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Ciao Manhattan

  • 1972
  • R
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
1.2K
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Edie Sedgwick in Ciao Manhattan (1972)
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This parallels the life of Andy Warhol Factory star Edie Sedgwick. The film chronicles "Susan Superstar's" (Sedgwick) glory days in the late 1960s through her inevitable downfall and the tra... Read allThis parallels the life of Andy Warhol Factory star Edie Sedgwick. The film chronicles "Susan Superstar's" (Sedgwick) glory days in the late 1960s through her inevitable downfall and the tragic addiction that would claim her life only weeks after filming wrapped in 1971.This parallels the life of Andy Warhol Factory star Edie Sedgwick. The film chronicles "Susan Superstar's" (Sedgwick) glory days in the late 1960s through her inevitable downfall and the tragic addiction that would claim her life only weeks after filming wrapped in 1971.

  • Directors
    • John Palmer
    • David Weisman
  • Writers
    • John Palmer
    • David Weisman
    • Chuck Wein
  • Stars
    • Edie Sedgwick
    • Wesley Hayes
    • Isabel Jewell
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
    1.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • John Palmer
      • David Weisman
    • Writers
      • John Palmer
      • David Weisman
      • Chuck Wein
    • Stars
      • Edie Sedgwick
      • Wesley Hayes
      • Isabel Jewell
    • 23User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Edie Sedgwick
    • Susan Superstar
    Wesley Hayes
    • Butch
    Isabel Jewell
    Isabel Jewell
    • Mummy
    Jeff Briggs
    • Geoffrey
    • (as Geoffrey Briggs)
    Paul America
    • Paul
    Tom Flye
    • Tom
    Gabriel Lampa
    • Mario
    Pat Hartley
    Pat Hartley
    • Yoli
    Nell Bassett
    • Receptionist
    Charlie Bacis
    • Doctor Robert
    • (as Bhavananda)
    Jane Holzer
    • Charla
    • (as 'Baby' Jane Holzer)
    David Weisman
    • David
    Wesley Rand
    • Wes
    Viva
    Viva
    • Diana - Vogue Editor
    Roger Vadim
    Roger Vadim
    • Dr. Braun
    Brigid Berlin
    Brigid Berlin
    • Brigid
    • (as Brigid Polk)
    Lilimor Mercer
    • Lil
    Rosko
    • Locker Attendant
    • Directors
      • John Palmer
      • David Weisman
    • Writers
      • John Palmer
      • David Weisman
      • Chuck Wein
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Final film of Edie Sedgwick. Also final film of Isabel Jewell.
    • Goofs
      Butch is seen hitch-hiking past a billboard advertising Land of Make Believe and past a graveyard. These locations are along US Route 46 in White Twp, New Jersey. Butch is later seen at the Pocono Diner in Tannersville, PA which is farther west. He says that he is trying to go to New York City but he would have been traveling in the wrong direction.
    • Quotes

      Susan: Speed is the ultimate, all-time high. That first rush. Wow! Just that burning, searing, soaring sense of perfection.

      [...]

      Susan: There's no way to explain it unless you've been through it. There's no way to tell anyone who hasn't tasted it. I'd like to turn the whole world on just for a moment... just for a moment. I'm greedy. I'd like to keep most of it for myself and a few others, a few of my friends. Keep that superlative high just on the cusp of each day so that I radiate sunshine.

    • Alternate versions
      Originally conceived as "Stripped and Strapped" written by Warhol luminary Chuck Wein and Genevieve Charbin, was intended to capture the counter-culture scene of mid-late 1960s Manhattan. Although the script was never finished some of the original material from the script by Wein and Charbin was shot but ultimately cut from Ciao! Manhattan. These scenes are now featured on the DVD 30th Anniversary edition as "The Lost Reels" and include:
      • Missing Subplot: In "Stripped and Strapped," Susan, played by Edie Sedgwick, had a friend played by Nena Thurman (mother of actress Uma Thurman) who was involved in an incestuous relationship with her brother. Scenes of them together are show in a kitchen.
      • Another part of the missing subplot included Susan's obsession with astrological signs and things of an other worldy nature. In the Lost Reels, scenes are shown of Susan (Edie) in a room painted wall to floor with strange astrology and hand signs, talking with Allen Ginsberg. These scenes like the incestuous brother and sister were written by Chuck Wein who was inspired by Andy Warhol, who did films about nothing, and so Wein wrote these scenes to be about nothing.
      • Additional unfinished footage:
      • Scenes of Susan (Edie) at the "Be-In" were originally longer and featured her climbing a rock and socializing with the hippie crowd.
      • Aerial shots of Manhattan, which in 1967 looked industrial and more concrete, taken in a helicopter rented from the Pan-Am building of the time.
      • Scenes of Nena Thurman and Susan(Edie) shop-lifting at downtown Manhattan store Paraphernalia.
      • Scenes of Susan(Edie) having a "bitch fight" with Baby Jane Holzer after Susan returns home to the Chelsea Hotel from shop-lifting at Paraphernalia.
      • Susan and Paul America eating sushi at one of the first sushi bars in late 60s Manhattan.
      • More scenes of Edie and Paul America wandering New York. Also included are some night shots of Edie at a fountain.
      • David Weisman was also featured in the film much longer before editing and included: Scenes of him at his home with Nena Thurman, Edie, Paul America and some friends of his getting high. David shows off his Samuri sword, apparently he had an obsession with Kurosawa films. Also a scene of David with his Manhattan "Scenesters" is shown.
      • Three dancers are shown dancing in front of Mario with a monkey.
      • Allen Ginsberg's appearance at the "Medium Convention" was origanlly much longer and featured him performing one of his monologues.
      • Some shots of Paul America in a car, picking up and dropping off Baby Jane Holzer at the heloport, he gets angry and takes off in the car and isn't seen again for a few years.
      • The only existing footage of the interior of famed Max's Kansas City was found among the reels and is featured here.
      • Some beautiful black and white footage of women in the cotumes/dresses of the Silver Sixties are shown at night in the cold fog.
      • Missing color footage included: A shot of Edie falling over while dancing in front of Butch, she spills the cup of vodka she is drinking on the mattress at the bottom of the pool.
    • Connections
      Featured in Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990)

    User reviews23

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    6/10

    it's odd! it's creepy! but somehow, it's kinda cool.

    I've seen this video a couple of times, and I've seen parts of it many times and it always gets my attention. There's something oddly hip about it, even today. Maybe it's living in an empty swimming pool or just wasting the days sleeping that appeals to me, or maybe it's seeing a topless girl with a nice body seem entirely unglamorous, or is it just the kooky narration?... but there's a fresh insanity about this that makes it worth watching. I don't know, but anyway, I dig it .
    • TIALI
    • Jan 20, 1999
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    • Release date
      • July 18, 1974 (West Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Ciao! Manhattan
    • Filming locations
      • Tannersville, Pennsylvania, USA(Exterior: Kinsley's Market)
    • Production companies
      • Court Pictures
      • Maron Films
      • Sugarloaf Films Inc.
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 24 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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