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March 30, 2024

DVD 1: The Sex Pistols ~ The Filth & the Fury

Sex Pistols - The Filth & the Fury

DVD front cover - rockumentary

On Mar 30, 1976, the Sex Pistols played their first show at The 100 Club In London. And, as they say, the rest is history!

In 2000 Julien Temple directed a British rockumentary film entitled, The Filth & the Fury. It follows the story of punk rock pioneers the Sex Pistols and their humble beginnings from Shepherd's Bush in London, England, to their fall at the Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, California. It follows the chaotic, exciting, berserk and enormously influential brief history of the band. It is considered a continuation of Temple's first documentary centered on the band, titled The Great Rock and Roll Swindle, but acts as an opportunity for the surviving members of the group to tell their side of the story.

Sex Pistols - The Filth & the Fury

DVD back cover - rockumentary

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The title of the film is a reference to a headline that appeared in the British tabloid newspaper The Daily Mirror on December 2, 1976, after an interview on the ITV Today presented by Bill Grundy. The title of The Mirror article was itself inspired by the William Faulkner novel, The Sound and the Fury which was in turn taken from a line in Macbeth by William Shakespeare.

In 1990, Glenn Matlock wrote a book entitled, I Was A Teenage Sex Pistol which documented the life of the band from his perspective.

Tracklist:

1 - The Filth And The Fury - 1:43:00

Companies, etc.

    Copyright © – Sex Pistols Residuals
    Copyright © – Fine Line Features
    Copyright © – New Line Home Video

Credits:

    Executive-Producer – Eric Gardner (3), Jonathan Weisgal
    Film Director – Julien Temple
    Film Editor – Niven Howie
    Film Producer – Amanda Temple, Anita Camarata
    Performer – Glen Matlock, Paul Cook, Sid Vicious, Steve Jones (2)

Notes:

Widescreen version.
Language: English
Subtitles: English
Rated R

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 794043508622

Sex Pistols – The Filth And The Fury
Label: New Line Home Video – N5086
Format: DVD, DVD-Video, NTSC, Enhanced
Country: US
Released: 2000
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk

Viewfinder links:

William Faulkner

Sex Pistols

William Shakespeare

Julien Temple

Orson Welles ~ Director Extraordinaire: Voodoo Macbeth

Net links:

Roger Ebert ~ The Filth and the Fury review

Tommy Gerard ~ The Filth And The Fury: A Sex Pistols Film

NY Times ~ A Rock Band That Hurled Rocks at 70's Britain review

Our Town NY ~ The Filth and The Fury The Filth and ...

Punktuationmag ~ in 1976 Sex Pistols Outrage British Public Live On TV!