sex & drugs & rock & roll
North American Premiere

sex & drugs & rock & roll

Encounters
| U.K. | 115 MINUTES | English
Drama, Music

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.


Cast & Credits
Directed by
Mat Whitecross and Mat Whitecross
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).
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

Contacts
Sales Contact
James Scott
Metropolis International Sales
Beaconsfield, Bucks, HP9 2HN
Phone: +44 149 467 0705
sales@metropolis-sales.com
Main Contact
Jemma Sands
Beaconsfield, Bucks HP9 2HN
Phone: +44 1494 670705
jsands@metropolis-sales.com
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