Summary
From London's 1970 mod scene to Sonic Youth, punk music has always been about attitude and anarchy. This comprehensive rockumentary traces the roots of punk, from The Velvet Underground and the New York Dolls to the Sex Pistols and The Clash.
Good for
- Friends night
- Party vibe
- Teens
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 82GoodWatch 78
Audience score90%
IMDb7.4
Running time
1 h 28 min
Shorter than most documentaries, −8 min on the typical 96
typical 9688Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 1 countries
Released
2005
July 4, 2005
21 years ago
Genres
DocumentaryMusicLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightParty VibePublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 19 more24 people
- K.K. BarrettSelf
- RBRoberta BayleySelf
- Jello BiafraSelf
- Glenn BrancaSelf
- John CaleSelf
- John Cooper ClarkeSelf - Punk Poet
- BGBob GruenSelf
- Mary HarronSelf
- John HolmstromSelf
- Chrissie HyndeSelf
Jim JarmuschSelf
Henry RollinsSelf
Wayne KramerSelf
Thurston MooreSelf
Poly StyreneSelf
David JohansenSelf
Glen MatlockSelf
Ari UpSelf
Paul SimononSelf
Pat SmearSelf
Mick JonesSelf
Tommy RamoneSelf
Arturo VegaSelf
Siouxsie SiouxSelf
Directing · 1
- Don Letts Director, Writer
Production · 7
- Andrew Higgie Executive Producer
- Julie Goldman Executive Producer
- Alison Palmer Bourke Executive Producer
- Pete Kalhan Executive Producer
- Anouk Fontaine Producer
- Susan Heimbeinder Supervising Producer
Other crew · 1
- Louis Mulvey Cinematography
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