Sid & Nancy Movie Review 1986

The tragic, brutal, true love story of The Sex Pistols' Sid Vicious and American groupie Nancy Spungen, from the director of "Repo Man." Remarkable lead performances in a very dark story that manages to be funny at times. Depressing but engrossing; no appreciation of punk music or sympathy for the self-destructive way of life is required. Oldman and Webb are superb. Music by Joe Strummer, the Pogues, and Pray for Rain.

Distribution

New Line Home Video, 116 N. Robertson Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (310)854-5811, Fax: (310)854-1824, URL: http://www.newline.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 111 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Punk Rock, Biopics: Musicians, True Stories, Rock Flicks

Screenplay

Alex Cox, Abbe Wool

Cast

Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, Debbie Bishop, David Hayman, Andrew Schofield, Tony London, Xander Berkeley, Biff Yeager, Courtney Love, Iggy Pop

Cinematography

Roger Deakins

Director

Alex Cox

Music

The Pogues, Pray for Rain, Joe Strummer

Producer

Zenith Productions, Initial Pictures, Eric Fellner

Awards

Natl. Soc. Film Critics 1986: Actress (Webb).