Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll is a 2010 biographical film based on English new wave musician Ian Dury, 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 effects that his disability and his lifestyle have upon his relationships is also a focal point of the film. 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 and theatre footage was shot 1–3 June at Watford Palace Theatre.
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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
Charlotte Beaumont as Jemima Dury
Jennifer Carswell as Ruby
Stephanie Carswell as Mia
Aidan Knight as Ginger Spanish Nicky
Joseph Kennedy as Davey Payne
Eku Edewor as a party girl
Catherine Balavage as Crazy drug girl (uncredited)
Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 73% based on reviews from 51 critics. The site's critical consensus state: "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll pays appropriately uninhibited tribute to a pioneering artist -- and proves Andy Serkis can be every bit as compelling in a non-motion-capture role."
On Metacritic it has a score of 57% based on reviews from 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".