Product Information
The disturbing true story of Sid Vicious of the punk band 'The Sex Pistols', and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. Together they form a self-destructive relationship which leads them both to an early and violent death.Product Identifiers
ProducerEric Fellner
EAN5060021171337
eBay Product ID (ePID)3948051
Product Key Features
ActorGary Oldman, Chloe Webb, Kathy Burke, Courtney Love
Film/TV TitleSid and Nancy
DirectorAlex Cox
LanguageEnglish
Run Time109 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2001
FormatDVD
FeaturesAlex Cox Interview\Directors Commentary\Exclusive 64 Page Companion Book, Widescreen
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate18
Music PerformerPray for Rain, Joe Strummer, Pogues
Additional InformationAlex Cox's riveting biopic tells the bleak, heroin-drenched story of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his disturbed American girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. Gary Oldman delivers a bravura performance as Sid, matched by Chloe Webb's grating, clearly unhinged Nancy. The two lovers' childlike tenderness with each other contrasts sharply with their bleak, violent nihilism, and while the script implies that Nancy's death was accidental, the line between intention and accident is deliberately blurred. By turns romantic and horrific, SID & NANCY is often grueling to watch, but always compelling.<BR>This followup to Cox's cult hit REPO MAN was another critical success, showing that the director was as comfortable with reality-based material as with the satirical fantasy of his first feature. His romantic vision draws us in while throwing us back in time to London and New York at the inception of the drug-laden British punk era. The film's dreamlike style and a hypnotic score dramatize the schism between Sid and Nancy's world and the world around them--and the inevitable horror when those worlds collide.
ReviewsPremiere - "...A true romance..." - Recommended, New York Times - ...A sordid, intentionally ugly and sometimes unexpectedly beautiful film....Played vividly by [Oldman and Webb]..., Entertainment Weekly - "...One of the most original films of the '80s, an unlikely mix of black comedy and realistic tragedy..." -- Rating: A, Film Comment - ...Ghastly but funny...
ScreenwriterAbbe Wool, Alex Cox
Sound sourceDolby Digital 2.0
Movie/TV TitleSid And Nancy
Director of PhotographyRoger Deakins