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Overview

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Director:

Alex Cox

Writers:

Alex Cox (screenplay) and
Abbe Wool (screenplay)

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Release Date:

7 November 1986 (USA) more

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Music more

Tagline:

Love kills

Plot:

Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen... more | full synopsis

Awards:

Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 4 wins more

User Comments:

Sid and Nancy (1986) , honest look at self destruction. more (102 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Gary Oldman ... Sid Vicious
Chloe Webb ... Nancy Spungen
David Hayman ... Malcolm
Debby Bishop ... Phoebe
Andrew Schofield ... John

Xander Berkeley ... Bowery Snax

Perry Benson ... Paul
Tony London ... Steve
Sandy Baron ... Hotelier - U.S.A.

Sy Richardson ... Methadone Caseworker
Edward Tudor-Pole ... Hotelier - U.K.

Biff Yeager ... Detective

Courtney Love ... Gretchen
Rusty Blitz ... Reporter
John Spaceley ... Chelsea Resident
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Sid and Nancy: Love Kills
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Runtime:

112 min | Australia:110 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Dolby


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

One of the film's trailers was refused certification by the British Board of Film Classification more

Goofs:

Continuity: Nancy's neck is bare when she is hanging out of the window at the fancy hotel, but is wearing a dog collar in the subsequent scene on the roof. more

Quotes:

Nancy: I don't think that Johnny likes me.
Sid: He doesn't like anybody. He's a fool.
Nancy: You like me, don't you?
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Gilmore Girls: Nick & Nora/Sid & Nancy (#2.5)" (2001) more

Soundtrack:

Ambient Drone more


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Sid and Nancy (1986) , honest look at self destruction., 4 March 2008
8/10
Author: JohnRouseMerriottChard from United Kingdom

Finally upgraded from VHS to the special edition DVD of this Alex Cox film about the ill fated Sid Vicious & his honey Nancy Spungen.

Watched it twice in fact , just had to hear the commentary from Cox because he is a director who I admire for trying to tap into the conscious of the subject he tackles.

As an old punk myself it would be easy for me to be biased and lean with a nostalgic slant with the film, but truth is this film doesn't glamorise the duo because they are portrayed as the pathetic self destructive couple they were. The film perfectly captures the time frame of what is indisputably the music and cultural phenomenon known as Punk Rock, the only blight on this great piece of work is the ending, which as Cox agrees is far too romanticised after the harshness the viewer has just sat thru. Yet this film ranks as one of the most honest and frank music biography movies out on the market, and I urge anyone who stays away from it because of an aversion to Punk and it's offshoots to seek it out ASAP.

The acting from Gary Oldman & Chloe Webb is nothing short of amazing, the photography from Roger Deakins is very impressive......

...witness a scene as Vicious leaves a New Jersey prison and walks across a deserted scrap heap with New York prominent in the background, the twin towers cloaked in cloud . The direction is smart, funny, and handled perfectly {till that ending }, and the music arrangement is done adroitly by all involved, but I have to say that viewing it now and hearing Joe Strummer sing Love Kills at the closing credits gives me an added emotional kicker {SO YES A LITTLE BIAS HERE FROM ME }.

8/10

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