Sid & Nancy

Theatrical Release Date: 1986 10 17 (USA)

UPC: 027616089915

Studio: MGM

MPAA Rating: R   Contains:[Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity, Substance Abuse]

Summary: Punk rock's first great embodiment of the motto "live fast and die young," Sid Vicious joined The Sex Pistols when they were already established as the most controversial rock band in British history; and it soon became apparent that he couldn't play his instrument, had a magnetic attraction to chaos, and possessed a dangerous thirst for booze, drugs, and violence. Sid & Nancy opens shortly after Sid (Gary Oldman) joined the band, when he meets an obnoxious American punk groupie named Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb). Nancy claims that she can get drugs, and Sid naively gives her his money. Nancy doesn't show up with the goods, but when Sid runs into her a few days later, she has a tall tale about getting ripped off - and Sid sympathizes with her. Before long, Sid and Nancy have fallen in love, and while they argue with uncommon vehemence, they also depend completely on each other. When The Sex Pistols break up, Sid has few prospects and an increasingly voracious appetite for heroin, and Nancy's attempts to "manage" his career only hasten his downhill slide. Former Clash leader Joe Strummer wrote the film's theme song, "Love Kills," and The Pogues, The Circle Jerks, and Pray for Rain contributed to the soundtrack. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Critics Award – São Paulo International Film Festival Best Actress – National Society of Film Critics

Sid & Nancy

Release Date: 01/01/1899

Runtime: 112 Minutes

Mark Deming

Sid & Nancy is less about drugs and punk rock than about a relationship. As directed by Alex Cox and enacted by Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb in performances so detailed that they're often difficult to watch, it becomes a heart-wrenching story about two people whose love is doomed from the start -- and who probably wouldn't want it any other way. The screenplay by Alex Cox and Abbe Wool is fairly accurate to the historical facts, although Jon Savage's book England's Dreaming tells the full story of The Sex Pistols with greater clarity and detail. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Andrew Bradford  Actor 
Pete Lee-Wilson  Actor 
Iggy Pop  Actor 
Dan Wul  Actor 
James Snell  Actor 
Anne Lambton  Actor 
Ed Pansullo  Actor 
Patti Tippo  Actor 
Coati Mundi  Actor 
Raymond Rosario  Actor 
Perry Benson  Actor 
Fox Harris  Actor 
Mark Monero  Actor 
John Snyder  Actor 
Bradley Lieberman  Actor 
Sandy Baron  Actor 
Alexander Folk  Actor 
Courtney Love  Actor 
Miguel Sandoval  Actor 
Biff Yeager  Actor 
Desiree Erasmus  Actor 
Keith Morris  Actor 
Jude Alderson  Actor 
Graham Fletcher-Cook  Actor 
Sy Richardson  Actor 
Michele Winstanley  Actor 
Barbara Coles  Actor 
Kathy Burke  Actor 
Niven Boyd  Actor 
Gloria Le Roy  Actor 
Edward Tudor-Pole  Actor 
Tenpole Tudor  Actor 
Dick Rude  Actor 
Tricia Bartholome  Actor 
Stuart H. Fox  Actor 
Jeanne McCarthy  Actor 
Milton Selzer  Actor 
Bob Ellis  Actor 
Vincent J. Isaac  Actor 
Xander Berkeley  Actor 
John M. Jackson  Actor 
Sara Sugarman  Actor 
Peter McCarthy  Actor 
Ron Moseley, Jr.  Actor 
Alex Cox  Director 
Alex Cox  Screenwriter 
Eric Fellner  Producer 
Pray for Rain  Composer (Music Score) 
Joe Strummer  Composer (Music Score) 
Abbe Wool  Producer 
Abbe Wool  Screenwriter 
the Pogues  Composer (Music Score) 
Gary Oldman  Actor 
Chloe Webb  Actor 
David Hayman  Actor 
Andrew Schofield  Actor 
Debby Bishop  Actor 
Tony London  Actor 

Country: UK