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Sid & Nancy

Plot

Punk rock's first great embodiment of the motto "live fast and die young," Sid Vicious joined The Sex Pistols when they were already established as the most controversial rock band in British history; and it soon became apparent that he couldn't play his instrument, had a magnetic attraction to chaos, and possessed a dangerous thirst for booze, drugs, and violence. Sid & Nancy opens shortly after Sid (Gary Oldman) joined the band, when he meets an obnoxious American punk groupie named Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb). Nancy claims that she can get drugs, and Sid naively gives her his money. Nancy doesn't show up with the goods, but when Sid runs into her a few days later, she has a tall tale about getting ripped off - and Sid sympathizes with her. Before long, Sid and Nancy have fallen in love, and while they argue with uncommon vehemence, they also depend completely on each other. When The Sex Pistols break up, Sid has few prospects and an increasingly voracious appetite for heroin, and Nancy's attempts to "manage" his career only hasten his downhill slide. Former Clash leader Joe Strummer wrote the film's theme song, "Love Kills," and The Pogues, The Circle Jerks, and Pray for Rain contributed to the soundtrack. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Review

Sid & Nancy is less about drugs and punk rock than about a relationship. As directed by Alex Cox and enacted by Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb in performances so detailed that they're often difficult to watch, it becomes a heart-wrenching story about two people whose love is doomed from the start -- and who probably wouldn't want it any other way. The screenplay by Alex Cox and Abbe Wool is fairly accurate to the historical facts, although Jon Savage's book England's Dreaming tells the full story of The Sex Pistols with greater clarity and detail. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Cast

Gary Oldman - Sid Vicious
Chloe Webb - Nancy Spungen
David Hayman - Malcolm McLaren
Andrew Schofield - Johnny Rotten
Debby Bishop - Phoebe

Tony London - Steve; Jude Alderson - Ma Vicious; Sandy Baron - Hotelier; Tricia Bartholome - Mary Jane; Perry Benson - Paul; Xander Berkeley - Bowery Snax; Niven Boyd - Rock Head's Trainer; Andrew Bradford - Dick Bent; Graham Fletcher-Cook - Wally Hairstyle; Alexander Folk - Riker's Guard; Stuart H. Fox - Rock Head; Fox Harris - Old Stain; John M. Jackson - Lance Boyles, M.D; Anne Lambton - Linda; Gloria Le Roy - Granma Spungen; Pete Lee-Wilson - Duke Bowman; Courtney Love - Gretchen; Jeanne McCarthy - Trell; Mark Monero - Jah Clive; Ed Pansullo - Detective; Edward Tudor-Pole - Hotelier (UK); Iggy Pop - Prospective Guest; Sy Richardson - Methadone Caseworker; Miguel Sandoval - Record Company Executive; Milton Selzer - Granpa Spungen; John Snyder - Vito; Sara Sugarman - Abby; Patti Tippo - Tanned and Sultry Blonde; Tenpole Tudor - Receptionist; Michele Winstanley - Olive McBollocks; Biff Yeager - Detective; Bob Ellis - Fireman; Peter McCarthy - Hugh Kares; Coati Mundi - Desk Clerk; Dick Rude - Riker's Guard; Dan Wul - Guitarist; Barbara Coles - Reporter; Desiree Erasmus - Mrs. Hugh Kares; Vincent J. Isaac - Detective; Bradley Lieberman - Chipper; Ron Moseley, Jr. - Wax Max; Raymond Rosario - ABC Kid; James Snell - Edward; Kathy Burke - Brenda Winczor; Keith Morris - Riker's Junky

Credit

Lynda Burbank - Art Director, J. Rae Fox - Art Director, Peter McCarthy - Co-producer, Cathy Cook - Costume Designer, Catherine Cooke - Costume Designer, Theda Deramus - Costume Designer, Pam Tait - Costume Designer, Alex Cox - Director, Dave Martin - Editor, Pray for Rain - Composer (Music Score), Joe Strummer - Composer (Music Score), the Pogues - Composer (Music Score), Glen Matlock - Songwriter, Shane McGowan - Songwriter, Joe Strummer - Songwriter, Dan Wul - Songwriter, Peter Frampton - Makeup, Andrew McAlpine - Production Designer, Roger Deakins - Cinematographer, Eric Fellner - Producer, Abbe Wool - Producer, Peter Glossop - Sound/Sound Designer, Alex Cox - Screenwriter, Abbe Wool - Screenwriter

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