SID AND NANCY

UK, 1986, COLOR, DCP, 112', ENGLISH

On the night of September 12, 1978 at the legendary Chelsea Hotel, Nancy Spungen was stabbed to death, possibly by her lover, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious. Alex Cox returns to the legendary punk era, casts a staggering Gary Oldman as the lead (with an equally awesome Chloe Webb by his side) and transcribes in full volume the mythology of "live fast, die young" into a poisonous romance of abuse and excess. Almost forty years after its premiere, “Sid and Nancy” ranks suitably among the best films ever made about music, established its young protagonist as a rising talent and future star, and continues to enthrall with its raucousness and energy.

DIRECTOR: Alex Cox
SCREENWRITERS: Alex Cox, Abbe Wool
DoP: Roger Deakins
MUSIC: Dan Wool
EDITOR: David Martin
PRINCIPAL CAST: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman

ALEX COX
English director, screenwriter and author, born in 1954. He studied Film at the University of Bristol and completed postgraduate studies at UCLA on a Fulbright scholarship. His early success with “Repo Man” and “Sid and Nancy” was followed by a clash with the studios. He has taught Screenwriting and Production at the University of Colorado.
 
FILMOGRAPHY ( SELECTED)
2007 Searchers 2.0
2001 Revengers Tragedy
1998 Three Businessmen
1996 The Winner
1996 Death and the Compass
1992 El Patrullero
1987 Straight to Hell
1986 Sid & Nancy
1984 Repo Man