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Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010)

 |  Biography, Drama, Music  |  5 May 2010 (USA)
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A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s.

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Betty Dury
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Kilburns' Drummer
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Young Ian Dury
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Pub Landlord
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Flamboyant entertainer Ian Dury, backed by the Blockheads, takes to the stage, explaining to his audience how, as a child, he contracted polio from a swimming pool and attended a special needs school where he was bullied, particularly by orderly Hargreaves, a fact which shaped his tough and frequently iconoclastic approach to life, culminating in his controversial contribution to the Year of the Disabled. From his early days with Kilburn and the High Roads, playing seedy pubs with no dressing rooms Ian moves onto chart success with the Blockheads, collaborating with musician Chaz Jankel. His private life is complicated as, separated from the tolerant Betty with whom he remains friends but refuses to divorce for many years, he lives with the much younger Denise along with his adored son Baxter, who will himself become a performer. Ian dies in 2000, having packed an enormous amount of living into a comparatively short life. Written by don @ minifie-1

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Секс, наркотики и рок-н-ролл  »

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£2,000,000 (estimated)

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£173,831 (UK) (8 January 2010)

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£427,956 (UK) (15 January 2010)
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Filmed around Egham and Watford between April-June 2009. See more »

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This Is What We Find
Written by Ian Dury and Mickey Gallagher
(c) Templemill Music Ltd (PRS)
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Performed by Andy Serkis & The Blockheads
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Brilliant Andy Serkis. Film Isn't Otherwise Bad
19 April 2012 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

In the states, Ian Dury is mostly unknown, especially now. He was a UK rocker who came out of the pub circuit. He was the most unlikely of rock stars, stricken with polio and possessed of a less than tuneful voice. Still, the music is well crafted and other than the film title some may remember the clever "Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick". Andy Serkis does an amazing job as Dury, he catches his ugliness, his drive, his indifference and his fury. They don't make musicians like Dury anymore, and thats a pity. He was an original. The film gets a bit confusing jumping from the present to the past, but stay with it. If you've never heard of Dury, read up & listen before you watch this. Otherwise, I think this is a faithful film about a difficult person but one who contributed well to popular culture. R.I.P. Ian.


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