Summaries

Filmmaker Julien Temple chronicles the Sex Pistols' tumultuous rise to fame, as told by their manager, Malcolm McLaren.

A rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, whose (arguable) position is that the Sex Pistols in particular and punk rock in general were an elaborate scam perpetrated by him in order to make "a million pounds." Silly and hard to follow at times, but worth seeing for some excellent Pistols concert footage, some wickedly amusing animated sequences, and Sid Vicious' eerily prophetic performance of "My Way."—1

Details

Keywords
  • male nudity
  • pubic hair
  • male full frontal nudity
  • male frontal nudity
  • male pubic hair
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Fantasy
  • Music
Release date Nov 30, 1980
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) TV-MA
Countries of origin United Kingdom
Language English
Filming locations Great Windmill Street, Soho, London, England, UK
Production companies Kendon Films Boyd's Company Matrixbest

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 43m
Color Color
Sound mix Mono
Aspect ratio 1.37 : 1

Synopsis

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