Country: UK
Year: 1986
Duration: 112'
The tragic love story between Sid Vicious, iconic bassist of the Sex Pistols, and Nancy Spungen, and American groupie. Their crazy love story started in London, when Sid’s band was on the forefront of the punk rebellion that was setting the United Kingdom ablaze. They instantly fall in love and become inseparable partners, also in their excesses. Like during the 1978 tour in the Unites States, which ended with the band breaking up. Sid and Nancy moved to New York, living like strays, doing heroin, and fighting frequently. During yet another fight, Sid stabs Nancy to death and overdoses shortly thereafter. [rm]
Biography
film director
Alex Cox
Alex Cox (Liverpool, UK, 1954) studied filmmaking at Bristol University and UCLA after dropping out of Oxford’s Law School. He made his first short, Sleep Is for Sissies, in 1980. Four years later, he directed his debut feature, Repo Man (1984), a sci-fi drama. His next movies, the western Straight to Hell (1986) and the biographic Sid & Nancy (1986) also contributed to forging his image as a cult director. He directed several more films, including Walker (1987), which competed at the Berlinale, The Winner (1996), Revengers Tragedy (2002), which was selected in Locarno, and Searchers 2.0 (2007), which was presented in the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
Repo Man (Repo Man - Il recuperatore, 1984), Straight to Hell (Dritti all’inferno, 1986), Sid & Nancy (Sid e Nancy, 1986), Walker (Walker - Una storia vera, 1987), El patrullero (1991), The Winner (Il vincitore, 1996), Three Businessmen (1998), Revengers Tragedy (2002), Searchers 2.0 (id., 2007), Repo Chick (2009), Straight to Hell Returns (2010), Bill the Galactic Hero (2014).
Declaration
film director
“We actually didn’t do much in the way of rehearsal prior to filming. […] We had a table reading of the script and then usually we’d rehearse as soon as we got to the set and take it from there. For the cast, [the greatest challenge] was to recreate their characters vividly and credibly, and for the crew it was to facilitate and record it, on a daily basis.”
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Alex Cox
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Alex Cox, Abbe Wool
fotografia/cinematography
Roger Deakins
montaggio/film editing
David Martin
scenografia/production design
Linda Burbank, J. Rae Fox, Andrew McAlpine
costumi/costume design
Catherine Cook
musica/music
Dan Wool
suono/sound
Scott Jacobs
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Gary Oldman (Sid Vicious), Chloe Webb (Nancy Spungen), David Hayman (Malcolm), Debby Bishop (Phoebe), Andrew Schoefield (John), Xander Berkeley (Bowery Snax), Perry Benson (Paul), Tony London (Steve)
produttore/producer
Ed Fellner
produzione/production
Initial Pictures, U.K. Productions Entity, Zenith Entertainment
coproduttore/coproducer
Peter McCarthy
Alex Cox
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Alex Cox, Abbe Wool
fotografia/cinematography
Roger Deakins
montaggio/film editing
David Martin
scenografia/production design
Linda Burbank, J. Rae Fox, Andrew McAlpine
costumi/costume design
Catherine Cook
musica/music
Dan Wool
suono/sound
Scott Jacobs
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Gary Oldman (Sid Vicious), Chloe Webb (Nancy Spungen), David Hayman (Malcolm), Debby Bishop (Phoebe), Andrew Schoefield (John), Xander Berkeley (Bowery Snax), Perry Benson (Paul), Tony London (Steve)
produttore/producer
Ed Fellner
produzione/production
Initial Pictures, U.K. Productions Entity, Zenith Entertainment
coproduttore/coproducer
Peter McCarthy
