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The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle

The Great Rock 'n' Roll Swindle (1980)

Radar 33Slightly unusual1h 43mComedy · Documentary · Music

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A quieter title still finding its audience, though the rating rests on a thin sample, so treat it as provisional.

Synopsis

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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Radar score33/100
Quality signal64/100
Audience rating6.4
Votes counted56
Trust signalSlightly unusual

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