The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle
1980 · 103 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 2,478 VOTES · DIR. Julien Temple
Overview
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."
Dialogue Timeline — 1,182 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:24 MALCOLM MCLAREN - THE EMBLEZZER -
00:06:03 and a household name as the most filthy, disgusting, dirtiest
00:10:53 Haven't you understood anything yet?
00:14:41 # Is this the U.D.A #
00:18:12 at "The Screen on the Green," lslington.
00:21:08 make sure it's an important event for them.
00:27:09 Keep going, go on, you've got another five seconds, say something outrageous.
00:29:47 # And I fell in love with you I love your mortal sin #
00:32:37 It's, well, it's lowering the standard of our people in Caerphilly.
00:38:51 Malcolm always was a hustler
00:42:04 # Not an animal #
00:45:33 # Don't be told what you want Don't be told what you need #
00:48:44 at 7:30pm tonight on ??Brian Wills open line??
00:52:59 God Save the Queen, eh, John?
00:56:31 We don't take risks in this bussiness anymore.
01:01:23 You know, we encouraged all those kids to travel all over the country
01:06:07 making it impossible for the legend to be unmasked.
01:09:51 Was more like a dying horse that needed putting out of its misery.
01:14:27 Hold up? humphrey?
01:18:11 get yourself a guitar the honest way.
01:22:12 # God save William Grundy from falling in manure #
01:27:09 ON SALE IN THE FOYER NOW
01:34:03 # I shot it up #
01:39:41 SID VICIOUS DEAD
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,182
Dialogue density11.5 lines / min
First line00:00:24
Final line01:39:41
Production Record
DirectorJulien Temple
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,478