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Sid and Nancy, originally titled Love Kills, is a 1986 film directed by Alex Cox. It emerged during a period of renewed fascination in the life of the Sex Pistols member Sid Vicious. It stars Gary Oldman as Vicious and Chloe Webb as his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen. The movie is largely based on the mutually destructive, drug-and-sex filled relationship between Vicious and Spungen. Vicious's mother, Anne Beverley, initially tried to prevent the movie from being made. After meeting with Cox, however, she decided to help the production. Some of the supporting characters are composites, invented to streamline the plot. Oldman lost weight to play the emaciated Vicious by eating nothing but "steamed fish and lots of melon," but was briefly hospitalized when he lost too much weight. Vicious's mother also gave Oldman Vicious' own trademark heavy metal chain and padlock to wear in the film. Courtney Love recorded an infamous video audition in which she threatened to kill the producers if they... full article at wikipedia
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  • Nov 7, 1986
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  • Love kills.
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  • 112.0min
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  • 4,000,000.0
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by crism Jul 11, 2008

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