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Documentary on the London punk-rock scene, circa '78.Documentary on the London punk-rock scene, circa '78.Documentary on the London punk-rock scene, circa '78.
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Mark Perry
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- (as Mark P.)
Roger Bullen
- Self
- (as Dee Generate)
Helen Bullen
- Self
- (as Dee's Mum)
Jeannette Lee
- Self
- (as Jeannette)
Steven Severin
- Self
- (as Steve Havoc)
Jayne County
- Self
- (as Wayne County)
Johnny Thunders
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- (as Johnny Thunder)
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Did you know
- TriviaMost of the bands were filmed at the Roxy club in London, where Don Letts worked as a DJ. Letts filmed the bands very simply with a Super-8 camera, and also filmed on the tour bus and at shows with The Clash and The Slits. Sex Pistols were filmed at Screen on the Green in London on 3 April 1977, Sid Vicious's first show with the band.
- Quotes
Debbie Juvenile: Oh, some decent fucking music at last!
- Alternate versionsSome retailers offered the Goodtimes Video version of this film which runs ~1h 19min as opposed to the full 1h 26min. This edited version omits footage of a man slicing his own chest repeatedly with a razor blade, and also of Keith Levene and two others in the toilet of The Roxy preparing to shoot speed. (In the unedited version the latter scene appears immediately before Siouxsie & the Banshees' performance of "Bad Shape.")
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Filth and the Fury (2000)
- SoundtracksGod Save the Queen
Written by Paul Cook (uncredited), Steve Jones (uncredited), Glen Matlock (uncredited) and John Lydon (uncredited)
Performed by Sex Pistols
Featured review
Worth A View, No Real Live Footage With Watching
Basically as others have said, it's a time capsule of Punk Rock at the time. While it's nice to see some familiar faces in their formative years like Billy Idol, The Clash etc it's mostly unknown bands from the time. If you're expecting to see The Sex Pistols in all their glory, you'll be sadly disappointed as theres a small bit at the start. Probably the most interesting part is The Clash being taught to play Reggae. But mostly clips of bands playing extremely bad and fly on the wall interviews. The footage is also pretty bad and hard to makeout faces sometimes.
Worth a look, although you'd only watch it once then move on.
Worth a look, although you'd only watch it once then move on.
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- schmidtp-54221
- Apr 1, 2023
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By what name was The Punk Rock Movie from England (1978) officially released in Canada in English?
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