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Release Date:
7 November 1986 (USA)
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Tagline:
Love kills
Plot:
Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen...
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Plot Keywords:
Sex
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Sex Pistols
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Sid Vicious
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Nancy Spungen
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Band
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Awards:
Nominated for BAFTA Film Award.
Another 4 wins
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please read the book, too...
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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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Also Known As:
Sid and Nancy: Love Kills
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112 min | Australia:110 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
Portugal:M/16 |
Australia:R |
Finland:K-18 |
France:-12 |
Netherlands:16 |
Norway:18 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
Canada:R |
Canada:13+ (Quebec)
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'Tim Roth' turned down the role of Johnny Rotten (John Lydon) as he felt the film depicted history that was too recent.
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Factual errors: In one of the early pub scenes, the opening band for the Pistols is supposedly X-ray Spex, belting out one of their best-known hits: "Oh, Bondage, Up Yours!" However, the lead singer Poly Styrene is depicted as rail thin, with long straight hair and no braces on her teeth; most surprisingly, she is portrayed as being white. In real life, Poly (Marion Eliott) is of Anglo-Somali parentage; and in 1977 she was not model thin, plus she had short curly hair and braces. Also during this scene the lyrics "Oh Bondage Up Yours" are being incorrectly sung as "Oh Mondays No More"
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Quotes:
Nancy:
Who's Dick Dent?
Brenda Winczor: He's just some wanky journalist who don't appreciate The Sex Pistols.
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Brenda Winczor: He's just some wanky journalist who don't appreciate The Sex Pistols.
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Movie Connections:
References A Clockwork Orange (1971)
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Soundtrack:
Junk
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The book was entitled "And I don't want to live this life". It is primarily about Nancy Spungen, prior to meeting Sid Vicious, disenfranchised, bored young people; Vicious is more from the wrong side of the tracks. Spungen's biography describes how she had attended the University of Colorado, tried to make something of her life, then met Vicious, and transiently lived in London for awhile.
While the movie was good, it tends to glamorize the rebel ideals (just a bit) There is really no glamor in dying of an OD at the Chelsea Hotel. Chloe Webb and Gary Oldman are believable (for some odd reason I imagined Coutney Love in this role).
If you are really interested in the story without glamorized visuals read the book.You will get several perspectives from the family. It is not a moral majority issue, but does open one's horizons to the fact that actions had consequences, in this story. 8/10.