Sid and Nancy

Name: Sid and Nancy
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 1986-09-12
Duration: 1 h 54 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Debby Bishop, Andrew Schofield

Love Kills.

Sid and Nancy (1986)

Timing: 1:54 (114 min)

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Release date

1986-09-12

Country

United Kingdom

Production

Initial Pictures, Zenith Entertainment

Genre

Drama, Romance

Budget

$4 000 000

Revenue

$2 826 523

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Director

Alex Cox

Actors

Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Debby Bishop, Andrew Schofield, Xander Berkeley, Perry Benson, Tony London, Sandy Baron, Sy Richardson
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Eric Fellner, Margaret Matheson, Scott Millaney

Operator

Roger Deakins

Composer

Joe Strummer

Artist

Andrew McAlpine, Lynda Burbank, J. Rae Fox

Audition

Victoria Thomas, Lucy Boulting

Editing

David Martin
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Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

The film's original title was "Love Kills".
In the film, Sid can be seen wearing a t-shirt with a sickle and hammer. In reality, Vicious wore a swastika t-shirt, but the film's censorship prohibited showing it.
Helena Bonham Carter was considered for the role of Nancy.
Sid Vicious's mother, Ann Beverly, initially tried to oppose the filming of the movie, but after meeting with director Alex Cox, she decided to help. She lent Oldman a metal chain with a lock, which Sid wore around his neck, for the duration of the filming.
To play the emaciated Vicious, Gary Oldman went on a strict diet and lost so much weight that he was briefly hospitalized due to exhaustion.
Well-known musicians such as Iggy Pop, Circle Jerks, and Edward Tudor-Pole of Tenpole Tudor participated in the filming of the movie. The film features original music by Pray for Rain, Joe Strummer, and The Pogues.
The film was criticized in the US for containing scenes of drug use, violence, sex, profanity, and nudity.
Chloe Webb and Gary Oldman improvised a lot in the film, but the basis for their dialogue was interviews and other video material of Sid and Nancy. However, the knife scene was based solely on speculation.
On December 9th, Vishees smashed a bottle over Todd Smith's head and was arrested for 55 days. On February 1, 1979, he was released on bail and died the following morning after celebrating his release from prison from a heroin overdose, thus putting a final end to the biography of the “Sex Pistols.” He was 21 years old.
Gary Oldman himself performs several songs from the “Sex Pistols” repertoire.
Courtney Love underwent a notorious audition, which was filmed and during which she exclaimed, “I am Nancy Spungen.” Alex Cox was impressed with Courtney’s audition, but said that the film’s sponsors insisted on an experienced performer for the lead role. Courtney was given a relatively minor role as Gretchen (a role specifically written by the director), one of Sid and Nancy's drug-addicted friends in New York. It is noteworthy that Courtney was married to Kurt Cobain, and their story is partly similar to the story of Sid and Nancy.
In his 2007 autobiography, Slash (Saul Hudson), guitarist for Guns N' Roses, recounted that during the film’s casting, the director hired all five members of Guns N' Roses as extras for a club scene, inviting them all separately, without informing them that the entire band would be at the casting. Saul recounted: “We all showed up on the first day of the audition, seeing each other, becoming bewildered, for example: 'Hi… What are you doing here?'” However, Slash was the only member of the band to continue participating in the filming.
Gary Oldman performs several songs from the Sex Pistols' repertoire himself.
Sid's mother, Anne Beverly, initially tried to oppose the filming of the movie, but after meeting director Alex Cox, she decided to help. During filming, she lent Oldman the metal chain with a lock that Sid used to wear around his neck.
To play the emaciated Vishes, Gary Oldman went on a strict diet and lost so much weight that he was briefly hospitalized for exhaustion at one point.
Courtney Love underwent an infamous audition, captured on video, in which she exclaimed, "I am Nancy Spungen." Alex Cox was impressed by Courtney's audition, but stated that the film's sponsors insisted on an experienced actress for the lead role. Courtney was given the relatively minor role of Gretchen (a role specifically written by the director), one of Sid and Nancy's drug-addicted friends in New York. It is noteworthy that Courtney was married to Kurt Cobain, and their story is partially similar to that of Sid and Nancy.
In his 2007 autobiography, Slash (Saul Hudson), the guitarist for Guns N' Roses, recounted that during the film's casting, the director hired all five members of Guns N' Roses as extras for a club scene; they were all called separately, without being notified that the entire band would be at the casting. Saul recalled: "We all showed up on the first day of casting, and seeing each other, we were bewildered, saying things like, 'Hi... what are you doing here?'" However, Slash was the only member of the band who continued participating in the filming.
Famous musicians such as Iggy Pop, Circle Jerks, and Edward Tudor-Pole from Tenpole Tudor participated in the filming. The movie features original music by Pray for Rain, Joe Strummer, and The Pogues.
Chloe Webb and Gary Oldman improvised a great deal in the film, but the basis for their dialogues were interviews and other video materials of Sid and Nancy. The knife scene, however, was based entirely on guesswork.