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Release Date:
12 May 2000 (Norway)
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Tagline:
A Sex Pistols film - uncut, unseen, unbelievable.
Plot:
A film about the career of the notorious punk rock band, the Sex Pistols. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins
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NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Julien Temple really gets the Kinks
(From The Guardian - Film News. 9 December 2009, 6:29 AM, PST)
Temple, Schwizgebel & Tscherkassky for Cork Fest
(From IFTN. 14 October 2009, 7:29 AM, PDT)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 9 December 2009, 6:29 AM, PST)
Temple, Schwizgebel & Tscherkassky for Cork Fest
(From IFTN. 14 October 2009, 7:29 AM, PDT)
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Revisit Anarchy in the UK
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Paul Cook | ... | Himself |
| Steve Jones | ... | Himself |
| John Lydon | ... | Himself (as Johnny Rotten) |
| Glen Matlock | ... | Himself |
| Sid Vicious | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Malcolm McLaren | ... | Himself |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | David Bowie | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Alice Cooper | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Stewart Copeland | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Ronnie Corbett | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Bryan Ferry | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Stephen Fisher | ... | Himself (Sex Pistols' lawyer) (archive footage) |
| Bill Grundy | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Eric Hall | ... | Himself (as Eric 'Monster' Hall) |
| Benny Hill | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Billy Idol | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| David Johansen | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Jordan | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Nick Kent | ... | Himself (music journalist) (archive footage) |
| Shane MacGowan | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Freddie Mercury | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| New York Dolls | ... | Themselves (archive footage) |
 | Laurence Olivier | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Queen Elizabeth II | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Roxy Music | ... | Themselves (archive footage) |
| Steven Severin | ... | Himself (as Siouxsie and the Banshees) |
| Siouxsie Sioux | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
| Nancy Spungen | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
 | Rod Stewart | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
 | Sting | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Andy Summers | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Johnny Thunders | ... | Himself (archive footage) |
| Helen Wellington-Lloyd | ... | Herself (archive footage) |
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Rated R for pervasive strong language, drugs and sexual content.
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Runtime:
108 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
USA:TV-MA (cable rating) |
Australia:MA |
France:U |
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:M |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Spain:18
Fun Stuff
Quotes:
John Lydon:
[remembering Sid Vicious] All's I can tell you is I could take on England, but I couldn't take on one heroin addict.
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References A Clockwork Orange (1971)
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Soundtrack:
God Save The Queen
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This film is a documentary about one of the most influential (certainly one of the most controversial) bands in music history: The Sex Pistols.
During their brief career, the Sex Pistols defined the genre of music called Punk Rock. The film details the situation in Britain at the end of the 1970s, where widespread dissatisfaction and alienation, combined with a very dull music scene, helped fuel the anger and craziness of Punk, which, according to John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten), gave a voice to people who previously didn't have a voice.
The film is a collection of present day interviews with the surviving members of the band (given in silhouette, for some reason), archive footage from concerts and TV appearances, vintage movie clips (notably Laurence Olivier as Richard the Third) and surreal animation.
The film mostly sidelines the Pistols' notoriously self-aggrandising manager Malcolm McLaran to concentrate on the band members themselves. The movie gives a good insight into an often quite disturbing world and a scene that was truly anarchic and exciting, whether you were a fan or not. There are also moments of genuine sadness, for example when Lydon talks about his friend, the late Sid Vicious.
This is recommended to anyone interested in popular music, or anyone who wants to see what real Punk was all about.