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Julien Temple

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

Director Julien Temple Cast Malcolm McLaren, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones
Edition 1981
103' - 1980 - Documentary, Music/Musical - Dialogue: English
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."

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Credits

Directors

Julien Temple

Cast

Malcolm McLaren, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones

Scenario

Julien Temple

Director of Photography

Nicholas D. Knowland, Adam Barker-Mill, John Metcalfe, Willi Patterson

Editors

Richard Bedford, Crispin Green, Mike Maslin, Bernie Pokrzywa, David Rae, Gordon Swire

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Dialogue

English

Countries of production

United Kingdom

Year

1980