Directed by:
Alex CoxScreenplay:
Alex CoxCinematography:
Roger DeakinsCast:
Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Andrew Schofield, Perry Benson, Xander Berkeley, Sandy Baron, Courtney Love, Kathy Burke, Sara Sugarman, Miguel Sandoval (more)Plots(1)
With the lacerating love story Sid & Nancy, Alex Cox reimagines the crash-and-burn affair between punk’s most notorious self-destructive poster children: Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen - brought to visceral life by brilliant performances from Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb. Cox turns his anarchic filmmaking style on the explosive energy of the London punk scene and the degenerate streets of seventies New York, making for an eviscerating depiction of excess and addiction. Through the lens of cinematographer Roger Deakins, the imagery goes from swooning to grimy, and the film’s bleakness is balanced with surreal humor and genuine tenderness, making for an affecting, music-fueled vision of doomed love. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Gary Oldman
UK
Best movies:
The Dark Knight (2008)
Léon: The Professional (1994)
Batman Begins (2005)
Chloe Webb
USA
Best movies:
The Belly of an Architect (1987)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Sid and Nancy (1986)
David Hayman
UK
Best movies:
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
Murder Rooms: The Photographer's Chair (2001) (TV movie)
Andrew Schofield
UK
Best movies:
Hamlet (1996)
Liam (2000)
Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
Perry Benson
Best movies:
Much Ado About Nothing (1984) (TV movie)
This Is England (2006)
Scum (1979)
Xander Berkeley
USA
Best movies:
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
Heat (1995)
The Rock (1996)
Sandy Baron
USA
Best movies:
Birdy (1984)
Straight Time (1978)
Broadway Danny Rose (1984)
Courtney Love
USA
Best movies:
Man on the Moon (1999)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Basquiat (1996)
Kathy Burke
UK
Best movies:
Elizabeth: The Virgin Queen (1998)
Nil by Mouth (1997)
Eat the Rich (1987)
Sara Sugarman
UK
Best movies:
Escape from Sobibor (1987) (TV movie)
Sid and Nancy (1986)
Straight to Hell (1987)
Miguel Sandoval
USA
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
Blow (2001)
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Alex Cox
UK
Best movies:
Herod's Law (1999)
Mad God (2021)
Sid and Nancy (1986)
Iggy Pop
USA
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Dead Man (1995)
Private Parts (1997)
Julie St. Claire
USA
Best movies:
Fist of Justice (1993)
Sid and Nancy (1986)
Rebel Highway (1994) (series)
Dick Rude
Best movies:
Sid and Nancy (1986)
Walker (1987)
Straight to Hell (1987)
John M. Jackson
USA
Best movies:
A Perfect World (1993)
Gifted (2017)
A Few Good Men (1992)
Daniel Louis Rivas
USA
Best movies:
Cherry (2010)
Sid and Nancy (1986)
ZigZag (2002)
Glen Matlock
UK
Best movies:
The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)
Sid and Nancy (1986)
Del Zamora
Best movies:
Face/Off (1997)
RoboCop (1987)
Powwow Highway (1989)
Milton Selzer
USA
Best movies:
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
The Young Savages (1961)
Capricorn One (1977)