Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (film)

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mat Whitecross
Produced by	Damian Jones
Written by	Paul Viragh
Starring	Andy Serkis Naomie Harris Ray Winstone Olivia Williams Noel Clarke Toby Jones Mackenzie Crook Bill Milner
Music by	Chaz Jankel
Cinematography	Christopher Ross
Release dates	8 January 2010 (2010-01-08)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll is a 2010 biographical film about English new wave musician Ian Dury (12 May 1942 – 27 March 2000), starring Andy Serkis as Dury. The film follows Dury's rise to fame and documents his personal battle with the disability caused by having contracted polio during childhood. The effect that his disability and his lifestyle have upon his relationships is also a focal point of the film.^[1] The title of the film is derived from Dury's 1977 7" single, "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll".

Principal photography began on 29 April 2009 in Egham, Surrey^[1] and theatre footage was shot 1–3 June at Watford.

Cast

• Andy Serkis as Ian Dury
• Naomie Harris as Denise
• Ray Winstone as Bill Dury
• Olivia Williams as Betty Dury
• Noel Clarke as Desmond
• Toby Jones as Hargreaves
• Ralph Ineson as The Sulphate Strangler
• Mackenzie Crook as Russell Hardy
• Bill Milner as Baxter Dury
• Michael Maloney as Graham
• Arthur Darvill as Mick Gallagher
• Luke Evans as Clive Richards
• James Jagger as John Turnbull
• Tom Hughes as Chaz Jankel
• Clifford Samuel as Charley Charles
• Jennifer Carswell as Ruby
• Stephanie Carswell as Mia
• Joseph Kennedy as Davey Payne
• Catherine Balavage as Crazy drug girl (uncredited)

Awards

References

External links

• Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll at the Internet Movie Database
• Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll at Rotten Tomatoes