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Directed by Mat Whitecross and Mat Whitecross

SEX & DRUGS & ROCK & ROLL

sex & drugs & rock & roll

The man who played Gollum and King Kong is now transforming into an equally volatile creature: punk rocker and new wave artist Ian Dury. BAFTA nominee Andy Serkis plays The Blockheads frontman like the circus ringmaster at a carnival of dysfunction (known to the rest of us as the '70s and '80s). This unconventional biopic follows Dury from the days before Catshit Mansions through his rise to quantifiable success. Somewhere along the way, we're introduced to a different Dury: a man whose tenacity allowed him to overcome the debilitating effects of a botched childhood and polio, and who challenged those closest to him to have the same strength of character. He may have been a sonuvabitch, but he gave as much love as he gave grief.

Director Mat Whitecross expertly structures the film as if it were one of Dury's songs, with vivid vignettes and a new wave tempo, while pop artist Peter Blake lends his trademark aesthetic. The story of an artist by an artist, sex & drugs & rock & roll will do more than give you reasons to be cheerful.

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The man who played Gollum and King Kong is now transforming into an equally volatile creature: punk rocker and new wave artist Ian Dury. BAFTA nominee Andy Serkis plays The Blockheads frontman like the circus ringmaster at a carnival of dysfunction (known to the rest of us as the '70s and '80s). This unconventional biopic follows Dury from the days before Catshit Mansions through his rise to quantifiable success. Somewhere along the way, we're introduced to a different Dury: a man whose tenacity allowed him to overcome the debilitating effects of a botched childhood and polio, and who challenged those closest to him to have the same strength of character. He may have been a sonuvabitch, but he gave as much love as he gave grief.

Director Mat Whitecross expertly structures the film as if it were one of Dury's songs, with vivid vignettes and a new wave tempo, while pop artist Peter Blake lends his trademark aesthetic. The story of an artist by an artist, sex & drugs & rock & roll will do more than give you reasons to be cheerful.

Film Information
Year: 2009
Length: 115 minutes
Language: English
Country: U.K.
Premiere: North American
Cast & Credits
Director of Photography: Christopher Ross (and Brian Tufano BSC)
Composer: Chaz Jankel
Director: Mat Whitecross
Primary Cast: Andy Serkis, Naomie Harris, Olivia Williams, Bill Milner, Toby Jones, Tom Hughes, Noel Clarke, Mackenzie Crook, Ray Winstone, Wesley Nelson
Production Designer: Richard Bullock
Producer: Damian Jones
Screenwriter: Paul Viragh
Editor: Peter Christellis
About the Director(s)
Mat Whitecross was nominated for a BAFTA along with Michael Winterbottom for The Road To Guantanamo, which won the Silver Bear at Berlin, a European Film Award nomination, and the best documentary prize at the Independent Spirit Awards. His last film was the doc The Shock Doctrine (with Winterbottom).
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