Ciao Manhattan

Name: Ciao Manhattan
Duration: 1 h 24 min

1hr 24m

2.9/5 (809)

1hr 24m
2.9/5 (809)

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… More Details »

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

John Palmer, David Weisman

Producer:

Robert Margouleff

Writer:

Chuck Wein, Genevieve Charbin Cerf, Robert Benard

Release Date:

Apr 19, 1973

Runtime:

1hr 24m

Synopsis

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.

Cast

Edie Sedgwick
Wesley Hayes
Isabel Jewell
Jeff Briggs
Paul America
Tom Flye
Gabriel Lampa
Pat Hartley
Nell Bassett
Charlie Bacis

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2.9

RATINGS 25 FANS

2.9

Sep 26, 2019

Watched this on ambien

104 Likes

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Aug 10, 2021

Personally I find this very hard to watch, and rating it is extremely difficult for me. Perhaps if the main star wasn’t literally dying before our very eyes, it would have gotten a few stars more. But by itself it don’t find it to be particularly great, though the plot is…

77 Likes

Beth

Jun 7, 2015

Not pure cinema, but rather pure exploitation - of an utterly unaware subject. Somehow, nobody realized that the girl who lived on a waterbed at the deep end of an empty pool was slowly, painfully drowning herself in plain view. Maybe nobody cared. Maybe caring wasn't…

59 Likes

Sam Prime
Aug 7, 2022

If there is a God, Andy Warhol is in hell, being forced to watch this on loop. Great artist though. Worst vibes I’ve encountered in awhile. 4.9/10

46 Likes

Vincent Prince

Sep 14, 2021

the sheer audacity on the filmmakers' part to dedicate this movie to edie's memory when every frame with her in it drips with exploitation and disdain... all the thick eye liner, fur coats, and saccharine eulogies in the world can't cover up the malice at the heart of this…

43 Likes

lily

Oct 30, 2014

Have been wanting to see this since I read the Edie Sedgwick biography back in 1983, worth the wait. It is a mess, a fascinating, aggravating, stupid, profound and deeply disturbing mess. It is an amazing example of how art can (and in cinema especially, often must)…

39 Likes

Bill Baker
Oct 10, 2021

she’s dying on camera. exploitive beyond belief. i love her. sucks so bad :(

37 Likes

abby 🧃

Jun 11, 2026

this movie is completely incoherent, but maybe it's better that way, because the point it's attempting to make sucks

14 Likes

Lily Alexandre

Jan 25, 2024

hard watch. poor poor poor girl

28 Likes

Lady Dakota