D.O.A. (1980)

Director:

Lech Kowalski

Writers:

Lech Kowalski (writer)
Chris Salewicz (writer)

Genre:

Documentary | Music

Plot:

Documentary chronicaling the rise and fall of the punk movement with rare interview footage of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen...

Plot Keywords:

Entire Title Is Capitalized Acronym | Historical | Riot | Drugs | Musician

Cast

Stiv Bators	...	Himself (as The Dead Boys)
Terry Chimes	...	Himself (as The Clash)
The Clash	...	Themselves
Paul Cook	...	Himself : The Sex Pistols
The Dead Boys	...	Themselves
Generation X	...	Themselves
Jonathan Guinness	...	Himself
Topper Headon	...	Himself (as The Clash)
Billy Idol	...	Himself (as Generation X)
Tony James	...	Himself (as Generation X)
Mick Jones	...	Himself (as The Clash)
Steve Jones	...	Himself : The Sex Pistols
John Lydon	...	Himself (as Johnny Rotten)
Glen Matlock	...	Himself : The Rich Kids
Gene October	...	Himself (as Generation X)
Augustus Pablo	...	Himself
Bernard Brooke Partridge	...	Himself - Council Member
Rich Kids	...	Themselves
Heidi Robinson	...	Herself - Tour Manager
The Sex Pistols	...	Themselves
Sham 69	...	Themselves
Paul Simonon	...	Himself (as The Clash)
Nancy Spungen	...	Herself
Joe Strummer	...	Himself (as The Clash)
Terry Sylvester	...	Himself
Terry and the Idiots	...	Themselves
Sid Vicious	...	Himself
Mary Whitehouse	...	Herself - Anti-Smut Crusader
X-Ray Spex	...	Themselves

Runtime:

USA:90 min | Canada:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Trivia:

Filmed in 1978.

Movie Connections:

References "Kojak" (1973)

Soundtrack:

E.M.I.

16mm of rawness....

FINALLY had a chance to see this raw, indy piece of work. As a punk snob from the era it refreshing to hear the original brit punks that slogged it out for obscure cult status and to be on about a zillion punk compilations, but w/ little else to show for it. Fans of Green Day, Rancid or whatever $$$-making outfit should bow their heads to these folks that would have loved the glory and cash but it was not to be.

A good non-obtrusive film that lets music speak for itself (albeit somewhat out of sync). It was a pleasure to see and hear COMPLETE songs as so many documentaries show perhaps a minute of a song and go back to commentary, etc.

Covers the Sex Pistols tour rather well, both on stage and crowd reaction. About 10 songs in all from the early '78 tour.

Sid and Nancy are there for real and are anything but the shapely, stylish Chloe Webb and Gary Oldman from "Sid and Nancy" from Alex Cox. Rather wrenching to sit through it all.

A tragic highlight was suffering through working-class yob Terry Sylvestre and his 'Terry and the Idiots' outfit that bomb heavily at the local pub.

If you want a double feature, pick up "Decline of Western Civilization" - a bit more polished, but pretty damn raw and worth it for the Fear concert footage.