The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

Name: The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
Released: 1980-09-11

1980· 1h 43m· 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."

1980-09-11

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Key Crew

DirectorJulien Temple

WriterJulien Temple

Director of PhotographyAdam Barker-Mill

Full cast & crew (30 cast · 9 crew)

Details

Released1980-09-11

Runtime1h 43m

StatusReleased

StudiosBoyd's Company · Kendon Films Ltd. · Matrixbest

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited Kingdom

Rating6.3/10 · 55 votes

Original languageen

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