The great rock 'n' roll swindle [videorecording DVD] / Boyds Co. & Virgin Films Limited present ; in association with MatrixBest Limited ; executive producers, Jeremy Thomas, Don Boyd ; written and directed by Julien Temple.
Format:
[videorecording DVD] /
Publisher:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment distributor,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
1 videodisc (DVD)(ca. 100 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1980. Special features: Interview and commentary with director Julien Temple by rock writer Chris Salewicz. The Sex Pistols (Steve Jones, Sid Vicious, Ronnie Biggs, Paul Cook, Johnny Rotten), Malcolm McLaren, Mary Millington, Liz Frazer, Irene Handl, The Black Arabs.
Contents:
Great rock 'n' roll swindle -- Anarchy in the UK -- Johnny B. Goode -- You need hands -- No feelings -- Silly thing -- Rock around the clock -- Bodies -- God save the Queen -- Pretty vacant -- Somethin' else -- Lonely boy -- C'mon everybody -- Holidays in the sun -- Belsen was a gas -- No fun -- Who killed Bambi -- No one is innocent -- Belsen vos a gassa -- My way -- What cha gonna do about it -- Le freak -- Friggin' in the riggin'.
Summary:
"The Sex Pistols star in director Julien Temple's bizarre and hilarious fictional documentary charting the rise and fall of punk's most notorious band. The film presents the band's success as an elaborate scam perpetrated by its calculating manager, Malcolm McLaren, to make 'a million pounds.'" -- container.
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