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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

1980
Directed byJulien Temple
1h 43m

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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Malcolm McLarenThe EmbezzlerSteve JonesThe CrookPaul Cook
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ComedyDocumentaryMusic
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.2

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