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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)

Film · 1980 · 103 min · Comedy · Documentary · Music

A rather incoherent post-breakup Sex Pistols "documentary", told from the point of view of Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, whose (arguable) position is that the Sex Pistols in particular and punk rock in general were an elaborate scam perpetrated by him in order to make "a million pounds."

Directed by Julien Temple

Starring Malcolm McLaren, Steve Jones, Paul Cook, Sid Vicious, John Lydon, Helen Wellington-Lloyd, Ronald Biggs, Liz Fraser

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In cinemas11 September 1980
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First release anywhere11 September 1980

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