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Factory Girl (2006)

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User Rating: 6.1/10 (4,735 votes)
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Overview

Writers:
Aaron Richard Golub (story)
Captain Mauzner (screenplay)
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Release Date:
2 February 2007 (USA) more view trailer
Genre:
Biography | Drama more
Tagline:
When Andy met Edie, life imitated art. more
Plot:
Based on the rise and fall of socialite Edie Sedgwick, concentrating on her relationships with Andy Warhol and a folk singer. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
NewsDesk:
(23 articles)
Miller Unfazed By Lesbian Love Scene (From WENN. 25 June 2008, 12:18 PM, PDT)
Sienna Miller Says She's 'Totally' in Love (From PEOPLE.com. 29 May 2008, 6:10 AM, PDT)
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A terrible after-school special version of Edie's story more

Cast

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for pervasive drug use, strong sexual content, nudity and language.
Runtime:
USA:90 min | USA:99 min (unrated version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Slovak | French
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
SDDS | Dolby Digital
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The scene between Sienna Miller and Hayden Christensen where Edie tells The Musician about the death of her brothers was completely improvised by Sienna based on her knowledge of Edie. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Edie reads the paper about Billy's wedding, try to freeze the scene. If you read what the paper actually says, you will find out that, except for the first few lines that talk about the wedding, it also talks about some nonsense stuff that is copied and pasted all over the paper! more
Quotes:
Edie Sedgwick: Don't be jealous, Andy. He's nothing like you. more
Movie Connections:
References Darling (1965) more
Soundtrack:
Night Time more

FAQ

What did Edie's brother say that he tasted until the day he died?
Why is Hayden Christensen's character listed as "Musician" and no longer as Billy Quinn?
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129 out of 239 people found the following comment useful:-
A terrible after-school special version of Edie's story, 18 December 2006
1/10
Author: Jayson Elliot from Manhattan, NY

The film is cliché after cliché, with two-dimensional characters and a flat, uninspired script. To be fair, Sienna Miller does a wonderful job with the material she's been given. Sadly, it's not a lot to work with.

One of the major flaws in Factory Girl is that there is no character that you can like. I wasn't sure who I was supposed to care about, possibly because no character was ever developed enough to get past their surface. It's hard to portray Andy Warhol in film, after all of the versions that have been done, and his own status as more icon than man. This film only proved the point, by playing him in a way that felt more like a parody than a person.

Over and over again, the film takes the easy road, from its After School Special depiction of drug use to the predictable dialogue, walks through Central Park, even the establishing shot of the Eiffel Tower to show "hey, look, they're in Paris!"

New York looks like a studio set, and the filmmakers give the impression that they aren't even familiar with the city. A cab is told to go to "2nd Avenue and Fifth," where somehow a massive concert is taking place - despite the fact that the address is in the East Village, with only mom & pop stores and small bars in the area.

The casting is nothing if not bizarre. Hayden Christensen as Bob Dylan, sorry, "Billy Quinn," comes off as an opinionated (though incredibly fit and Gentile) jerk with a guitar, Guy Pearce is too attractive for Andy, while Sienna Miller doesn't have Edie's soft beauty.

The greatest crime is that this will be many people's first introduction to Edie Sedgwick, and they will go away with an impression of a simple, disposable girl - with none of her glamour, whose problems can be neatly wrapped up in a few lines about her father. Her entry into Andy's world is nothing more than an entrance to a party, and her fall is just a soap opera decline.

If you have any interest in Edie Sedgwick at all, do yourself a favor and watch Ciao Manhattan, but by all means, avoid Factory Girl.

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Hayden as Bob Dylan was awful! loubski
Were Andy Warhol and Edie Sedgwick really in love with each other aaartnaz
prob been answered or is just plain old stupid question joanna164
straight to video? fd4s
Nudity? wastedproof
The song the first time when Edie takes drugs chahine_rima
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