LONDON, March 8 /PRNewswire/ --

    
                               Tuesday, 13th March
                                       at
                              Vue Leicester Square
                Doors Open: 6.15pm. Film starts: 7.00pm. (approx)

                                  Attended by:

                                  Sienna Miller
                                        &
                         George Hickenlooper (Director)

Other guests include: Richard Armitage, Eva Birthistle, Rob Brydon, Lily Cole, Dominic Cooper, Jamie Daman, Bay Garnett, Peaches Geldof, Pixie Geldof, Tom Hardy, Rachel Hurd Wood, Kira Joliffe, Alex Shulman, Landi Swanpoel, Amelia Troubridge. Francesca Versace, Vivienne Westwood, Matthew Williamson:

Factory girl imaginatively unfolds the comet-like rise and fall of Edie Sedgwick, the blazing superstar who became a quintessential icon of American pop culture. Sedgwick appeared to be an American princess, with her blue blood and her family money, not to mention her beauty, talent and charisma. But when she met up with counter-culture anti-hero Andy Warhol, everything changed. Suddenly, Edie found herself at the center of a revolutionary artistic universe bursting with sex, drugs, style and rock 'n' roll - and a mad rush for fame and fabulousness that was destined to spin out of control.

Arriving into the chaos of mid-60s New York, Edie (Sienna Miller) meets Andy (Guy Pearce) who sees in her untamed vulnerability the makings of an irresistible muse. Andy invites Edie into the wild world of the Factory, a former downtown hat factory he has transformed into a bohemian, creative paradise. Here, a rag-tag mix of musicians, poets, artists, actors and misfits gather to create art and make underground movies during the day and throw glam parties all night long. Edie quickly ascends to become the star of Warhol's movies, an idol at the Factory and a media darling. She is on top of the world when she falls in love with a larger-than-life rock star (Hayden Christensen). But when Edie becomes caught between Warhol's world of sexy surfaces and her new love, she winds up rejected by both - and once again, set adrift in the modern world.

Sienna Miller (Casanova, Alfie, Layer Cake) stars as Edie Sedgwick, with Guy Pearce (Memento, The Proposition) starring as Andy Warhol. Factory Girl also features a stellar support cast including Hayden Christensen (Star Wars Episode II & III) as Billy Quinn, Jimmy Fallon (Fever Pitch) as Chuck Wein, and Mena Suvari (American Beauty) as Richie Berlin.

Directed by George Hickenlooper (The Man From Elysian Fields), and produced by Holly Wiersma (Bobby, Lonely Hearts) and Malcolm Petal (The Last Time, Lonely Hearts). Bob and Harvey Weinstein are executive producers.

Factory Girl is distributed by Paramount Pictures UK & The Weinstein Company and will open across the UK & Ireland on Friday, 16th March.

Source: Paramount Pictures (UK)