Second-class documentary -- the video-transfer image ranges from poor to wretched -- on the seminal punk band who never quite hit pay dirt. The de rigueur backstage discord -- one's a doper, one's a drinker, one's a Right-winger who steals the girlfriend of the obsessive-compulsive lead singer -- will be of interest in direct proportion to your tolerance for their black-leather-jacketed public personas and their oddly endearing music. Two of the original quartet -- Joey and Dee Dee -- died before completion of the film, and a third -- Johnny -- in the course of its theatrical circulation. Directed by Michael Gramaglia and Jim Fields. (2003) — Duncan Shepherd
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