SID AND NANCY

Gary Oldman, Chloe Webb

Samuel Goldwyn; Directed by Alex Cox

Rated R; 111 minutes; 1986

, VHS

Set against the most influential pop-cultural phenomenon of our time, director Alex Cox powerfully recounts the intense and ultimately destructive love affair between Sex Pistol Sid Vicious and American groupie Nancy Spungen. Both Gary Oldman and Chloe Webb shine in their cinematic debut as the haunted, yet vulnerable couple violently at odds with their society.