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Release Date:
12 May 2000 (Norway) more
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A Sex Pistols film - uncut, unseen, unbelievable.
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A film about the career of the notorious punk rock band, the Sex Pistols. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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Paul Cook ... Himself
Steve Jones ... Himself
John Lydon ... Himself (as Johnny Rotten)
Glen Matlock ... Himself
Sid Vicious ... Himself (archive footage)
Malcolm McLaren ... Himself
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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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108 min
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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. more
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Features "The Benny Hill Show" (1969) more
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12 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
"God save the Queen...she ain't no human being.", 31 August 2001
Author: Mika Pykäläaho (bygis80@hotmail.com) from Järvenpää, Finland

This is by far one of the very best rock-documentaries I've ever seen. It uncovers the eventful story of The Sex Pistols. The notorious band was active merely about 2 years of time and they recorded only one album, famous classic "Never mind the bollocks, here's The Sex Pistols". In a highly small period of time they shake the social system and left their footprints in a rock history.

I'm not sure if this is a matter of opinion but obviously no-one can seriously claim that The Sex Pistols was musically an extremely skillful band full of talented blokes because it simply wasn't like that. The Sex Pistols is much more interesting as a phenomenon. Sid Vicious was a terrible bassist, (it's also said in "The Filth and the fury") Johnny Rotten was a rotten singer who was mostly brawling on the stage and their music was simple, harsh and noisy.

Music is irrelevant because they never tried to sound nice, it's the lyrics and the attitude that counts. After this documentary at the latest you'll find out how obvious it is that without The Sex Pistols there would have never been the whole culture known as "punk". This is a chance to see their story as told by the band themselves. If you don't like 'em, you can still find "The Filth and the fury" interesting. It isn't only a documentary about the band, it's a close look at England in the late 70's.

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