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Beautiful Darling, a documentary film, pays tribute to the short but influential life of an extraordinary person -- the actress Candy Darling, born James Slattery in a Long Island suburb in 1944. Drawn to the feminine from childhood, by the mid-Sixties James had become Candy, a gorgeous, blonde aspiring actress and well-known downtown New York figure. Candy's career took her through the raucous and revolutionary Off-off-Broadway theater scene and into Andy Warhol's legendary Factory. There she became close to Warhol and starred in two Factory movies that still shock and amuse today: Flesh and Women in Revolt. Candy used her Warhol fame to land further film roles, and her admirer Tennessee Williams cast her in his play Small Craft Warnings. She dreamed of becoming a Hollywood star, but tragically died of lymphoma in the early Seventies, at only twenty-nine. Candy's beauty, humor, and early death, the guts it took to live as a woman, the glamorous parties and the famous friends -- most of all the strength of will she demonstrated in her remarkable act of self-creation -- moved those who knew her in her lifetime and continue to gather fans today. It's a story of wild, creative times and of audacious people, but one that has a theme inspiring for anyone, anywhere: whatever the obstacles, be true to yourself. The film will use both current and vintage interviews, as well as vintage footage of Candy and friends. Interviews are still being conducted, and if you knew Candy, known as James Slattery while growing up on Long Island, please contact Jeremiah Newton at newton@beautifuldarling.com. The producers are especially interested in reminiscences or souvenirs of Candy's early years.
Production: Director: James Rasin James Rasin is a New York City writer and filmmaker. His short film (with Jerome Poynton) The Burning Ghat, starring Beat writer Herbert Huncke, was screened at the Venice Biennale, and won the Gold Plaque at the Chicago International Film Festival. His short documentary, Gregory Corso Reads From the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, also with Jerome Poynton, was included in the Whitney Museum's "Beat Culture and the New America", and was also in the Venice Biennale. Rasin has written several screenplays, including co-writing Somebody's Sins, about the lives of Robert Mapplethorpe and Patti Smith. He has also written, directed and produced Off-off-Broadway theater.
Producer: Gill Holland Spirit Award-nominee Producer of the Year Gill Holland, of The Group Entertainment, has been involved in the production of over sixty films, including Loggerheads (Sundance '05), Spirit Award-winner Sweet Land, multiple award-winner Spring Forward, comedy The Adventures of Power and documentary FLOW: For Love of Water (both Sundance '08). In 1997 Holland produced Hurricane, written and directed by Morgan Freeman, which was the first feature to win three awards at Sundance. Visit The Group Entertainment here.
Producer: Jeremiah Newton Jeremiah Newton was a close friend of Candy Darling and is the executor of her estate. He co-edited (with Francesca Passalacqua and D.E. Hardy) the book My Face for the World to See: The Diaries, Letters, and Drawings of Candy Darling (Hardy Marks Publications, 1997), and wrote additional material for Mary Harron's film I Shot Andy Warhol ('96). A former president of the STONEWALL Veterans' Association, he works as Film & TV Industry Liaison at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Newton also acts as an executive producer of Beautiful Darling.
Co-Producer: Carly Hugo Co-Producer: Cymbre Walk Associate Producer: Meg Newman
Executive Producer: Paul Morrissey Paul Morrissey has had a prominent history in independent film for over forty years. He worked with Andy Warhol between 1965 and 1975, directing Candy Darling in Flesh ('68) and Women in Revolt ('71), as well as directing landmarks such as Chelsea Girls ('66), Lonesome Cowboys ('68), Trash ('70), Heat ('72), and, most recently, Veruschka: A Life for the Camera (Venice Fim Festival '05). Visit Paul Morrissey's own website here.
Executive Producer: Michael Newman Michael Newman knew Candy Darling as a child growing up on Long Island; they were neighbors, and his mother, Lorraine Newman, hired Candy (then still known as Jimmy) as a hairdresser in her salon.
Director of Photography: Martina Radwan Editor: Zachary Stuart-Pontier
For a complete list of credits, visit Beautiful Darling on IMDb.com. |
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