Movies


SID AND NANCY

Gary Oldman
Chloe Webb
Drew Schofield
David Hayman
Courtney Love
Sy Richardson
Circle Jerks
Director: Alex Cox

Released: 1986
Plot: This riveting film tells the bleak, heroin filled story of Sex Pistols' bassist Sid Vicious and his longtime girlfriend Nancy Spungen. Oldman delivers a bravura performance as Sid in an oddly romantic and visually stunning tale of punk rock, drugs, devotion, and inevitable early death. Not for the squeamish.



STRAIGHT TO HELL

Sy Richardson
Joe Strummer
Courtney Love
Pogues
Grace Jones
Dennis Hopper
Elvis Costello
Jim Jarmusch
Zander Schloss

Director: Alex Cox

Released: 1987
Plot: After a botched robbery, a band of thieves heads for the desert to take shelter, only to find that the wilderness hamlet into which they've stumbled is run by a murderous, incestuous clan of coffee addicts who are struggling for control against a small band of misfits and a greedy land developer. Weird, weird stuff, highlighted by a spontaneous song-and-dance production number and cameos from such punk luminaries as Elvis Costello (as a coffee-dispensing butler) and the Pogues (as three brain-dead caballeros).



FEELING MINNESOTA

Keanu Reeves
Vincent D'Onofrio
Cameron Diaz
Delroy Lindo
Courtney Love
Tuesday Weld
Dan Aykroyd

Director: Steven Baigelman

Released: 1996
Plot: Chaos, violence, and a Cain-and-Abel-like struggle ensue when, on the day of her wedding, a young midwesterner makes the mistake of falling in love with another man--her fiance's brother. An independent romantic comedy.



THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT

Woody Harrelson
Courtney Love
Edward Norton
Crispin Glover
James Cromwell
Richard Paul
Brett Harrelson
James Carville

Director: Milos Forman

Released: 1996
Plot: The more or less true-to-life saga of sleaze entrepreneur Larry Flynt, who withstood a legal blitzkrieg from fundamentalist conservatives, a crippling bullet from a would-be assassin, and the death of his heroin-addicted wife (and former employee) while building his empire. Rendered as an anti-censorship parable by Czech emigre Forman. Academy Award Nominations: Best Director, Best Actor--Woody Harrelson. Other awards: National Board of Review: Best Supporting Actor--Edward Norton; New York and Los Angeles Film Critics: Best Supporting Actress--Courtney Love; Golden Globe Awards: Best Director and Best Screenplay.



BASQUIAT

Jeffrey Wright
Michael Wincott
Benicio Del Toro
Claire Forlani
David Bowie
Dennis Hopper
Gary Oldman
Christopher Walken
Willem Defoe
Jean Claude Le Marre
Courtney Love

Released: 1996
Plot: An insider's look at the kinetic New York art world, told through the life story of Jean-Michel Basquiat. A black, 19-year-old graffiti artist who catapulted to superstardom with his controversial paintings, Basquiat rubbed elbows with the likes of Andy Warhol and Julian Schnabel before burning out permanently at the age of 27. Schnabel, himself a celebrated figure in the art world, makes his directing debut.



200 CIGARETTES

Christina Ricci
Martha Plimpton
Kate Hudson
Ben Affleck
Janeane Garofalo
Casey Affleck
David Chapelle
Guillermo Diaz
Angela Featherstone
Gaby Hoffmann
Courtney Love

Released: 1999
Plot: 200 CIGARETTES is a swirl of stories, all set on New Year's Eve 1981. The main story is of two Long Island Madonna wannabes who accidentally end up in an East Village punk club. Meanwhile, various couples try to get into what is supposed to be the hippest party in New York.



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Julie Johnson