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Before there was Paris Hilton, there was socialite Edie Sedgwick. However, instead of hanging out with the likes of Nicole Richie, Sedgwick gained stardom as the muse of Andy Warhol, and in this movie a Bob Dylan-like “Musician.” Sedgwick was well educated, but naïve, used up and quickly discarded from the culture that made her the premiere “it” girl of her generation.

Sienna Miller (CASANOVA) plays Sedgwick as a beauty who to Andy Warhol (Guy Pearce, MEMENTO) represented the rich party glamour that he equally adored and despised. Along with her tagalong friend Chuck Wein (Jimmy Fallon, FEVER PITCH), she basked in the limelight, appearing as the central figure in Warhol’s art and especially his avant guard films. She quickly became one of the hottest models in the world. This drew the attention of the famous “musician” in the film, played by Hayden Christensen (STAR WARS: REVENGE OF THE SITH). The folksy singer with his message-filled tunes was in strict contrast to the pop culture emotional void that surrounded Warhol. Along with her lavish spending and eventual decline into drugs, her life spins out of control.

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