Sid and Nancy
1986 · TMDB 6.7
Directed by Alex Cox
January 1978. After their success in England, the punk rock band Sex Pistols venture out on their tour of the southern United States. Temperamental bassist Sid Vicious is forced by his band mates to travel without his troubled girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, who will meet him in New York. When the band breaks up and Sid begins his solo career in a hostile city, the turbulent couple definitely falls into the depths of drug addiction.
Why it matters
Cox's raw, tender portrait of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen's final months, with Oldman and Webb at full incandescent throttle. The definitive punk love story, unflinching about the damage and the devotion.
From Love in the Ruins
- Runtime
- 114 min
- Released
- 1986-09-12
- Studio
- Initial Pictures
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 6.7
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Love in the Ruins
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Cox's raw, tender portrait of Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen's final months, with Oldman and Webb at full incandescent throttle. The definitive punk love story, unflinching about the damage and the devotion.
The Show Must Go On
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Alex Cox's raw portrait of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his turbulent relationship with Nancy Spungen, capturing the self-destructive edge of punk's rebellion.
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