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A Balasaur Score of 74 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 87%, Metacritic 76/100. Scores higher than 79% of the 1,317 1980s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental bassist Sid Vicious is forced by his band mates to travel without his troubled girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, who will meet him in New York. When the band breaks up and Sid begins his solo career in a hostile city, the turbulent couple definitely falls into the depths of drug addiction.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic76/100
588 audience votes
Key crew
- Alex CoxDirector
- Alex CoxScreenplay
- Abbe WoolScreenplay
- Dan WoolOriginal Music Composer
- Joe StrummerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gary OldmanSid Vicious
- Chloe WebbNancy Spungen
- David HaymanMalcolm McLaren
- Debby BishopPhoebe
- Andrew SchofieldJohnny Rotten
- Xander BerkeleyBowery Snax
- Perry BensonPaul
- Tony LondonSteve
- Sandy BaronHotelier USA
- Sy RichardsonMethadone Caseworker
- Edward Tudor-PoleHotelier UK
- Biff YeagerDetective
Stills
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Themes
1970sdrug addictionpunk rockbased on true storysex pistolsco-workers relationshippunk bandsid viciousmusic tourmusic managerchelsea hotelmusical acts
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