I Shot Andy Warhol (1996)

Director:

Mary Harron

Writers:

Jeremiah Newton (book)
Diane Tucker (research)

Release Date:

1 May 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Crime | 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:

Manifesto | Hatred | Paranoia | Nipples | Battle Of The Sexes

Awards:

5 wins & 4 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

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:

Mary Harron was inspired to write the movie after reading the SCUM Manifesto, the anti-men rhetoric Valerie Solanas published in the 1960s.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: While Valerie is in revolutionary guy's apartment, we hear "Kick Out The Jams" by the MC5 cranking on the stereo. This scene takes place in June 1968. This very well-known MC5 recording, however, was not recorded until October 30 or 31, 1968 (according to the liner notes), and released in 1969.

Quotes:

Candy Darling: I have always found that socially unacceptable people make the best lovers because they are more sensitive.

Movie Connections:

References I, a Man (1967)

Soundtrack:

Ain't Gonna Bump No More with No Big Fat Woman

An truely honest portrayal

This is the best film I've seen, not only about the shooting of Andy Warhol by Valerie Solanis, but about the whole factory scene full stop.

The film doesn't try to get a message across, it paints a picture of what actually happened. It shows that Valerie Solanis, although intelligent and mistreated, was above all a psychopath and it shows that probably Andy Warhol and definitely the rest of the factory did not really care about Valerie or for that matter, feminism at all.

This film does sort of come off for some reason as being pro-feminism, which is a good thing, but it doesn't try to hide the wrong doings of Valerie Solanis.

Highly recommended.