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When ANDY WARHOL died earlier this year, he was probably the most famous artist in the world. He was the classic American - rags to riches story. He was born in the industrial slums of Pittsburgh. A child of Czech immigrants. He grew up dreaming of Hollywood stars and eventually became a star himself, famous for his Pop Art with his Campbell soup can, being one of the movement's most enduring images. His bizarre underground films, and for being the celebrity, who, for twenty years, attended every party in town. Warhol has often been dismissed as a con-man, but the case for the defence argues, behind the apparent simplicity of his work lies an acute understanding of mass culture. He was the man who climbed aboard the American Dream and sold it back to us. Tonight's film is a celebration of the life and work of Andy Warhol. It shows him performing for the media in interviews ranging over 25 years and talks to many of his closest associates and superstars, building a portrait of one of the most enigmatic personalities of our time.

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