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Alex Cox

Alexander Cox (born Bebington, Merseyside, 15 December 1954) is a British film director, screenwriter, nonfiction author and sometime actor, notable for his idiosyncratic style and approach to scripts. Cox has previously cited Luis Buñuel and Akira Kurosawa as influences, as well as the great...
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Repo Man

Repo Man is a 1984 cult film directed by Alex Cox. It was produced by Jonathan Wacks and Peter McCarthy, with executive producer Michael Nesmith, and stars Emilio Estevez and Harry Dean Stanton. Otto Maddox (Emilio Estevez), a young punk rocker...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 2, 1984

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 92 min (55 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 1,500,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Sleep Is for Sissies

Sleep Is for Sissies is a 1980 short film written and directed by Alex Cox. Cox made it as his student film while at UCLA from 1978 to 1980. At one stage the film was 55 minutes in length. The director cut it down to 40 minutes "because it seemed...

Initial release date:

  • 1980

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 40 min (24 hs )

Screenplay by:

Sid and Nancy

Sid and Nancy (also known as Sid and Nancy: Love Kills) is a 1986 film directed by Alex Cox. The film materialized during a time of renewed interest in the period of punk rock, heroin addiction and specifically the life of Sid Vicious. It stars Gary...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 7, 1986

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 112 min (67.2 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 4,000,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Straight to Hell

Straight to Hell is a 1987 action-comedy film directed by Alex Cox, featuring Sy Richardson, The Clash frontman Joe Strummer (after whose song the film is named), Courtney Love, Dick Rude, Dennis Hopper, Grace Jones, Elvis Costello, Xander Berkeley,...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 26, 1987

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 86 min (52 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 1,000,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is a 1998 film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream. The film, directed by Terry Gilliam, stars Johnny Depp as Raoul Duke and...

Initial release date:

  • May 22, 1998

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 118 min (70.8 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 18,500,000 (US$)

Produced by:

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