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Sid & Nancy

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Sid & Nancy (1986)

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Reviews Counted: 30

Fresh: 27

Rotten:3

Average Rating: 7.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Alex 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... Alex 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. 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. [More]

Starring: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, Drew Schofield, David Hayman

Starring: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, Drew Schofield, David Hayman, Courtney Love, Sy Richardson, Circle Jerks

Director: Alex Cox

Director: Alex Cox
Screenwriter: Alex Cox, Abbe Wool
Producer: Eric Fellner

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DVD Info

 
 
 
 
Release:

Dec 19, 2000

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Full Frame - 1.33
  • Letterboxed - 1.78
  • Single Side - Single Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Stereo - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical

Reviews for Sid & Nancy

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Despite the downward spiral of these two lives, the film never loses its drive or passion; it never wallows in the misery.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
07/07/08
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
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Like Sid, this is flawed but fascinating.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
04/28/08
Channel 4 Film
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Sid and Nancy is the definitive pic on the punk phenomenon.

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04/28/08
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A few too many moralistic foreshadowings, but most of the time Cox's situations and characters develop on their own eloquently entropic terms.

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04/28/08
Pat Graham
Chicago Reader
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Why then should anyone of sane disposition wish to see the film? Because it is still a love story, and a very touching one at that.

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06/24/06
Time Out
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Alex Cox's best film by far.

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01/06/06
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
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No review available.

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10/09/05
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily
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A kick-your-teeth-in salute to Punkdom's self-immolating First Couple.

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08/29/05
Rob Vaux
Flipside Movie Emporium
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No review available.

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07/04/05
Emanuel Levy
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06/29/05
Bob Grimm
Sacramento News & Review
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An amazing movie

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05/12/05
Clint Morris
Moviehole
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No review available.

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11/19/04
Robin Clifford
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No review available.

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03/27/04
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice
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No review available.

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02/28/04
Derek Smith
Apollo Guide
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The performances of Oldman and Webb, both stage-trained veterans, are simply astonishing.

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07/30/03
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06/11/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)
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It's not every film maker who credits special thanks to both Luis Bunuel and Dee Dee Ramone, but then Mr. Cox doesn't fit any recognizable mold.

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05/20/03
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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04/10/03
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
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A haunting love story about a mutually self-destructive and harrowing pair.

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03/10/03
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle
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Eccentric and brilliant biopic.

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11/05/02
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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