bugsy malone is a 1976 american-british musical gangster comedy film , directed by alan parker and featuring only child actors .

set in new york city , the film is loosely based on events in new york and chicago from the early 1920s to 1931 during prohibition , specifically the exploits of real-life gangsters like al capone and bugs moran , as dramatized in cinema .

parker lightened the subject matter considerably for the children 's market ; in the u.s. the film received a g rating .

the film was parker 's feature-length directorial debut , introduced actor scott baio , and featured a 13-year old jodie foster .

bugsy malone

the classic gangster story of bugsy malone told with an all - child cast .
hamilton district youth theatre ' s production of bugsy malone at hamilton town house .
paul williams – bugsy malone soundtrack urltoken ; david chamberlayne . retrieved 3 june 2010 .
bugsy malone was nominated for afi ' s top 10 gangster films list . [ 11 ]
bugsy malone jr . is presented through special arrangement with music theatre international ( mti ) .
scott baio as bugsy malone , an italian - irish ex - boxer / boxing scout .

after they were famous
, bugsy malone . ( 2003 )
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bugsy malone : show history
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a young catherine zeta - jones appeared as tallulah in the west end production of bugsy malone .
what can i say bugsy malone the iconic film . very funny and enjoyable film for all ages
‘bugsy malone’ , the movie musical beloved by drama teachers , was released in 1976 to positive reviews .
year 5 were fantastic in the bugsy malone production at macclesfield academy this week . what a show !
the cult film bugsy malone comes to life in a tongue in cheek tribute to the roaring 20s .
it ' s the weapon of choice for the gangsters in a new stage adaptation of bugsy malone .
a major revival of the stage musical bugsy malone in london presented by the national youth music theatre .
bugsy malone reopened the lyric in april 2015 following a major redevelopment and the creation of the reuben foundation wing . it was the uk ' s first professional stage production of bugsy malone in over a decade .
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tampa bay lightning player ryan malone ' s locker room nickname is bugsy , a homage to this film .
, entitled ' wanna be ' references the bugsy malone track ' so you wanna be a boxer ' .
tampa bay lightning player ryan malone ' s locker room nickname is bugsy , a homage to this film .
theatre designer jon bausor explains the pitfalls of working on a stage adaptation of the 1976 film bugsy malone .
like all the shows performed by hamilton district youth theatre , bugsy malone was performed in hamilton town house .
full casting has been announced for alan parker ' s musical bugsy malone which returns to the lyric hammersmith in june .
forth children’s theatre has put out an open casting call for its spring 2017 production of the musical , bugsy malone .
1976 was a breakthrough year for jodie foster with five films including ‘bugsy malone’ , ‘taxi driver’ and ‘freaky friday’ being released . she was nominated for a best supporting actress oscar that year for ‘taxi driver’ and landed two baftas for ‘bugsy malone’ .
instead of bullets , the gun - toting gangsters in bugsy malone wield
splurge guns
that shoot custard pie foam .
these 7 bugsy malone actors have been famous since they were kids but look how much they ' ve changed . . .
alan parker went on to write the book for a stage adaptation of bugsy malone , using paul williams ' s music .
bugsy malone previews from june 11 , with press night on june 24 . for more information and to book tickets , visit urltoken
bugsy malone by alan parker , republished by harpercollins as part of the essential modern classics list , is available at £5 . 99
bugsy malone has a reputation for delivering a triple treat , with singing , acting and dancing combining to equal a great family show .
‘i threw the script at him and walked out’ … john cassisi , jodie foster and scott baio in bugsy malone . photograph : allstar / tristar
shenton , mark .
bugsy malone , review of lyric hammersmith ' s olivier nominated revival
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the leads were played by nairn archer as bugsy malone , grace robertson as blousy , jacob duffy as fat sam and jaya diarra as tallulah .
bugsy malone was his first major role ; he appeared in happy days for seven years and had a starring role in the sitcom charles in charge .
when the original production of bugsy malone was done in london , the producers auditioned over 13 , 000 children between the ages of nine and sixteen .
sb : no , i’d done commercials . that would’ve been my first on - camera work . but bugsy malone would’ve been my first meaningful role .
bugsy malone in london at the queen ' s theatre previewed from 15 november 1997 , opened on 19 november 1997 and closed on 17 january 1998 .
bugsy malone in london at her majesty ' s theatre previewed from 16 may 1983 , opened on 26 may 1983 and closed on 11 february 1984 .
the director of the original production of bugsy malone in london was michael dolenz , better known as mickey on the television show ,
the monkees .
kelly , matthew ( 2003 - 12 - 31 ) .
bugsy malone
. after they were famous . season 3 . series 18 . itv .
but , the legacy funeral director got to hang with some recently as aquinas college students prepared for an upcoming show - the gangster musical , bugsy malone .
harpercollins children ' s books has bought world rights to the original bugsy malone book , which was later adapted into the much loved musical . . . .
the british academy of film and television arts ( bafta ) is pleased to announce that it will be honouring the 40th birthday of the multi - bafta - winning film bugsy malone through a public exhibition and events programme this summer at its central london headquarters , bafta 195 piccadilly , entitled ‘40 years of bugsy malone’ .
bugsy malone is a master class in musical comedy . the libretto tosses the reader into uproarious laughter without even being staged . imagine how delightful it is when it ' s brought to life ! not to mention , bugsy malone is a fantastic choice for school groups and programs with a large talent pool of young performers .
as the custard pies fly , bugsy malone , an all - round nice guy , falls for blousey brown , a singer at fat sam’s speakeasy . his designs on her are disrupted by the seductive songstress tallulah who wants bugsy for herself .
back by public demand ! a major revival of alan parkers musical bugsy malone in london for a strictly limited season . it ' s the messiest show in town !
sir alan parker , director of bugsy malone , said : “i’m always astounded at the ‘legs’ of bugsy malone . hard to think that what started out as a story that i made up for my children on long car journeys has lasted this long , so i’m extra grateful to bafta for celebrating the 40th anniversary of its release . ”
bugsy malone ( 1976 ) , directed by alan parker . starring scott baio , florrie dugger , jodie foster , john cassisi and martin lev . running time : 93 minutes .
casting has been announced for the lyric hammersmith ' s upcoming revival of bugsy malone , which marks the first production on its main stage since a multi - million pound redevelopment .
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ten thousand auditions , 100 gallons of artificial cream , the invention of the splurge gun … the writer - director fondly recalls making the classic children’s gangster movie ' bugsy malone’ .
a mobster named roxy robinson is
splurged
by members of a gang , using rapid - fire custard - shooting
splurge guns .
once splurged , a kid is
all washed up
-
finished .
speakeasy boss fat sam introduces himself and bugsy malone , a boxing promoter with no money (
bugsy malone
) .
a mobster named roxy robinson is
splurged
by members of a gang , using rapid - fire cream - shooting
splurge guns
. once splurged , a kid is
all washed up . . . finished
. speakeasy boss fat sam introduces himself and bugsy malone , a boxing promoter with no money (
bugsy malone
) .
humour , talent , entertainment and splurge guns . these were all on show at hamilton district youth theatre ’s stage adaptation of alan parker’s 1976 film bugsy malone writes callum robertson .
bugsy malone is set in prohibition - era new york with rival gangsters fat sam and dandy dan at logger heads . as custard pies fly and dan ' s destructive ' splurge guns ' wreak havoc , bugsy malone , a penniless ex - boxer and all - round nice guy , falls for blousey brown , an aspiring singer . will bugsy be able to resist seductive songstress tallulah , fat sam ' s moll and bugsy ' s old flame , and stay out of trouble while helping fat sam to defend his business ?
bugsy malone auditions trinity adademicals rugy club , 30 craighall gardens , eh6 4rw sunday 18 december 2016 , 10am - 6pm . email benking927 @ urltoken to confirm attendance and for further details .
easily the biggest star to have come from bugsy malone , jodie had already been in the business since she was three years old . the same year as bugsy , jodie was nominated for an oscar for her performance as a teenage prostitute in martin scorsese ' s taxi driver .
with well - known songs such as ‘bugsy malone’ , ‘fat sam’s grand slam’ and ‘bad guys’ plus exciting dance routines , this is a massively popular show for audiences of all ages to enjoy .
the lyric ' s critically acclaimed , bugsey malone returns to the lyric for a 12 week run .
in 2003 , bugsy malone was voted # 19 on a list of the 100 greatest musicals , as chosen by viewers of channel 4 in the uk , placing it higher than the phantom of the opera , cats , and the king and i . [ 12 ] bugsy malone ranks 353rd on empire magazine ' s 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time . [ 13 ]
in 2003 , bugsy malone was voted # 19 on a list of the 100 greatest musicals , as chosen by viewers of channel 4 in the uk , placing it higher than the phantom of the opera , cats , and the king and i . [ 16 ] bugsy malone ranks 353rd on empire magazine ' s 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time . [ 17 ]
as custard pies fly and dan ' s destructive splurge guns wreak havoc , bugsy malone , a penniless ex - boxer and all round nice guy , falls for blousey brown , an aspiring singer .
bugsy malone jr . includes an ensemble that may be expanded by adding members to dandy dan’s and fat sam’s gangs . the grand slam girls can also be expanded to incorporate more singing and dancing roles !
director alan parker once said of the production of this movie :
if i ' d have gone sick on bugsy malone ( 1976 ) i swear she [ jodie foster ] could have taken over
.
it’s been almost 40 years since sir alan parker released bugsy malone in 1976 . since then the relatively unknown child cast have either gone on to become stars while others fell back into a life of normality .
sean holmes ' s production of bugsy malone , a stage adaptation of sir alan parker ' s 1976 debut film of the same name , is to return for a 12 - week summer season in 2016 .
overall , bugsy malone was another resounding success from hamilton district youth theatre and fans will forward to their next show in october , when the older members of the company feature in a production of legally blonde .
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bugsy malone was alan parker ' s first feature film . parker was trying to find a film that his children would enjoy , and his eldest son suggested one featuring a cast of only children . [ 3 ]
bugsy malone has been adapted into a stage show in two forms . [ 14 ] [ 15 ] a tv documentary called bugsy malone : after they were famous features a reunion and interviews with jodie foster , scott baio , john cassisi and florrie dugger . the british actors who played fat sam ' s gang are also reunited at pinewood studios . it was aired in december 2004 on itv in the uk . [ 16 ]
everybody sing theatre company ' s first production will be bugsy malone . the all - singing , all - dancing action musical set in prohibition era new york sees rival gansters fat sam and dandy dan at loggerheads .
bugsy returns to fat sam ' s to arrange a new audition for blousey . fat sam ' s girlfriend , the chanteuse tallulah , makes a pass at him . although bugsy rejects her flirtation , tallulah plants a big kiss on bugsy ' s forehead when blousey enters ; blousey is jealous . fat sam hires blousey after her audition , but she refuses to speak to bugsy (
i ' m feelin ' fine
) .
fat sam hires bugsy to accompany him to a meeting with dandy dan . the meeting is a trap , but bugsy helps fat sam escape . gratefully , fat sam pays him $ 200 . bugsy and blousey reconcile and have a romantic outing on a lake ; bugsy promises to take her to hollywood . when he returns sam ' s car to the garage , he is attacked and his money is stolen . bugsy is saved by leroy smith , who assaults the attackers and drives them away . bugsy realizes that leroy has the potential to be a great boxer . bugsy introduces leroy to cagey joe and helps him train (
so you wanna be a boxer ?
) . fat sam again seeks bugsy ' s aid after his assistant knuckles is unintentionally killed . bugsy resists , but fat sam offers $ 400 , enough money to keep his promise to blousey . blousey is disappointed when she learns that bugsy hasn ' t bought the tickets to california yet (
ordinary fool
) . bugsy and leroy follow dandy dan ' s men to a warehouse , where the guns are being stashed . the two of them can ' t take the place alone , so bugsy recruits a large group of down - and - out workers at a soup kitchen (
down and out
) .
it ' s been a whopping 42 years since alan parker ' s bugsy malone first hit the screens , and it continues to have a life in theatres around the world . but what happened to its young cast since then ?
the american actress made her one and only film appearance in ‘bugsy malone’ . she was living in the uk on a us air force base when ‘bugsy’ was casting and was originally due to play a very minor role . that all changed when the starlet set to play blousey had a sudden growth spurt and dugger found her self taking centre stage .
a smartly made musical set at the time of absolute depression . all the cast are children and bugsy malone is one of the few films in which child actors i believe should win or at least be nominated for great acting achievment awards .
based on the hit 1976 film , starring a pre - teen scott baio and jodi foster , and featuring a catchy , swinging score by the composer of the muppet movie , bugsy malone jr . is good , clean , comedic fun !
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bugsy malone was the musical we all wanted to be in at school . it was made for kids , starred kids , had an awesome soundtrack and made us all wish we could have pie - fights while pedalling 1930s cars about the place .
it appears albin fell off the face of the earth since appearing in bugsy malone as tapdancing cleaner fizzy , but we ' ll always love his song ' tomorrow ' . we just don ' t know what happened to him after the movie .
florence , 52 decided against becoming an actress after her debut in bugsy malone at the age of 13 saying , ‘i enjoyed the acting , and the camaraderie and the joy of memorising roles . but i didn’t want to do it professionally . ’
the london - born actor turned professional aged just 14 and made his film debut in ‘bugsy malone’ as copper o’dreary the same year . he later appeared in the controversial borstal film ‘scum’ , and spent most of his youth touring with the rsc .
bugsy malone in london at the lyric theatre hammersmith previewed from 11 april 2015 , opened on 28 april 2015 and closed on 5 september 2015 - returned : previewed from 11 june 2016 , opened 24 june 2016 and closed on 4 september 2016 .
fat sam hires bugsy to come along to a meeting with dandy dan . this meeting turns out to be a trap , but bugsy helps fat sam escape . gratefully , fat sam pays him $ 200 . bugsy and blousey reconcile , and have a lunch and a romantic outing on a lake . back in the city , bugsy promises to buy tickets for them to leave for hollywood . however , when he returns sam ' s car to the garage , he is attacked , and his money stolen . bugsy is saved by leroy , who punches the attackers ; seeing this , bugsy realizes he has found a potentially great boxer and helps him begin training . fat sam once again enlists bugsy ' s aid after his assistant knuckles gets splurged by a splurge gun which fat sam invented . bugsy breaks up the idea with blousey to leave for hollywood and helps fat sam . bugsy and leroy follow dandy dan ' s men to a warehouse , where they discover the guns are being stashed . the two of them can ' t take the place alone , so bugsy enlists the aid of a large group of down - and - out workers at a soup kitchen .
bugsy malone is set in chicago in the 1920’s and concerns the battle for criminal supremacy of rival gangs led by fat sam and dandy dan . into the mix steps aspiring boxing promoter bugsy malone , who becomes involved with aspiring night club singer blousey brown and agrees to help fat sam turn the tables on his rival . the ‘weapons’ in this story are of course , splurge guns and in the finale just about everyone gets ‘splurged’ before getting up and realising they can all be friends after all .
before mark curry landed the role of the theatre producer in ‘bugsy malone’ he had been a regular child performer on the pantomime scene . coincidentally , he appeared in the 1972 tv panto ‘babes in the wood’ alongside fellow ‘bugsy malone’ alumni bonnie langford in 1972 . after his movie debut he moved into television presenting famously co - hosting ‘blue peter’ from 1986 - 89 . since then , curry has appeared in numerous west end plays , and hosted a radio show ‘curry for breakfast’ on talk radio europe .
paul williams wrote all the music for this film , and sang many of bugsy ' s lines for scott baio .
at the club , tallulah is putting the moves on bugsy as fat sam and knuckles arrive to audition blousey , who walks in just as tallulah plants a big smooch right on bugsy (
i ' m feeling fine
) . blousey books the gig and fat sam offers bugsy $ 200 to drive him to his meeting with dandy dan . back at the girls ' dressing room , bugsy tries to reconcile with a very angry blousey , but blousey is unconvinced .
british actor dexter fletcher’s first film part came in ‘bugsy malone’ . he played the youthful ( even for a film filled with tots ) robber baby face who helps bugsy to steal splurge guns for fat sam . fletcher went on to become an accomplished child star with roles in ‘the long good friday’ and ‘the elephant man’ before graduating into teen roles like ‘press gang’ on itv .
full description : this photograph features alan parker , the writer / director of the 1970s movie ' bugsy malone ' , with child stars jodie foster and scott baio . the bar scenes in the film were filmed in the huntley & palmers factory at reading .
the bugsy malone cast of 63 will take to the baycourt stage this month , with support from legacy trust . legacy trust has a history of supporting western bay of plenty secondary school productions , and has gifted $ 8 , 000 towards the aquinas production .
set in prohibition era new york , it portrays rival gangsters fat sam and dandy dan at logger heads . as custard pies fly and dan ' s destructive ' splurge guns ' wreak havoc , bugsy malone , a penniless ex - boxer and all round nice guy , falls for blousey brown , an aspiring singer . will bugsy be able to resist seductive songstress tallulah , fat sam ' s moll and bugsy ' s old flame , and stay out of trouble while helping fat sam to defend his business ?
you will be treated to such classic hits including , we could have been anything that we wanted to be , my name is tallulah , fat sam ' s grand slam , so you wanna be a boxer and of course the unforgettable title track bugsy malone .
yarm lower school production of the musical bugsy malone . directed by claire cornielje . musical director katie staggs may 2013 song selection 3 : 22 bugsy malone 7 : 32 fat sam ' s grand slam 24 : 51 tomorrow 40 : 36 bad guys ' song 52 : 22 i ' m feeling fine 59 : 12 my name is talulah 1 : 15 : 05 so you wanna be a boxer 1 : 23 : 24 ordinary fool 1 : 29 : 18 down and out 1 : 37 : 47 you give a little love
fat sam hires bugsy to come along to a meeting with dandy dan . this meeting turns out to be a trap , but bugsy helps fat sam escape . gratefully , fat sam pays him $ 200 . bugsy and blousey reconcile and have a lunch and a romantic outing on a lake . back in the city , bugsy promises to buy tickets for them to leave for hollywood . however , when he returns sam ' s car to the garage , he is attacked and his money stolen . bugsy is saved by leroy smith , who punches the attackers : seeing this , bugsy realizes he has found a potentially great boxer . bugsy introduces leroy to cagey joe and helps him begin training (
so you wanna be a boxer ?
) . fat sam once again enlists bugsy ' s aid after his assistant knuckles is unintentionally killed . bugsy declines , but when fat sam pays him $ 400 he sees another chance to fulfill his promise to blousey , so he agrees to help fat sam . however , when blousey finds out that bugsy hasn ' t yet bought the tickets , she is left in a state of disappointment (
ordinary fool
) . bugsy and leroy follow dandy dan ' s men to a warehouse , where they discover the guns are being stashed . the two of them can ' t take the place alone , so bugsy enlists the aid of a large group of down - and - out workers at a soup kitchen (
down and out
) .
although it performed well in england and japan , paramount only gave
bugsy malone
a limited release in us theaters , usually dumping it onto second - feature screens partnered with a late - ' 76 re - release of the bad news bears ( 1976 ) .
the thought occurs to me while i’m driving to cranford , new jersey , to see the theatre project jr . ’s production of bugsy malone , jr . this was minutes after i’d finished watching alan parker’s 1976 film , a spoof of prohibition - era . . .
bonnie langford won the uk talent show ‘opportunity knocks’ at the tender age of 6 in 1970 and made her film debut as the squeaky singer lena marelli in ‘bugsy malone’ . she went on to appear in ‘just william’ and a prime - time kids show ‘junior showtime’ .
sean holmes , who directs the production , commented :
it is with great excitement and delight that we welcome the smash - hit success bugsy malone back to the lyric . we look forward to reigniting the joyful connection between the audience and our extraordinary 2016 cast .
sean holmes , lyric hammersmith artistic director , said :
it is with great excitement and delight that we welcome the smash - hit success bugsy malone back to the lyric . we look forward to reigniting the joyful connection between the audience and our extraordinary 2016 cast .
two gangs : fat sam ' s stacheto and dandy dan are rivals . bugsy malone goes to fat sam ' s bar where he meets wannabe movie star blousey brown . the bar is raided and fat sam states that it means war . meanwhile , dandy dan is using the new splurge gun to destroy his enemies . bugsy falls for blousey but fat sam ' s girlfriend , tallulah wants him for herself . bugsy is asked to do a job by fat sam but it all ends up a mess because fat sam had hired louey begonzey who dies . bugsy treats blousey and says he ' ll get her tickets to hollywood but someone steals his newly earned money . his rescuer is made a boxer by bugsy . blousey is upset about the tickets and begins to think about what happened .
jodie foster as tallulah , fat sam ' s gun moll , the speakeasy ' s star chanteuse and bugsy ' s old flame .
the birthday celebration reflects the way in which the history and success of bugsy malone has been recognised by bafta , with the film winning multiple awards , becoming a cult british classic and its director and producer alan parker and david puttnam going on to take up major roles at bafta .
bugsy returns sam ' s car to the garage and is attacked and robbed . he is saved by leroy , who bugsy realises could be a great boxer . he takes him to the gym and trains him to be a fighter . dan ' s men continue to wreck sam ' s business , so he sends tallulah to get bugsy . he pays him $ 400 to help him get rid of dan . when bugsy phones to tell blousey that they will have to delay their trip to hollywood , she gets angry with him and hangs up . bugsy and leroy follow dan ' s men and find where the splurge guns are being held . the place is heavily guarded however , so bugsy hires men from a local soup kitchen . they trap the guards in a warehouse and take the guns to sam .
liverpool - born martin started acting aged 16 in the nbc tv movie ‘the day after tomorrow’ . he then landed the part of the dapper dandy dan in ‘bugsy malone’ and he puts in one of the film’s more memorable performances as fat sam’s rival , thanks to his drawn on mustache .
bugsy malone has been adapted into a stage show in two forms . [ 18 ] [ 19 ] a 2003 television documentary called bugsy malone : after they were famous features a reunion and interviews with jodie foster , scott baio , john cassisi and florrie dugger . the british actors who played fat sam ' s gang are also reunited at pinewood studios . [ 20 ] the documentary reported that dugger , who ( unlike her co - stars ) had never acted again , had chosen to pursue a career in the united states air force medical service . [ 21 ] [ 7 ]
in the next scene , fat sam and dandy dan confront each other . but just as fat sam reveals his secret weapon , looney bergonzi , dan ' s gang emerges from the trees and
splurge
him . bugsy grabs fat sam and they escape . grateful , fat sam gives him an extra $ 100 for being quick on his feet and tells him to get a new suit (
bugsy malone
reprise ) .
‘40 years of bugsy malone’ promises to be fun for all the family – for the young and the young at heart . it is a chance to remember and relive the gloriously catchy songs and irrepressible humour of this bafta - nominated film , within the famous walls of another great british institution .
bugsy malone is a fast , furious show about the warring crime bosses , fat sam and dandy dan , vying for control of the city . against this backdrop , the action centres around bugsy and his relationship with blousey brown , the girl who wants to be a star in fat sam’s grand slam , the speakeasy that’s your ‘home from home . ’ with its cast of colourful characters and fantastic songs , not to mention the copious amounts of custard pies and splurge guns , bugsy has become part of theatrical and cinematic folklore . last performed by dunhurst over twenty years ago .
prepare to be dazzled by new wimbledon theatre’s unique production of alan parker’s smash - hit musical , bugsy malone . with a cast of over forty of the borough’s brightest young performers and direction from kate mcgregor , artistic director of award - winning theatre6 , this is bugsy malone as you’ve never seen it before . set in prohibition new york , bugsy malone tells the story of rival gang leaders fat sam and dandy dan in their fight for turf . dandy dan and her top - of - the - range splurge guns are winning the war , and a desperate fat sam calls on smooth - talking , ex - boxer bugsy for help . as the custard pies start flying , relationships are tested , sisterhoods severed and allegiances questioned . a show for all the family , this much loved hit promises to be a blast and should not be missed ! to find out more about creative learning ; acting , musical theatre and behind the scenes workshops and how you can star in our next production , contact jessicawilliams @ theambassadors . com .
a gangster movie where all the gangsters are played by children . instead of real bullets they use
splurge guns
that cover the victim in cream . the story tells of the rise of
bugsy malone
and the battle for power between
fat sam
and
dandy dan
.
bugsy malone is the hero of our story . cast a handsome young man who can sing and act . this role is equal parts jimmy stewart , james bond and gene kelly . bugsy alternates as the narrator and the star of the show . a young performer comfortable in front of an audience , who radiates a sense of charm and sincerity as well as a street - wise sensibility , will take your show a long way towards success .
alan parker went on to write the book for a stage adaptation of bugsy malone , using paul williams ' s music . music theatre international currently holds the licensing and performance rights for both the regular production and a
junior
version of the show meant for children . [ 14 ] [ 15 ]
in the 2009 comedy in the loop , judy molloy ( gina mckee ) remarks , after seeing that most of the top positions in d . c . are staffed by young college graduates ,
they ' re all kids in washington . it ' s like bugsy malone , but with real guns .
in the 2009 comedy in the loop , judy molloy ( gina mckee ) remarks , after seeing that most of the top positions in d . c . are staffed by young college graduates ,
they ' re all kids in washington . it ' s like bugsy malone , but with real guns .
bugsy malone was alan parker ' s first feature film . parker was trying to find a film project that was not
parochial
and decided upon an american gangster setting :
i had four young children and we used to go to a cottage in derbyshire at weekends . on the long , boring car journey up there , i started telling them the story of a gangster called bugsy malone . they’d ask me questions and i’d make up answers , based on my memories of watching old movie reruns as a kid .
his eldest son suggested children should be cast as the
heroes
. [ 6 ]
to launch the anniversary celebrations , bafta will host a special screening of the film featuring a q & a that reunites four of the extraordinary talents involved in bugsy malone – director alan parker , producer david puttnam and actors dexter fletcher , bonnie langford and donal waugh . the event takes places on wednesday 29 june .
created in the shadow and influence of such hardened criminals such as al capone and set in the prohibition era . bugsy malone is a unique style of musical , where all the grown up characters are played by children . one of the highlights of scott baio ' s career ( and let ' s face it , he was a cuit kit and suited the role well ) but who would have known at this stage what a huge star jodie foster would turn out to be . filled with memorable songs and the quirkiest cars ever ( i still want one of these ) bugsy malone is a film i never get tired of watching .
bugsy malone is based on the 1976 alan parker film of the same name . parker ' s movie is a tongue - in - cheek tribute to the gangster films of the 1920s . parker had the idea for a gangster film that starred an all - child cast in 1973 , but his idea was met with very little enthusiasm . eventually , he was able to raise enough money to develop the project . he commissioned the legendary paul williams to compose the score and they auditioned over 10 , 000 children . the film starred scott baio as bugsy and jodie foster as tallulah . in an era when movie musicals were considered a thing of the past , bugsy malone was a surprise hit . following the film ' s success , parker was deluged with requests to develop a stage version .
halfway through
bugsy malone ,
i started wondering how anyone ever came up with this idea for a movie . alan parker , who wrote and directed it , claims his inspiration came while he was watching
the godfather .
i dunno , i think the movie has more insights into kids than into gangsters .
with bugsy ' s help , fat sam escapes from a frame up but he learns later that dandy dan ' s mob have splurged nearly all his gang . they ' ve also destroyed his sarsparilla and grocery rackets the whole empire ' s gone ! there ' s only one hope left . fat sam pays bugsy 400 dollars in exchange for more help . bugsy , who has promised to take blousey to hollywood , has to break his date with her .
at first the notion seems alarming : a gangster movie cast entirely with kids . especially when we learn that
bugsy malone
isn ' t intended as a kid ' s movie so much as a cheerful comment on the childlike values and behavior in classic hollywood crime films . what are kids doing in something like this ?
holmes directs the production , which features choreography from recent olivier award winner drew mconie , designs from jon bausor , musical direction from phil bateman , lighting by james farncombe , sound by ben harrison , fight direction by kate waters , and orchestrations by phil bateman . bugsy malone originated as a 1976 film by sir alan parker .
here ' s the basic
shtick
of bugsy malone : it ' s a gangster picture enacted by children . acted out before scaled - down sets , the film details the career of bugsy malone ( scott baio ) , who rises to the top of the criminal ladder in 1920s new york . whenever gunfire is called for , the kiddie crooks substitute whipped cream for bullets . paul williams contributes several songs , which are performed by adult singers and lip - synched by the pint - sized actors . the cast includes john cassisi as diminutive capone clone fat sam , and then - 13 - year - old jodie foster as the sultry nightclub thrush tallulah .
mr graham says students have been rehearsing for three months and are ready to bring bugsy to life . they will deliver five shows from may 11 to 13 .
i had four young children and we used to go to a cottage in derbyshire at weekends . on the long , boring car journey up there , i started telling them the story of a gangster called bugsy malone . they’d ask me questions and i’d make up answers , based on my memories of watching old movie reruns as a kid .
alan parker ' s musical spoof of gangster films features an all - child cast with guns that fire cream . when gang warfare erupts between fat sam and dandy dan , hustler bugsy malone ( scott baio ) , singer tallulah ( jodie foster ) and newly arrived showgirl blousey brown ( florrie dugger ) find themselves caught up in the middle of it .
bugsy malone is based on the cult 1970’s film that featured scott baio ( that’s right… cha - chi , charles , reality tv ) and jody foster in a world of hoodlums , thugs , and heavys who sort out their differences by “splurging” their rivals with guns shooting whipped cream . it is funny , witty , charming , and about to go on the road . that’s right - bugsy malone will be included in the 2012 national junior theatre festival , which is held in atlanta , georgia in january of 2012 . you can support the participating parkway playhouse jr . students who are performing in this musical by coming to our december 15 performance at mountain heritage hs . then it is off to atlanta .
bugsy offers to take blousey home , even though he has no money for a cab . they stop at a cafă© , where he tells her that he makes his living by finding potential boxers . when it ' s time to pay the bill , bugsy traps the waitress in a phone booth and makes a quick exit with blousey .
before bugsy malone was a film , it first was just a story . in 1974 i had four small children and to keep them occupied on long ( and mostly boring ) car journeys , i would invent a story for them . it was a world of gangsters and showgirls and set in new york city , a long way from where we lived .
we welcomed director alan parker to bfi southbank to celebrate the 35th anniversary of his much loved film , bugsy malone . parker describes the genesis of this ' musical gangster film ' , and is joined on stage by cast members paul murphy and dexter fletcher , who reminisce about making the film aged ten and twelve respectively . for more bfi event videos visit urltoken
in a press statement , sean holmes , who is also the theatre ' s artistic director , commented ,
i ' m so pleased that bugsy malone is returning to the lyric . i ' m delighted our audience will get a further opportunity to relish alan parker’s inspired creation and to be transported by the talent and energy of our young cast .
new york 1929 : war rages between two rival gangsters , fat sam and dandy dan . dan is in possession of a new weapon , the dreaded ' splurge gun ' . as the custard pies fly , bugsy malone ( happy days ' scott baio ) , an all - round nice guy , falls for blousy brown ( florrie dugger ) , a singer at fat sam ' s speakeasy . his designs on her are disrupted by the seductive songstress tallulah ( double academy award winner jodie foster ) who wants bugsy for herself .
after the song
tomorrow
bugsy and blousey are in the café . blousey has a drink and it has two straws and one spoon . the spoon keeps disappearing .
finally dandy dan prepares for a showdown at fat sam ' s speakeasy . when his mob burst in , bugsy and the guys let ' em have it the works . splurge , custard pies , flour bombs . . . out of the gooey pandemonium it emerges that bugsy and blousey have made it up . peace has broken out at last .
holmes , who is the lyric ' s artistic director , said :
after a long and exhaustive search we are delighted to announce the full cast of bugsy malone . true to the spirit of the lyric the production will deliver everything you would want and expect from a stage version of alan parker ' s seminal film - whilst promising unexpected surprises and delights .
the 13th track on british rapper dizzee rascal ' s 2007 album , maths + english , entitled ' wanna be ' references the bugsy malone track ' so you wanna be a boxer ' . [ 19 ] the song
ordinary fool
has been performed on recordings by karen carpenter , [ 20 ] ella fitzgerald [ 21 ] and mel tormé . [ 22 ]
( 1929 , gangster warfare in new york ) dandy dan ' s hoodlums terrorise the district , exterminating undesirables with their new weapon splurge guns . his rival is fat sam stacetto , who runs the grand slam speakeasy , but fat sam ' s gang still use old fashioned pies . fat sam engages the help of bugsy malone , a smooth city slicker who hitherto has been more occupied in sweet talking blousey brown , a would be girl singer . with bugsy ' s help , fat sam escapes from a frame up but he learns later that dandy dan ' s mob have splurged nearly all his gang . they ' ve also destroyed his sarsparilla and grocery rackets the whole empire ' s gone ! there ' s only one hope left . fat sam pays bugsy 400 dollars in exchange for more help . bugsy , who has promised to take blousey to hollywood , has to break his date with her . is she mad ! meanwhile bugsy and leroy smith , a guy with an awesome punch , witness a secret delivery of splurge guns at dock 17 . with a bunch of down and outs , they help themselves from the crates . then the police arrive , led by captain smolsky and lieutenant o ' dreary . bugsy and the gang escape through a trapdoor . finally dandy dan prepares for a showdown at fat sam ' s speakeasy . when his mob burst in , bugsy and the guys let ' em have it the works . splurge , custard pies , flour bombs . . . out of the gooey pandemonium it emerges that bugsy and blousey have made it up . peace has broken out at last .
is she mad ! meanwhile bugsy and leroy smith , a guy with an awesome punch , witness a secret delivery of splurge guns at dock 17 . with a bunch of down and outs , they help themselves from the crates . then the police arrive , led by captain smolsky and lieutenant o ' dreary . bugsy and the gang escape through a trapdoor .
51 year - old bonnie is known for her dancing as much as she is for her acting ! after bugsy malone , bonnie appeared in the bbc’s doctor who as well as on stage in west end and broadway musicals such as peter pan : the musical , cats , the pirates of penzance and chicago and more recently on tv in the reality competition programme dancing on ice .
bugsy malone is not every parent ' s cup of tea . a comic book based on a musical about gangsters , the roles performed by children , it has all the makings of inappropriate , but it got a g rating . in our politically correct times , this book might not be acceptable to every parent , but i dislike censoring what kids read , so here goes .
two gangs in a fictitious city populated only by children are in a rivalry of capone - ian standards . dandy dan ' s gang has gotten the upper hand since acquiring the
splurge
gun ( a weapon that shoots whip cream ) . bugsy malone , a one - time boxer , is thrust into the limelight when he becomes the last chance fat sam ' s gang has of surviving . all bugsy really wants to do is spend time with his new love , blousey . . . but that just isn ' t in the cards for our hero .
a spoof 1920s musical set in prohibition new york - in a world of splurge - gun toting gangsters , show - girls and dreamers . join fat sam , who runs one of the most popular speakeasies in town , as he fights to stop his ' business rival ' dandy dan from closing his speakeasy down . enter baby - faced bugsy malone , a killer with the ladies and a definite asset to fat sam . unfortunately , bugsy has also caught the eye of sam ' s girlfriend tallulah - though he ' s set his designs on the showgirl blousey brown .
“we could have been anything that we wanted to be , ” sang the young cast of the 1976 movie bugsy malone . for some , it was a prophecy of sorts . jodie foster , who played gangster’s moll tallulah , went on to become one of hollywood’s most acclaimed actresses ; several other cast members including scott baio , dexter fletcher and bonnie langford also achieved their share of fame .
bugsy malone was released in late 1976 to generally positive reviews . on rotten tomatoes , it currently holds a score of 83 % based on 18 reviews , with an average rating of 6 . 6 / 10 . [ 12 ] despite the positive critical reception , bugsy malone was not a commercial success in the us , bringing in just over $ 2 . 7 million . paramount gave it a limited release , usually in second - tier theaters in a double - bill with the bad news bears , which had already been out for six months and was no longer much of a draw . according to parker , the film was
quite successful
in the united kingdom . by 1985 , it had earned an estimated profit of £1 , 854 , 000 . [ 3 ]
as the musical opens , bugsy malone , a one - time boxer who ' s neither completely honest nor crooked , ushers us through his neighborhood where three murders have just occurred (
bugsy malone
) . bugsy winds up at the local speakeasy , owned by gangster boss fat sam (
fat sam ' s grand slam
) . turns out , one of those murders was that of roxy
the weasel
robinson – one of fat sam ' s best men . enraged , fat sam , vows revenge on dandy dan whose henchman carried out the hit . meanwhile , bugsy ' s been chatting up blousy brown , the new girl in town who ' s come to audition for fat sam ' s club ; but fat sam ' s given her the brush off ( as he does to everyone ) and tells her to come back tomorrow . bugsy takes blousey for dinner and she tells him she ' s going to audition for the lena marelli show as well . just as the mood turns romantic , however , dandy dan ' s men raid the club . dan ' s determined to become the fashionable kingpin of the neighborhood , bringing all the other gangs under his control (
that ' s why the call him dandy
) using his newly fashioned weapon of choice – the splurge
mark two
gun .
i saw the movie myself when i was a kid and i am 36 years old . i loved the movie and at the time i would always wish i had those hard to find legendary
splurge guns
as well as the peddle cars . this is a very good movie for whether or not you have kids . i still watch it and it just reminds me of my youth . if you have watched the super bowl last weekend you also would have noticed that in the coke commercial they took the ending song or last song in the musical of bugsy malone and used it in the coke superbowl commercial . i believe the song was called
you give a little love
i used to want to be bugsy malone and would play gangster wars with my brothers as a kid .


sid and nancy ( also known as sid and nancy : love kills ) is a 1986 british biopic directed by alex cox and co-written with abbe wool .

the film portrays the life of sid vicious ( gary oldman ) , bassist of the seminal punk rock band the sex pistols , and his relationship with girlfriend nancy spungen ( chloe webb ) .

the film also features supporting performances from david hayman , xander berkeley , and courtney love .

the film premiered at the cannes film festival in 1986 , and was released theatrically in the united states that fall .

despite failing to recoup its production budget at the box office , the film was received favourably by most critics and has attained cult classic status .

sid and nancy

sid and nancy is a biographical drama , from 1986 , about the relationship between musician sid vicious and his girlfriend nancy spungen .
summary sid and nancy is a biographical drama , from 1986 , about the relationship between musician sid vicious and his girlfriend nancy spungen .
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sid and nancy has some claim on being the finest british film of the 1980s .
sid & nancy is a movie directed in 1986 by british director alex cox .
and introducing the young cat vicious in the role of smoky , sid and nancy ' s child .
this cast list of who was in sid and nancy includes both lead and minor roles . ( 10 items )
interviews with sid and nancy from
d . o . a . : a right of passage
listen to sid & nancy : love kills [ soundtrack ( reissue remastered ) ] now .
sid & nancy : exclusive trailer for the 30th anniversary release of the punk rock tragedy .
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and
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then this page has got you covered .
teenagers in love … chloe webb and gary oldman as sid and nancy . photograph : allstar / cinetext / new line
12 . sid ' s mother cooperated with the film ; nancy ' s parents did not .
sid & nancy
is the sad , sordid story of sid vicious , a member of the seminal british punk group the sex pistols , and his doomed relationship with his american girlfriend , nancy spungen .
chloe webb and gary oldman in sid and nancy , which has been rereleased . photograph : allstar / cinetext / new line
at its best sid & nancy has a captivating energy and rawness , and there are even some priceless moments of levity .
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we’d love your help . let us know what’s wrong with this preview of sid and nancy by alex cox .
, this love triangle between sid , nancy and the heroin that destroyed them both remains a gruellingly tough watch .
and introducing the young cat vicious in the role of smoky , sid and nancy ' s child .
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‘abrasive and bratty’ : chloe webb and gary oldman in sid & nancy . photograph : stock / snap stills / rex / shutterstock
the relationship between sid vicious , bassist for british punk group the sex pistols , and his girlfriend nancy spungen is portrayed .
the relationship between sid vicious , bassist for british punk group the sex pistols , and his girlfriend nancy spungen is portrayed .
featured in the color of money / sid and nancy / down by law / clockwise ( 1986 ) . see more »
sid and nancy may have shortcomings as a movie about punk , but it ' s an intriguing and harrowing glimpse into a dysfunctional relationship .
sid and nancy cast list , listed alphabetically with photos when available . this list of sid and nancy actors includes any sid and nancy actresses and all other actors from the film . you can view additional information about each sid and nancy actor on this list , such as when and where they were born . to find out more about a particular actor or actress , click on their name and you ' ll be taken to page with even more details about their acting career . the cast members of sid and nancy have been in many other movies , so use this list as a starting point to find actors or actresses that you may not be familiar with .
“sid & nancy” reopens across the pond on august 5 before also being reissued on dvd and blu - ray on august 29 .
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in his 1986 film sid & nancy , director alex cox reimagined one of the sex pistols’ most notorious promotional stunts .
the acclaimed soundtrack album spin - off from the 1986 cult movie sid & nancy is receiving a new vinyl reissue .
‘an untamed beast of a performance’ : gary oldman with chloe webb in sid and nancy . photograph : snap stills / rex / shutterstock
sid and nancy is a 1986 film directed by alex cox . the film materialized during a time of renewed interest in the period of punk rock , heroin addiction and specifically the life of sid vicious . it stars gary oldman as vicious and chloe webb as his girlfriend , nancy spungen .
compare the gritty , punk - era london captured in alex cox’s sid and nancy with google street view shots of the exact same locations today .
the words were lost . but the pictures remain . the first picture in this story features sid holding a knife to nancy’s throat . in october 1978 , nancy was stabbed in the room she was sharing with sid vicious at the chelsea hotel in new york .
johnny rotten , you would have made sid vicious ( and nancy spungeon ( sp ? ) ) very proud . thank you . much love , kl
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this film tells the true story of sid vicious , bass player for the legendary sex pistols . he meets and falls in love with nancy spungen , with whom he has a dramatic , love - hate relationship . she is a heroin addict , and sid becomes one as well . after the sex pistols break up , sid ' s career looks more and more pathetic . concurrently , sid and nancy ' s relationship begins to deteriorate . when nancy is found dead in the couple ' s hotel bathroom one morning , the audience is left to wonder whether or not sid was her killer .
gary oldman gives sid’s quick descent into the nihilism and wastage of heroin addiction the correct dose of pathos – he makes sid’s short life sympathetic .
final thoughts : while not a perfect portrait of an important time in music , sid and nancy has its merits , chief among them the lead actors . the desperation in oldman and webb ' s performances is palpable and , if there is any doubt that sid and nancy are great modern romantic figures just remember that romeo and juliet ended up dead , too .
this is one of the multiple segments of an interview of john lydon aka johnny rotten interview 1987 speaks about sid n nancy movie . enjoy !
is really a coming - of - age ( first ) love story at heart . the major characters all play at being something they’re not . nancy name - drops , brags she’s “friends with debbie harry , ” while sid “plays” at being a junkie . wally even plays with toy cars while sid and nancy have drugged - out sex nearby . they’re all children masquerading as grown - ups . sid and nancy fire toy guns at johnny while dashing through the street , and fight while sid vacuums his mum’s flat and nancy jumps up and down on the bed ( this ridiculous scene culminates in sid chasing nancy down the street in his leather jacket and jock strap until nancy stops to strip off the hippie costume she’s tried on . facing a store window , she exclaims , “i look like fucking stevie nicks ! ” of course , this all occurs after sid finds his lost g . i . joe doll and nancy laments , “i’ll never look like barbie . barbie doesn’t have bruises . ” ) within the humor shines pathos born of knowing you’ll never live up to society’s expectations .
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 .
singer richard jobson of the skids compares his own memories to alex cox’s eulogy to punk’s ill - fated lovers , sid and nancy – now a vintage classic from studiocanal .
fuck me nancy ' s and sid ' s death sparked a feeding frenzy in the tabloids with frequent front page articles . here ' s some of them . . .
they genuinely loved each other , but nancy had a disastrous effect on sid . already a junkie , she reintroduced him to the drug and so sid was cast into his last , and most enduring , phase : that of leather - clad , random destruction machine .
nancy puts the famous chain and padlock necklace around sid ' s neck , as if it was a present from her . in fact , it was not given to him by nancy , but by chrissie hynde , from the band the pretenders . see more »
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 . written by alexander lum
title sid and nancy also known as sid and nancy : love kills year 1986 formats dvd , cinema distributor ( s ) universal pictures ( uk ) ltd . - video , palace pictures , optimum releasing , momentum pictures , independent cinema office , embassy home entertainment , bmg video classified date ( s ) 08 / 07 / 2016 main language english bbfc reference azf059079
this event provides a great opportunity to support and promote a program that would make sid proud .
alex cox’s sid & nancy , a heartfelt take on the true - life relationship between sex pistols bassist sid vicious and his girlfriend nancy spungen—a love that ended when sid stabbed nancy to death in the chelsea hotel , then died of a drug overdose while awaiting trial—could easily have been just another rock biopic . instead , through the use of fantasy - tinged reenactments ( favoring the surreal in lieu of the straightforward ) , cox transforms this gritty tabloid story into something deeper . it’s a perfect example of finding truth through fictionalization .
he killed nancy , they assumed , then died of an overdose . end of story .
interviews with vicious and nancy spungen from the 1980 documentary d . o . a . : a right of passage
in turns sid is seen as a victim of nancy , malcolm mclaren , and importantly himself . mclaren is seen as a victorian villain masterminding sid’s demise from club balconies bathed in shadow . all he would need to complete the illusion would be a long moustache to twirl .
in the mid - ’80s , british punk was dead , sid vicious was a t - shirt icon and nobody – outside of london theater circles – knew who gary oldman was . sid and nancy managed to change that after the film premiered on july 20 , 1986 at london’s limelight club .
john lydon has spoken about his admiration for mick jagger , who paid sid vicious ‘s lawyers when the sex pistols bassist was arrested for the alleged murder of girlfriend nancy spungen .
our ‘nancy’ is a model called franky who is at la models and is an english girl living out in california .
sid & nancy is the tragic love story of two misunderstood people . nancy , a junkie from pa . meets sid vicious of the famed sex pistols in london . she eventually turns sid onto herion and from there his demise begins and his innocence forever lost . the band eventually breaks up on there usa tour , a betrayal - as he sees it , ( by his bandmates & mcclaren ) he never overcomes , but sid is delusioned that he can make it on his own and still be a junkie . nancy perputates this idea . we watch them fall into a downward spiral of drugs , alcohol , and violence ( both physical & verbal ) . eventually , nancy wants sid to make good on their suicide pact . on oct . 12 , 1978 nancy was found dead in room 100 at the chelsea hotel in nyc . no one really knows what happened that night , sid was too strung out to remember . most scholars believe that they became physically violent with one another ( as they often did ) and somehow she was stabbed in the abdomen and bled to death . sid was charged with her murder , and did time on riker ' s island . while he was out on bail , he overdosed on herion febeuary 2 , 1979 . his only request was to be buried with nancy .
but vicious was later to retract his confession , claiming he could not recall anything about the night nancy - dubbed ' nauseating nancy ' by the star ' s own mother - had died .
and there’s the junkie rub . by the time the infamous murder scene occurs , sid and nancy are no longer living human beings . they’re zombies merely existing until the next fix . when sid finally lunges at nancy with the knife she herself bought , neither one is mentally present . what is reality anyway ? i can’t think of another movie where a murder occurs without either party fully comprehending the finality of the event , nancy splayed out on the bathroom’s white tiles , blood everywhere , light streaming out and into the darkened bedroom where sid remains . nancy has found the light in death , sid only blackness in life . after his arrest we see sid through the bars in the jail , lying on the floor convulsing . the sex pistols may have sung about “no future , ” but sid was the only member who lived it . “sidney is more than just a bass player—he’s a fabulous disaster ! ” malcolm mclaren declares . that he was .
sid & nancy is an honorable try , but it could have been better had cox found a way to imbue the movie with some of the sheer zaniness of his repo man .
and yet the innocent humor persists . nancy takes sid to meet her family . over dinner her grandpa asks about sid’s “intentions” with his granddaughter . “well , first we’ll go down to the methadone clinic , ” sid answers sincerely before the family retires to the rec room where the clueless couple entertain with pistols tunes on an acoustic guitar . when they’re finally told they can’t stay , are better off at a hotel , nancy’s face registers a crushing knowingness . “why’d they throw us out ? ” sid wonders later . “because they know me , ” nancy quietly replies . even when sid goes back on their deal to not do any drugs until after his upcoming gigs , nancy , through her howls of disappointment and seething anger , screams , “and you didn’t even save me any ! ” it’s this constant interweaving of hilarity and bleakness that keeps us off balance , makes us see this junkie tale through fresh and sober eyes .
the movie was british writer - director alex cox’s follow - up to repo man , a project that had taken its cues ( and certainly its soundtrack ) from the los angeles punk scene . in sid and nancy , which was originally titled love kills , cox and co - writer abbe wool wanted to explore the drug - infused relationship between sid vicious , bassist for the sex pistols , and nancy spungen , a groupie who fell for sid . the film would portray the dysfunctional affair that would result in the death of both lovers .
the official soundtrack contains no songs sung by either the sex pistols or sid vicious .
sid vicious , the sex pistols bassist who was arrested for the murder of his girlfriend nancy spungen , but who died in 1979 from a heroin overdose before the case came to court . gary oldman stars in the lead role . sid & nancy has been restored for its 30th anniversary and will be released in cinemas on 5 august , and dvd , blu - ray & digital download on 29 august . urltoken urltoken urltoken urltoken
i am very grateful to sid - washington . as a 30 - year member of the organization , i applaud sid - washington’s commitment , to airing multiple perspectives on controversial and timely issues . . . sid - washington’s proven ability to assemble diverse groups and fine minds to discuss and debate important issues with passion and mutual respect is an enormous contribution .
heading south of the river , sid and nancy shack up in a tiny flat in bermondsey . outside is the two brewers – another of london’s many lost pubs – where sid chases his girlfriend wearing only a leather jacket and a man - thong . it’s since been painted a questionable salmon pink , turned into offices , and the surrounding area has had a pricey facelift . you can’t really imagine sid and nancy , two rebellious and provocative punks , living in the swanky , yummy mummy bermondsey of today , can you ? but time marches forward , and for better or worse , so does the urban landscape of london .
gary oldman wore sid ' s real chain necklace in the movie . when doing his research , sid ' s mom gave him the necklace to wear during filming . see more »
cox came straight from his cali punk epic repo man and his laid back west coast style is not really appropriate for the much more political uk punk scene . his trivializing the pistols hurts the film . a film of greater depth would have placed sid ' s downfall in a stronger context , but instead sid and nancy settles as an unusual and effective romance .
over the decades , sid has percolated through the culture : there are sid dolls , thousands of photos on the internet , appearances in the simpsons , and gavin turk ' s sculpture , pop - a self - portrait in the guise of sid and a high point of the sensation show at the royal academy in 1997 .
the new vinyl edition of sid & nancy ( music from the motion picture soundtrack ) has been remastered from the original analogues and is pressed on 180g vinyl , faithfully reproducing the 1986 release . you can purchase it here .
is also a surprisingly touching love story , and gary oldman is outstanding as the late punk rock icon sid vicious .
what the film didn’t generate , however , was very much money . sid and nancy failed to make back its $ 4 million budget during its theatrical release . yet , the movie has done better as a cult favorite on video and dvd and is a fixture on magazine lists of great biopics and rock and roll films .
a lacerating love story , 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 . director alex cox balances a bleak evocation of star - crossed love with surreal humor and genuine tenderness , creating a compelling portrait of the late ' 70s punk scene . with brilliant performances by gary oldman and chloe webb , the film ' s haunting imagery and black comedy resonate long after the final frames .
the director films the relation involving sid vicious , the sex pistol ' s bass player , and his girl - friend nancy .
no future
is the motto and we are invited to follow the quick rise and the quicker fall of this boy unable to quit the image of loser he wears while a certain number of his fellow companions know how to separate show - business and reality . from london streets up to american deserts , sid and nancy , in a suicidal ride , drink , smoke , take drugs and , occasionally , play music .
based on the true story of sid vicious , bass player for the legendary punk rock band
the sex pistols
, and his girlfriend nancy spungen . their the music of the sex pistols , their relationship was always volatile .
what cox gets spot on is the casting of gary oldman as sid . the legendary british actor who was in the pomp of youth elevates the movie by giving sid depth where it would have been much easier to suggest there was none . he also gives sid’s quick descent into the nihilism and wastage of heroin addiction the correct dose of pathos , doing the unthinkable – he makes sid’s short life sympathetic .
gary oldman and chloe webb are better as the title characters . webb hasn ' t had much success since her feature debut in sid and nancy and it ' s possible that nancy ' s shrill behavior wasn ' t much of a stretch , but her nancy is annoying and grating in a way that only reinforces her hold over sid . oldman is absolutely astounding as sid , a tragic , pathetic figure in music history who has been turned into something of a martyr to punk by t - shirt and poster printers since his early death . the reality of his involvement in the pistols ( as documented in julien temple ' s outstanding documentary the filth and the fury ) is much more complex and sad . oldman gets at this inner sadness without the benefit of temple ' s film or two decades of hindsight . his sid is a creation of pure actor ' s instinct and he completely disappears into the character .
sex pistols frontman john lydon has said he feels partly responsible for bandmate sid vicious’ heroin overdose .
after oldman turned it down . both oldman and day - lewis were in the running to play sid vicious in alex cox’s
he was sid vicious , bass guitarist with the notorious sex pistols . she was nancy spungen , a young american groupie . bound by sex , drugs and rock ' n ' roll they became inseparable . . . until that fateful night in 1978 . the cops are summoned to room 100 of new york ' s chelsea hotel , to find nancy lying dead in a pool of blood . sid is arrested , taken away and charged with stabbing his lover to death .
in an extensive new interview with the daily record , lydon said of the incident : “ nancy spungen was a hideous , awful person who killed herself because of the lifestyle and led to the destruction and subsequent death of sid and the whole fiasco . i tried to help sid through all of that and feel a certain responsibility because i brought him into the pistols thinking he could handle the pressure . he couldn’t . the reason people take heroin is because they can’t handle pressure . poor old sid . ”
even if
sid and nancy
doesn ' t quite represent the imperfect perfection in which punk music so often traffics , alex cox ' s confident visual symbolism - combined with chloe webb & gary oldman ' s performances - grant it piercing volume and knotty shape .
following their breakout success in england , flagship punk rock band the sex pistols venture out on their first u . s . tour . temperamental bassist sid vicious ( gary oldman ) takes his troubled girlfriend , nancy spungen ( chloe webb ) , along for the ride . along the way , the couple ' s turbulent relationship strains the patience of bandmate johnny rotten ( andrew schofield ) and manager malcolm mclaren ( david hayman ) , while plunging sid and nancy into the depths of drug addiction and co - dependency .
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according to the gloucestershire echo , lydon said at the weekend : “sid could not play an instrument and i could not sing .
dior is adamant that this is the man he believes killed nancy and who disappeared soon after with the bundle of the couple ' s cash .
the ‘sid’ is our very own johnny anderson – the star of camilla arthur casting’s los angeles roster .
the title was chosen to remind people of romeo and juliet , but the star - crossed lovers in sid and nancy had worse problems than those teens from verona . repo man director alex cox ' s film told the harrowing ( yet weirdly romantic ) true story of sex pistols bass player sid vicious , his groupie - turned - girlfriend nancy spungen , and their descent into heroin - flavored destruction . despite good reviews and excellent performances by newcomers gary oldman and chloe webb , the 1986 biopic did poorly in theaters and gained its cult following later—the same way a lot of punk bands did , fittingly .
sid vicious was not stupid , but he did not have any emotional resources with which to deal with fame . as wobble says :
john lydon kept a link with his past , and that saved him , but sid had no past .
sid was a lost boy who , like peter pan , never grew beyond childhood , and his spectacular demise was both exploited and unmourned .
alex cox ' s biopic of sex pistols bassist sid vicious , chronicling his ill - fated romance with groupie nancy spungen , who introduced him to heroin and paid the ultimate price . starring gary oldman and chloe webb , with andrew schofield as the pistols ' lead singer johnny rotten and a soundtrack featuring the pogues and joe strummer .
chloe webb as nancy screams and rants , is selfish and manipulating , a victim of a scene which promised those with no talent that they could be someone . the survivors and the successful of that era did have talent - lydon included , which left sid with nowhere to go when his star faded .
sid & nancy stars gary oldman as sid and chloe webb as nancy , with the supporting cast including david hayman , courtney love and kathy burke . the movie premiered at the cannes film festival in 1986 and has since become a critically - hailed cult classic . the chicago sun - times referred to the titular couple as “punk rock’s romeo & juliet ” while an uncut retrospective praised oldman’s “hugely sympathetic reading of the punk figurehead as a lost and bewildered manchild . ” the film later won industry accolades such as south america’s sao paulo international film festival award .
because the dead man , john ritchie , who had taken his last breath just hours before , was better known as british punk rocker sid vicious - the prime suspect in the murder of his american girlfriend , nancy spungen .
from the phone booth scene where nancy begs her mom for cash , then hangs up without success . nancy :
she wouldn ' t give us the money ! she said we ' d spend it on drugs !
sid :
we would .
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late in 1984 , cox met with a producer who told him about an idea that had been percolating in hollywood : a movie about sid and nancy , starring the beautiful madonna and the polite , handsome rupert everett . as cox wrote in his autobiography ,
for anyone who had been vaguely into the punk movement , this was a troubling idea indeed .
aware that this potential project didn ' t have a script yet and eager to beat them to the punch , cox was motivated to dust off too kool to die and rework it into a sid and nancy picture of his own .
sid & nancy ( music from the motion picture soundtrack ) was originally issued through mca to coincide with the box office release of director alex cox’s film . the plot details the star - crossed love affair between iconic sex pistols bassist sid vicious and his american girlfriend nancy spungen . this culminated in spungen’s murder at new york’s chelsea hotel on 12 october 1978 . though arraigned for her murder , vicious never stood trial as he died of a drug overdose while out in bail in february 1979 .
john lydon famously despises cox’s film for inaccuracies both of the period and about his friend , but sid is viewed with a warmth and affection by the camera , which underlies the fact that most people seem to forget now ; sid was so incredibly young when he died .
but this was also the moment when punk truly became pop . during 1978 , mclaren kept the pistols going without lydon . as sid dissolved further into a hail of drugs , he had a top 10 record in july with his radical cover of my way . as the single slipped down the charts , sid and nancy moved to new york , never to return .
but her pain has depth and shading . in her most powerful scene , nancy makes a late - night long - distance telephone - box call to her mother in america , claiming that she and sid have just got hitched . in fact , she just needs enough cash to score smack .
watching sid on drums that night playing with siouxsie and the banshees doing a rendition of the lord’s prayer was shocking , brilliant and terrible . the atmosphere was beyond anything i had experienced back in rural scotland . sid was tall , thin and gangly , and remarkably good - looking in a spotty kid kind of way . around the bar area he was noisy and aggressive and definitely the centre of attention , playing the tough guy , and in our innocence he seemed quite terrifying . a scene in sid and nancy captures that very evening when he brutally assaults music journalist nick kent , a soft hippy - like writer who was an easy target . not the act of a tough guy .
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nancy’s gradual collapse before our eyes , as she realises that her mother isn’t falling for it , is perfectly calibrated : bogus matrimonial bliss warps into little - princess pleading and finally scalding , volcanic rage . the scene ends with nancy on her knees in the road . it’s dynamite .
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sometimes a film can be completely rewarding in some respects and totally wrong in others . alex cox ' s sid and nancy ( 1986 , originally released on dvd by criterion , this review is of the new mgm release ) is terrific as a bizarre love story between the late sex pistols ' bassist sid vicious and junkie / groupie nancy spungen . the two lovers connect on a sadomasochistic level that is unusual and , in the film at least , leaves you with the feeling that they could have been the only people on the planet , a perfect match that could only have destroyed itself .
with the lacerating love story sid & nancy , alex cox reimagines the crash - and - burn affair between punk’s most notorious self - destructive poster children : sex pistols bassist sid vicious and his girlfriend , nancy spungen—brought to visceral life by brilliant performances from gary oldman and chloe webb . cox turns his anarchic filmmaking style on the explosive energy of the london punk scene and the degenerate streets of seventies new york , making for an eviscerating depiction of excess and addiction . through the lens of cinematographer roger deakins , the imagery goes from swooning to grimy , and the film’s bleakness is balanced with surreal humor and genuine tenderness , making for an affecting , music - fueled vision of doomed love .
it’s been 30 years since british filmmaker alex cox unleashed his transatlantic punk love story sid and nancy ( 1986 ) , a bruising journey to the heart of the self - destructive relationship between the sex pistols’ sid vicious ( a young gary oldman ) and nancy spungen ( chloe webb ) . the first half of the film frames the meeting of the lovers in london . clad in leather , arms scarred by needles , the conspicuous couple leave a trail of mayhem in their wake as they hop from soho to bayswater , from bayswater to bermondsey .
chloe webb also received praise for her work as nancy . although courtney love lobbied incredibly hard for the part , she had to settle for a minor role as gretchen . love wasn’t the only musician involved in sid and nancy . the circle jerks , iggy pop and nico all appear in the film , the members of guns n’ roses were hired as extras for some of the los angeles scenes , and former clash frontman joe strummer contributed much of the soundtrack .
, kowalski’s documentary on the sex pistols’ american tour . “they were incredibly pathetic and i felt like i was taking advantage of them just by being there , ” kowalski is quoted as saying . listening to nancy berate a nodding - off sid in her new york whine you realize just how inseparably dysfunctional the two really were . she yells at him to try to stay awake for the interview , to stop dropping lit cigarettes on her , and she also notes that he’s constantly spilling coffee and orange juice on her—sid is always the helpless , careless kid who wouldn’t be able to function without nancy ( she actually claims sid would have died around fifteen deaths already if not for her ! ) .
things don’t go well at that first meeting when groupie nancy ( played by chloe webb , equal to oldman in chameleon ability ) announces she has “all” of the sex pistols albums back in new york before calling sid by johnny’s name . it’s only later when they end up two bodies on the sardine - packed floor of a flat that the dysfunctional relationship begins . nancy literally wedges herself between sid and johnny , marking a turning point in the boys’ friendship . a girl has come between them . it’s time to grow up .
after his death , the punk rocker ' s mother requested he be laid to rest in the same plot where nancy was buried , but her parents refused . the following week , anne flew with her son ' s ashes to the philadelphia cemetery and secretly sprinkled them over nancy ' s gravestone .
sid and nancy premiered in the directors ' fortnight section of the 1986 cannes film festival , in a lavish , packed auditorium . according to cox , some or all members of duran duran were in the audience , and when gary oldman first appeared on the screen , one of them yelled ,
johnny thunders !
( referring to another punk musician who ' d been with the new york dolls ) . the clash ' s joe strummer , who ' d consulted on sid and nancy , stood and yelled ,
shut the f * * * up !
duly chastened by their elders , duran duran shut up .
an amazing ride through the short life of the sex pistols and sid vicious featuring gary oldman in one of the best performances i ' ve seen .
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sid vicious was the bassist of punk band the sex pistols from 1977 to 1978 . when his girlfriend nancy spungen was murdered in october 1978 , he was charged with the crime . he died of a heroin overdose before the case could come to trial .
a movie set in the ' 70s at the peak of the punk rock revolution . two lovers become addicted to drugs , holing up in a hotel and letting their lives slip away day by day . sid vicious , the infamous bassist of the sex pistols , falls hard for nancy spungen , an american junkie , who introduces him to the life of drugs . when sid breaks away from the sex pistols , nancy helps him in steering a solo career , which he cannot keep up with due to his drug problems . the two are an irresponsible , yet loving pair , allowing their room to set on fire , missing gigs , and scaring nancy ' s family . . . the epitomy of punk rock .
sid vicious ' s mother , anne beverley , had drug problems of her own , and is rumored to have given her son the dose of heroin that killed him . gary oldman visited her while researching the role , and described her as
very warm and open and helpful .
he said she gave him the chain and padlock that sid used to wear around his neck , which oldman wore in the film . understandably , nancy ' s parents , frank and deborah spungen , wanted nothing to do with the production and had no interest in seeing a movie depicting their daughter ' s death .
certainly , several witnesses who passed in and out of the couple ' s first - floor room in the early hours say vicious was out for the count . and at least two say the previously unknown michael , who lived on the sixth floor of the hotel , was with sid and nancy as late as 5am - around the time she was stabbed .
with a history as an actress , and the wife of an actor - turned - politician , nancy was known for her glamorous lifestyle and her fashion — she was also known for her hollywood friends , including rock hudson and elizabeth taylor .
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it’s a more inspired week , happily , for reissues , beginning with the 30th - anniversary re - release of alex cox’s white - hot , needles - under - the - nails punk elegy sid and nancy ( studiocanal , 18 ) , in which gary oldman ’s feral , furious role as doomed sex pistols bassist sid vicious remains an extraordinary spectacle : a frightening , untamed beast of a performance and the rarely reached benchmark for all rock biopic impersonations since .
because cox creates his own living , breathing world we’re not so concerned with historical accuracy , with “the facts . ” so what if the guy playing johnny rotten doesn’t look much like the real john lydon ? his constant correcting of sid’s singing , “we don’t fucking care ! ” with “no ’fucking’—just ’we don’t care’ ! ” tells us more about the character than the right shade of rotten red . the shot of sid and nancy sleeping , their heads of jet black and bottle blonde cuddled together like furry animals , and the scene in which nancy , dressed in fetish gear , answers linda’s phone and falls to her knees when she hears sid’s voice calling from america , visualize their love better than any “true events” ever could . “you’re just gonna have to have sex with somebody else ! ” an irritated nancy finally exclaims , hanging up as linda calls for her—this is followed by a quick cut to a long shot of sid at a phone booth , shit - kicker cowboys in the foreground . their relationship goes from being so near to so desperately far away .
the astonishing thing about
sid and nancy
is the amount of subtle information it gives us about their relationship , given the fact that the surface of the movie is all tumult and violence , pain and confusion . this movie doesn ' t take the easy way out and cast these two lovers as romeo and juliet , misunderstood waifs . it sees beneath their leather and chains , their torn t - shirts and steel - toed boots , to a basically conventional relationship between an ambitious woman and a man who was still a boy .
you were keen to romanticize sid & nancy without glorifying them but now feel you failed in that endeavor . can you explain how the film , in your mind , fails to do so ? it may be an inevitable part of all drama , that in depicting something you make it to some extent heroic or glorious . or it could be that the ending of sid & nancy , with the
taxi to heaven
which seems very sentimental now , contradicts the message of the film ( spoken by the guy in the methadone clinic ) .
video : mgm ' s current release of sid and nancy replaces the criterion version ' s non - anamorphic transfer . the new disc has a crisper picture , more vibrant colors , and , of course , an anamorphic transfer . really the improved picture is the only improvement over the previous disc , which looks good for an earlier release .
, what makes the film a universal tale . cox wastes no time—even when sid accidentally walks through a plate - glass door and goes down in slo - mo , we don’t hear glass and people shrieking but disembodied voices arguing . the next scene reveals it’s the beginning of the end , the loud break - up of the band around a comatose sid’s hospital bed . by the time we see sid sitting up , raptly watching a monster movie as a christmas - decorated shopping cart rolls into the room , we know nancy is going to be standing in that doorway . sappy and sentimental ? sure . isn’t that what love is ?
in one scene , sid vicious carves letters into his chest with a razor blade , accompanied by blood flowing from the wounds .
the movie really comes alive in the new york scenes in the claustrophobic melancholy of the chelsea hotel room where sid and nancy had become unwelcome residents . director cox handles these scenes with a gentleness that captures the punk romeo and juliet’s sense of isolation and hopelessness . it builds into a frenzy where it becomes increasingly obvious something very bad is about to happen . at this moment in his career sid thought that he was a star who had arrived , but he was fleeing , and people who are fleeing have no idea where they are going .
just days before nancy ' s death , he had received $ 25 , 000 in cash - royalty payments from richard branson ' s virgin records .
alex cox’s movie focuses on the ill - fated romance between sid and new york groupie nancy spungen . the star - crossed lovers soon shared an insatiable desire for booze , then drugs , starting with sulphate and leading to what they called the “big h” – heroin . their new - found rock ‘n’ roll utopia speedily led to a life of chaos , violence and self - destruction .
all throughout high school , my friends and i would skip school and watch this movie . sure it ' s depressing , but it ' s also one of the coolest movies ever made . sid & nancy also introduced us to gary oldman , who sang all the songs in the movie and now has gone onto bigger things ( whether that ' s good i don ' t know ) . the extra features on this dvd are really exciting . phone interviews with sid vicious , a great video interview with the real sid & nancy , the infamous bill grundy interview , a making of documantary , and commentary by all the stars of the film . i must have seen this every day going to high school on videotape , now that that tape is all worn out , i have the dvd to see it 100 more times !
the discovery of the letter led some friends to speculate that nancy ' s death had been a suicide pact that had gone wrong , and spungen had administered the fatal knife wound herself .
this is also a hallmark of the film’s director . both the guy dispensing the drugs at the methadone clinic who suddenly starts ranting about how the government uses heroin as a form of control or the creepy bellhop who begs for money after sid and nancy are moved to a new room could easily have slipped in from cox’s
but he wasn ' t called sid sweet . vicious was a strong name to be saddled with . the script was set and , like many scripts , it took over the actor to the point where person and persona became fatally blurred .
be careful what you set yourself up for
should be one pop culture motto , and sid was more vulnerable than most .
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sid vicious ( oldman ) , born the working clas brit john simon ritchie , becomes bass player for the suddenly world - famous sex pistols punk band in the late 1970s . fame , money , and drugs swirl about him as he clings to any american girl named nancy spungen ( webb ) . the pistols disintegrate after their u . s . tour , sid tries to sustain a solo career , but heroin addiction drags him and nancy down . one morning he awakes to find her stabbed to death and himself charged with her murder . co - writer and director alex cox made this almost too - real 1986 story after his highly quirky
repo man .
oldman and webb are amazingly good . watch for courtney love in a bit role as gretchen .
the 21 - year - old musician and would - be actress called co - writer abbe wool and claimed ,
i am nancy spungen !
( she only meant she was perfect for the part . ) wool had love submit an audition tape , but cox wanted an actress with more experience . still , he liked love enough to write a small role for her as one of nancy ' s junkie friends , and subsequently cast her in his film straight to hell ( 1987 ) . years later , love would be compared ( unflatteringly ) to nancy spungen for her supposed similar influence on kurt cobain and nirvana .
whacked out on any drug he can get into his edward scissorhands body , sid could be making a comment on his quick , young life . the bleak , almost apocalyptic , chelsea hotel he disintegrates into with nancy is a far cry from the bright spray - can colours of silver jubilee london .
int : must have been moved to tears by drew schofiled ' s heartfelt portrayal of you in sid ' n nance , then . .
three of the four johns were transformed by pseudonyms that , beginning in teenage jokes , became international news . lydon became johnny rotten , thanks to sex pistols ' guitarist steve jones ; beverley became sid vicious , thanks to lydon , wardle became jah wobble , thanks to sid .