''Beautiful Darling: The Life and Times of Candy Darling, Andy Warhol Superstar'' is a 2010 feature-length

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about Candy Darling, pioneering

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, actress and Andy Warhol superstar. The film was written and directed by James Rasin and features

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as "the voice of Candy Darling", reading from Candy's private diaries and letters. Patton Oswalt voices

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and

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. It also features interviews with

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regulars such as Paul Morrissey, Vincent Fremont, Bob Colacello, Gerard Malanga,

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, George Abagnalo, and Fran Lebowitz as well as an archival interview with playwright Tennessee Williams. Louis Durra composed the score.

Film festival history

''Beautiful Darling'' had its world premiere as an official selection of the 60th Berlin International Film Festival in February 2010. The film's United States premiere took place in April, 2010 in New York City as an official selection of the 39th New Directors/New Films Festival, a co-presentation of The Museum of Modern Art and the

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. On October 23, 2010, it won the Gold Hugo award for Best Documentary at the 46th

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. It also won Best Film at the Montenegro International Documentary Film Festival (UnderhillFest). In all, ''Beautiful Darling'' was an official selection of over thirty international film festivals, including the

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, the Vienna International Film Festival, the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, and the

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. It was also given special screenings at the Hirshhorn Museum at the

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and The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., The Museum of Modern Art in New York City,

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in Pittsburgh, and the

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in Minneapolis. 2010-11-04-Beautiful-Darling-Hirshhorn

Release

Distributed by Corinth Films, ''Beautiful Darling'' opened at the IFC Center cinemas in New York City on April 22, 2011. Due to its critical and box office success, the film's one week run at the IFC was extended for a month, and the film then played in other selected cities around the country including Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. In February 2012, Corinth Films released the official DVD of the film.

References

External links

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Corinth Films Official ''Beautiful Darling'' release page
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Amy Taubin review in ''Art Forum''Hilton Als review in ''The New Yorker''
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