Sid and Nancy Page #5

Synopsis: Morbid biographical story of Sid Vicious, bassist with British punk group the Sex Pistols, and his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. When the Sex Pistols break up after their fateful US tour, Vicious attempts a solo career while in the grip of heroin addiction. One morning, Nancy is found stabbed to death and Sid is arrested for her murder.
Director(s): Alex Cox
Production: New Line Cinema
  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 4 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
76
Rotten Tomatoes:
87%
R
Year:
1986
112 min
2,397 Views


- I wanna leave the band.

- Yeah, I do as well.

Fine, fine.

The sidemen split.

Good-bye.

Yeah, well, why don't

you take him with you, c*nts?

- You're not leaving me with useless, are you?

- He's your friend, John.

Oh, thank you, Steve.

You f*** off! F*** off.

[Sid]

I wish we wasn't breaking up.

[Phoebe]

Well, it's a bit late for that, isn't it?

Malcolm's in London.

Paul and Steve are flying to Rio.

- John's in New York.

- Yeah, great. What am I gonna do?

Anything you like.

You're a free agent now.

I'm going...

to see Nancy.

Yeah, we'll do that.

Master kung fu.

Well, try and get off

of heroin, eh?

Come on, promise.

Okay.

And cut down on the drinking as well.

All right, I promise.

Cross me heart

and hope to die.

[Blues]

Your double brandy, sir.

That evil, big-city doctor

when he walked by

I get the burn

yeah, that evil

big-city doctor

he give me the burn

[Mman on TV] Pop star Sid Vicious landed

unexpectedly today at la guardia airport...

and was rushed

to a nearby hospital.

A spokesman

for his record company said...

Vicious was suffering

from nervous exhaustion.

[Indistinct]

[Screaming]

A hippie! Sid,

it's a french hippie.

[Sid's voice] Dear mum, guess where

your Simon's turned up?

- Since you can't guess, I will tell you.

- Personal life, man.

[Nancy's voice]

Paris, in the spring. Oh, and the Eiffel Tower!

Sid's recording here,

and he's brilliant.

We go shopping every day.

Sid bought me lots of underwear,

and it's all French. You'd love it here.

Lots of love, from Nancy and Sid.

Nancy! Sid!

Sidney, long time no see.

Hugh Kares. [Coughing]

We met at trumps.

You remember. Huh?

No, he doesn't.

Sid...

this is

my girlfriend, Nancy.

Hi, Nancy.

Let's go.

Let's take lunch,

you know, go to...

get yourself a chair

and sit down, shut up.

Everything's crazy for me right now, but

I've always got time for you, babe.

Oh! Ooh! Oh, Jesus Christ. Get it out.

Get it out, Sidney.

That's all right. That's all right.

Oh, dude! Get it all out.

Come on. Oh, Jeez. [Sid coughing]

When you're feeling better...

he's feeling fine.

You're making him sick.

Sid, let's go. When you're feeling better...

f*** him. We'll leave him

with the check.

You're gonna make somebody

a lot of money, Sidney! [Horn honking]

[Orchestral ballad]

And now

the end is near

and so I face

the final curtain

[laughs]

You c*nt

I'm not a queer

I'll state my case

of which I'm certain

I've lived

a life that's full

and each

and every highway

and more

much more than this

I did it my way

[punk]

Regrets

I've had a few

but then again

too few to mention

I did

what I had to do

I saw it through

without exemption

I planned

each charted course

each careful step

along the highway

and more

much more than this

I did it my way

there were times

I'm sure you knew

when there was f***?

F***, f***-all else to do

but through it all

when there was doubt

I shot it up

or kicked it out

I faced 'em all

and the world

and did it my way

[continues]

I've loved

and then a snide

I've had my fill

[grunts]

My share of losing

and now

the tears subside

I find it all

so amusing

to think

[audience screaming]

I killed a cat

[gunfire continues]

And may I say

out in the driveway

and no

no, no, not me

I did it my way

it seems like

all my friends are dead.

When I'm dead,

will you be sad?

I couldn't live

without you.

- You couldn't?

- No.

We better

go together then.

How should we do it?

We could...

jump off a building.

Throw ourselves

under a subway.

O.d.

If I asked you to kill me,

would you?

What...

what would i do?

I couldn't live

without you.

You'd kill yourself

too, then?

Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah.

Sh*t.

I hate this f***ing life.

[Crying]

No, this is...

this is just a rough patch.

Things will be much better when

we get to America, I promise.

We're in America.

What?

We've been here

a week.

New York is in America,

you f***.

What? Couldn't be.

A week?

Yeah.

What day is it?

Oh, sh*t.

Is it tuesday or wednesday?

We're supposed to be at grandma

and grandpa's on wednesday.

Where's my f***in' book?

[Papers rustling]

Sh*t.

God.

[Siren wailing]

[Horns honking]

[Sirens, horns continue]

No! Look!

There's the rollerama!

Sid, I won a roller skating trophy there

when I was six years old.

Nancy, don't fib.

F*** you, grandma.

- Oh, no!

- [Horns honking]

[Sid laughing]

This place is a f***ing paradise.

You guys gotta come see us in New York

when I get Sid some gigs.

Can't he cut his own meat?

They really want him at Max's.

They're too f***in' cheap.

They only wanna pay him three grand.

I mean,

he's worth five at least.

Sid's a really big star

in New York. We both are.

[Chuckling]

Yeah, yeah.

God, we barely have

any time to ourselves.

We don't even have time

to get to the methadone clinic.

We've only got enough

for two days.

Grandma, can I borrow the car?

I wanna teach Sid how to drive American.

Mom, how come Nancy gets to

borrow grandma's car and I don't?

She's the one who got f***ed up

and wrecked it.

Shut up.

What do you know, crater face?

F***in' twerp. Too bad

about your brothers, Mary Jane.

Still taking idiot lessons?

So, are you gonna make an honest

woman out of our Nancy, Sid?

Well, she's always

been honest to me.

Grandpa, sir.

She's never lied to me.

But what are your,

uh, intentions?

Well, first off,

we're gonna go down to

the methadone clinic on monday,

and then Nancy's

gonna get me some gigs.

And then we're gonna go off

and, like, live in Paris...

and just sort of go out

in a blaze of glory.

But don't worry.

You'll be proud of us.

So why don't we go down

to the rec room?

F*** this and f*** that

f*** it all, you f***in'

f***in' brat

I don't want a baby

who looks like that

she don't want a baby

that looks like that

f***ing

a f***ing animal

[coughing]

Oh, that's...

that's an old one.

So, what else

should we do, huh?

Oh, no more.

I'm tired.

I wanna go noddy-blinkums.

Whose bedroom

are we sleepin' in?

Actually, dear,

you're not staying here.

We thought it would be more fun for you to

stay downtown at the Sunshine Inn.

No. What about

French toast and blintzes?

You don't want to

come back here for breakfast.

Your bus leaves at 9: 17.

I thought we're staying

another day.

Grandpa and I

must have misunderstood.

See, we're, uh...

we're going out of town tomorrow.

The whole family

is going out of town.

I didn't know we were going anywhere.

[Grandma] be quiet.

That's all right.

Can we come?

No, Nancy,

you just can't.

- Well, will you at least drive us

to the motel? - Of course.

And we'll give you money for

a taxi for tomorrow morning.

You'll get to the bus

in plenty of time.

Here. Darling, it was lovely

to see you. Here.

Here, take it.

Sid.

What? I can't just

leave him there.

[Sid's voice]

These people, they're really lovely.

Best f***in' food

I ever ate. [Tv, indistinct]

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Alex Cox

Alexander B. H. Cox (born 15 December 1954) is an English film director, screenwriter, nonfiction author, broadcaster and sometime actor. Cox experienced success early in his career with Repo Man and Sid and Nancy, but since the release and commercial failure of Walker, he has directed his career towards independent films. Cox received a co-writer credit for the screenplay of Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) for previous work on the script before it was completely rewritten by Gilliam. As of 2012, Cox has taught screenwriting and film production at the University of Colorado, Boulder. more…

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