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1980 American film

D.O.A.: A Correct of Passage
Directed by	Lech Kowalski
Written by	Lech Kowalski, Chris Salewicz
Produced past	Tom Forcade, Lech Kowalski, Mike...
Starring	Sex Pistols Generation 10 The Rich Kids Joe Strummer Nancy Spungen
Edited by	Val Kuklowsky
Music by	Sex Pistols
Release date	September 12, 1980 (1980-09-12) (TIFF)
Running time	95 min.
State	United states of america
Language	English

D.O.A.: A Correct of Passage is a 1980 rockumentary picture show directed past Lech Kowalski (his premiere movie as a manager) about the origin of punk stone. The rockumentary takes interview and concert footage of some of punk rock'south earliest bands of the late seventies scene. Features live performances by the Sex Pistols, The Dead Boys, Generation Ten (with Billy Idol), The Rich Kids, 10-Ray Spex, and Sham 69, with additional music from The Clash, Iggy Pop, and Augustus Pablo.^{[1] [2]}

Plot [edit]

The flick centers effectually the Sexual activity Pistols 1978 tour of the United States which ended with the group breaking up. The tour was the only one the group played in the U.S. during their original run. Film managing director Lech Kowalski followed them with handheld cameras through the clubs and bars of their vii-city Southern tour. Mixing this with footage of other gimmicky bands, trends in the fashion capitals, and punks of all shapes and colors, Kowalski created a grainy, stained snapshot of a movement at its peak,^[3] showing how certain authorisation figures saw the movement as a threat.^[2]

It features interview footage (including the famous interview of Sid Cruel and Nancy Spungen in bed), and backside the scenes shots from the tour besides every bit interviews with audience members who had strong and widely varied reactions to the group.^[iv]

The bulk of the material surrounds the Pistols tour equally well but it also included other performances past commencement moving ridge Punk acts such as The Dead Boys and Generation X with Billy Idol.^{[2] [3] [four]}

This indie film was shot generally in bars and clubs on 16mm moving picture, and documented early years of punk from both in front of and behind the stage.^[ii]

The picture show's poster is featured prominently in one scene of the 1981 moving-picture show Neighbors. D.O.A. also featured in The Filth and the Fury, a 2000 rockumentary film about the Sex Pistols directed by Julien Temple, and in the 2002 telly series Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The 1970s.^[four]

Release [edit]

The film premiered at the 1980 Festival of Festivals,^[5] before having its commercial premiere on Apr ten, 1981 at the Waverly Theater in New York Metropolis.

The DVD was released in Nihon in 2003. However it is released in Region 0.

In 2017, the movie was released on Blu-ray as the countdown release of the MVD Rewind Collection.

Cast (in alphabetical gild) [edit]

• Stiv Bators every bit himself (The Dead Boys)
• Terry Chimes as himself (The Clash)
• The Clash as themselves
• Paul Cook every bit himself (Sex Pistols)
• The Dead Boys as themselves
• Generation X equally themselves
• Jonathan Guinness as himself
• Topper Headon as himself (The Clash)
• Baton Idol as himself (Generation X)
• Tony James every bit himself (Generation X)
• Mick Jones as himself (The Clash)
• Steve Jones as himself (Sex Pistols)
• John Lydon equally himself (Johnny Rotten)
• Glen Matlock as himself (The Rich Kids)
• Factor Oct equally himself (Generation 10)
• Augustus Pablo as himself
• Bernard Brooke Partridge as himself - Council Fellow member
• Rich Kids as themselves
• Heidi Robinson as herself - Bout Managing director
• Sex Pistols as themselves
• Sham 69 as themselves
• Paul Simonon as himself (The Clash)
• Nancy Spungen as herself
• Joe Strummer as himself (The Clash)
• Terry Sylvester every bit himself
• Terry and the Idiots as themselves
• Sid Roughshod as himself
• Mary Whitehouse as herself - Anti-Smut Crusader
• X-Ray Spex as themselves

Songs performed [edit]

The musical performances/tracks contained in the documentary are as follows:

1. "Nightclubbing" Written by Iggy Pop and David Bowie; performed by Iggy Pop
2. "Anarchy in the U.Thousand." Written by Paul Cook, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and John Lydon; performed by the Sexual activity Pistols
3. "Oh Bondage Up Yours" Written past Poly Styrene; performed by X-Ray Spex
4. "God Save the Queen" Written by Paul Melt, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and John Lydon; performed by the Sexual practice Pistols
5. "Pretty Vacant" Written by Paul Melt, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and John Lydon; performed by The Rich Kids
6. "Liar" Written by Paul Melt, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and John Lydon; performed by the Sexual activity Pistols
7. "Police and Thieves" Written by Lee "Scratch" Perry and Junior Murvin; performed past The Clash (CBS Records)
8. "Kiss Me Mortiferous" Written and performed past Generation X (Chrysalis Records)
9. "I Wanna Be Me" Written by Paul Cook, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and John Lydon; performed by the Sexual practice Pistols
10. "Animalism for Life" Written by Iggy Popular and David Bowie; performed by Iggy Pop
11. "All This And More" Performed past The Dead Boys (Sire Records); recorded live by Joe Sutherland
12. "Pretty Vacant" Written by Paul Cook, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and John Lydon; performed by the Sex Pistols
13. "No Fun" – Sex Pistols
14. "New York" Written by Paul Cook, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and John Lydon; performed past the Sexual practice Pistols
15. "Rip Off" Performed by Sham 69; recorded live at Roundhouse Studios
16. "Borstal Breakout" Performed past Sham 69; recorded alive at Roundhouse Studios
17. "I Wanna Be a Dead Boy" performed by The Dead Boys
18. "Holidays in the Sunday" – Sexual activity Pistols
19. "Holidays in the Dominicus" Written past Paul Melt, Steve Jones, John Lydon and Sid Vicious; performed by The Sexual practice Pistols
20. "E.M.I." Written by Paul Cook, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock and John Lydon; performed by the Sex Pistols
21. "Bodies" Written by Paul Cook, Steve Jones, John Lydon and Sid Vicious; performed by the Sexual practice Pistols
22. "A. P. Special" Written and performed by Augustus Pablo

References [edit]

1. ^ "D.O.A." Cyberspace Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-02-22 .
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Jane, Ian (2005-01-08). "D. O. A." Reviews. DVD Maniacs. Archived from the original on 2008-01-30. Retrieved 2008-02-22 .
3. ^ ^{a b} "D.O.A.: Review". Movies. TVGuide.com. Retrieved 2008-02-22 .
4. ^ ^{a b c} Unterberger, Richie. "D.O.A.: A Correct of Passage". Review. allmovie. Retrieved 2008-02-22 .
5. ^ "Where to see Art raping and Bette telling dirty jokes". The World and Mail, Baronial 30, 1980.

External links [edit]

• D.O.A.: A Correct of Passage Review by Richie Unterberger at Allmovie
• D.O.A. Review at Channel 4 Film
• D.O.A. at IMDb
• D.O.A.: A Right of Passage at TV Guide
• Survival Instincts by Ed Halter at The Village Voice

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