Alex Cox's riveting biopic tells the bleak, heroin-drenched story of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his disturbed American girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. Gary Oldman delivers a bravura performance as Sid, matched by Chloe Webb's grating, clearly unhinged Nancy. The two lovers' childlike tenderness with each other contrasts sharply with their bleak, violent nihilism, and while the script implies that Nancy's death was accidental, the line between intention and accident is deliberately blurred. By turns romantic and horrific, SID & NANCY is often grueling to watch, but always compelling.

This followup to Cox's cult hit REPO MAN was another critical success, showing that the director was as comfortable with reality-based material as with the satirical fantasy of his first feature. His romantic vision draws us in while throwing us back in time to London and New York at the inception of the drug-laden British punk era. The film's dreamlike style and a hypnotic score dramatize the schism between Sid and Nancy's world and the world around them--and the inevitable horror when those worlds collide.

Director Alex Cox's acclaimed second feature tells the bleak, heroin-filled story of Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious and his catastrophic love affair with the self-destructive Nancy Spungen. Masterfully portrayed by Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb, the two lovers exhibit a childlike tenderness with each other that contrasts sharply with their bleak, violent nihilism. The result is an oddly romantic view of the early days of the punk era and a visually stunning tale of punk rock, drugs, devotion, and inevitable early death.

Theatrical Release: November 7, 1986.

Sid Vicious died from an overdose of heroin February 2, 1979.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Single Layer
Full Frame - 1.33
Letterbox - 1.78
Audio:
Dolby Digital Stereo - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer

Gary Oldman: British actor, SID AND NANCY/TRUE ROMANCE
Chloe Webb: American Actress
Drew Schofield: 
David Hayman: British Actor/Director
Courtney Love: Singer, actress
Sy Richardson: American Actor
 Circle Jerks: Punk Rock Band

Alex Cox: Screenwriter, FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (1998)

Eric Fellner: Producer

Alex Cox: Screenwriter, FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS (1998)
Abbe Wool: Screenwriter/Director

4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he performances, especially Oldman's bravura turn stave off the misery, and Cox's direction is anarchic with a splash of art..."
"...A true romance..." - Recommended
"...A sordid, intentionally ugly and sometimes unexpectedly beautiful film....Played vividly by [Oldman and Webb]..."
"...One of the most original films of the '80s, an unlikely mix of black comedy and realistic tragedy..." -- Rating: A
"...Ghastly but funny..."
"[T]he film is an unsparing -- and also touching -- account of their destructive relationship."
"...This is Cox at his most accessible and consistent..."
"...They're a fabulous disaster, one of the screen's sickest romances..."