant-garde, who attracted the chic and the trendy to his New York City "Factory", the center of counterculture pop art.

In the film Solanas, who harbors an enormous grudge against men, comes across initially as assertive and resourceful. She makes a living hustling the streets: "Pardon me sir, you got 15 cents? Pardon me sir ..." On the rooftop of a high-rise she types her S.C.U.M. "manifesto", outlining her complaints against the male species.

But whereas Solanas is passionate about her cause, Warhol is a study in emotional detachment and indifference. He, and those in his orbit, sees Solanas more as a hanger-on. At one point, Solanas shows Warhol her typed manifesto. Warhol flips through it and responds in a deadpan manner: "Did you type this yourself? I'm so impressed. You should come type for us." Marvelous.

The film's best element is the acting. Lili Taylor is terrific. She really gets into the Solanas persona. Jared Harris also gives a splendid performance. The film's tone teeters between seriousness and tongue-in-cheek humor. Costumes, prod design, music, and lighting are all credible.

For modern day feminists, "I Shot Andy Warhol" probably is required viewing. For others, the film offers a cinematic study into the mindset of a quirky, sincere, but ultimately self-deceptive and delusional young woman who got her fifteen minutes of fame by carrying her political cause a little too far.