The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

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TitleThe Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
User score

6.4

Release dateSep 11, 1980
GenreComedy, Documentary, Music
DirectorJulien Temple
Production countryUnited Kingdom
Production companiesBoyd's Company, Kendon Films Ltd., Matrixbest, Virgin Films
Run time103 min.

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."

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