Sid & Nancy [videorecording] / Embassy Home Entertainment presents a Zenith Production in association with Initial Pictures ; directed by Alex Cox ; produced by Eric Fellner ; written by Alex Cox and Abbe Wool.

Other Title:

Sid and Nancy [videorecording]

Edition:

RSDL dual-layer ed.

Publication:

[S.l.] : Criterion Collection, c1998.

Series:

Criterion collection; 20.
Criterion collection ; 20

Format/Description:

Video
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects:

Vicious, Sid.
Spungen, Nancy.
Suicide pacts -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.
Chelsea Hotel -- Drama.
Sex Pistols (Musical group) -- Drama.
Heroin abuse -- Drama.
Punk rock music -- Drama.
Rock musicians.

Form/Genre:

Biographical films.
Feature films.

System Details:

DVD ; RSDL dual-layer ; 2-track Dolby Digital stereo surround sound.

Summary:

"Sid & Nancy chronicles the brief, intense attachment of two of Punk's most notorious poster children, Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen"--Container.

Participant:

Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb, David Hayman, Debby Bishop, Andrew Schofield, Xander Berkely, Perry Benson, Tony London.

Credits:

Director of photography, Roger Deakins ; editor, David Martin ; music by Joe Strummer, The Pogues, Pray for Rain.

Notes:

Aspect ratio 1.75:1.
DVD release of the 1986 motion picture.
Special features: England's glory, a documentary on the making of Sid & Nancy ; a 1976 Bill Grundy interview with the Sex Pistols ; telephone interview with Sid Vicious ; interviews with Sid and Nancy from D.O.A.: a right of passage ; audio commentary by screenwriter Abbe Wool, actors Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb, cultural historian Greil Marcus, filmmakers Julien Temple and Lech Kowalski, and musician Eliot Kidd.

Local notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

Contributor:

Cox, Alex, 1954- , Director, Screenwriter
Fellner, Eric. , Producer
Wool, Abbe. , Screenwriter
Oldman, Gary. , Actor
Webb, Chloe. , Actor
Hayman, David. , Actor
Bishop, Debby. , Actor
Schofield, Andrew. , Actor
Berkeley, Xander. , Actor
Benson, Perry. , Actor
London, Tony. , Actor
Deakins, Roger A., 1949- , Cinematographer
Martin, David. , Editor
Strummer, Joe. , Musician
Pogues (Musical group) , Musician
Pray for Rain (Musical group) , Musician
Embassy Home Entertainment (Firm) , Producer
Zenith Productions. , Producer
Initial Pictures. , Producer
Criterion Collection (Firm) , Distributor
Class of 1932 Fund.

Contains:

England's glory.
D.O.A. a right of passage.

ISBN:

1559408863
9781559408868

OCLC:

40342809

Publisher Number:

715515009232
CC1540D Criterion Collection

Web link:

The Class of 1932 Fund Home Page

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