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Chelsea Girls (1966) More at IMDbPro »

• The film was rejected for a UK cinema certificate in 1967 by the BBFC.
  
  
• Mary Woronov's mother, on seeing the film, sued Andy Warhol, as she had not signed a release allowing Warhol to use footage of her in the film. Warhol then paid the actors $1000 each for their releases.
  
  
• Originally created as a six-hour film, Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey decided to screen the pieces of the film in pairs. Projectionists were allowed to choose how to combine the films and which sound tracks to run or turn off.
  
  
• Shown as an "underground" movie at 41st Street Basement Cinémathéque, New York.
  
  
• Made history by becoming the first "underground" film to be shown in a mainstream cinema. In a limited run at New York's Cinema Rendezvous from December 1st 1966.
  
  

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