The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (Original title)The Great Rock and Roll Swindle (Alternative title)
Date: 31 March 1980 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Julien Temple
Synopsis: Portrait of the Sex Pistols, which reflects the pop culture scene of the 1970s. Combination of newsreel, live action and animation. Shot between 1976 and late 1978.
Genre: Biopic
Subject: Punk
Releases
Date: May 1980Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 104 mins Length: 9325 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Virgin Films
Date: 1988Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 104 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Virgin Video Ltd
Date: 31 March 1980 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Julien Temple
Synopsis: Portrait of the Sex Pistols, which reflects the pop culture scene of the 1970s. Combination of newsreel, live action and animation. Shot between 1976 and late 1978.
Genre: Biopic
Subject: Punk
Releases
Date: May 1980Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - SoundRuntime: 104 mins Length: 9325 FeetDialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Virgin Films
Date: 1988Country: United KingdomRelease type: Home ViewingFormat: VHS Videocassette - Colour - SoundRuntime: 104 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: Virgin Video Ltd
Credits
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Production Company: Boyd's Company, Production Company: Virgin Films, Production Company: Matrixbest, Executive Producer: Jeremy Thomas, Executive Producer: Don Boyd, Production Supervisor: Joyce Herlihy, Production Co-ordinator: Sophie Richmond, 1st Assistant Director: G. White, Assistant Director: Patrice Vanoni, Screenplay: Julien Temple, Photography: Adam Barker-Mill, Photography: Bill Patterson, Photography: Nic Knowland, Photography: John Metcalfe, 8mm photography: Norma Moriceau, Ku Khanh, Animation supervisor: Animation City, Animator: Philip Austin, Animator: Bill Mather, Animator: Derek Hayes, Animator: Gil Potter, Animator: Andy Walker, [Rostrum Camera Operator Animation]: Richard Keith Wolff, Editor: Richard Bedford, Editor: Gordon Swire, Editor: Bernie Pokrzywa, Editor: Mike Maslin, Editor: Crispin Green, Editor: David Rea, Art consultant: Celia Barnet, Sound Recording: Brian Paxton, Additional sound: John Lundsten, Additional sound: John Sanders, Additional sound: B.R. White, Jean-Pierre Louvre, Sound co-ordinator: John Tiberi, Sound Editor: John Griffiths
Cast
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Malcolm McLaren ("the Embezzler"), Sid Vicious ("The Gimmick"), John Lydon ("The Collaborator"), Steve Jones ("The Crook"), Paul Cook ("The Tea-Maker"), Ronald Biggs ("the Exile"), Mary Millington (Crook's Partner at Cinema), Irene Handl (Usherette), Eddie "Tenpole" Tudor (Cinema Kiosk Attendant), Helen Of Troy (Embezzler's Confidante), Sue Catwoman (Girl Painted by Embezzler's Confidante), Liz Fraser, Jess Conrad (Member of Cinema Audience), Glen Matlock, Dave Dee (himself), Day D'arcy (herself), Nick Mobbs (himself), The Black Arabs (themselves), Jerzimy (himself), Julian Holloway, Johnny Shannon, James Aubry, Alan Jones, Faye Hart, Nancy Spungen