The Dirt (2019)

Based on the bestselling autobiography from Mötley Crüe, the film is an unflinching tale of success and excess as four misfits rise from the streets of Hollywood to the heights of international fame.

Director:

Jeff Tremaine

Writers:

Amanda Adelson (screenplay), Tommy Lee (book)

Stars:

Douglas Booth, Iwan Rheon, Machine Gun Kelly

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Machine Gun Kelly	...	Tommy Lee (as Colson Baker)
Erin Ownbey	...	Excited Partygoer
Douglas Booth	...	Nikki Sixx
Aaron Jay Rome	...	Kayla's Boyfriend
Daniel Webber	...	Vince Neil
Alyssa Marie Stilwell	...	Kayla (as Alyssa Stillwell)
Brittany Furlan	...	Biker Chick
Iwan Rheon	...	Mick Mars
Trace Masters	...	Frank Feranna, Jr., Age 8
Matthew Underwood	...	Gino (as Matthew Clinton Underwood)
Kathryn Morris	...	Deana
Vince Mattis	...	Frank Feranna, Jr. (as Vince Robert Mattis)
Mark Ashworth	...	Deana's Boyfriend
Avis-Marie Barnes	...	Officer
Eleanor T. Threatt	...	County Clerk

Storyline

Based on Mötley Crüe's 2001 best-selling autobiography, THE DIRT is an unflinching story about sex, drugs, rock 'n roll, fame, and the high price of excess. Director Jeff Tremaine shows us just how Nikki Sixx (Douglas Booth), Mick Mars (Iwan Rheon), Tommy Lee (Colson Baker), and Vince Neil (Daniel Webber) took Mötley Crüe from the Sunset Strip to the world stage, and what it meant to become the world's most notorious rock band.

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Plot Keywords:

junkie | poseur | soft rock | topless female nudity | pop rock | 

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Genres:

Biography | Comedy | Drama | Music

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

Official Netflix

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 March 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Dirt

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

10th Street Entertainment, LBI Entertainment, Netflix

Technical Specs

Runtime:

107 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Of the four leads that portray the all American band, Motley Crue, Colson Baker aka Machine Gun Kelly who plays Tommy Lee is the only actor who is actually American in real life. Douglas Booth (Nikki Six) is from England, Iwan Rheon (Mick Mars) is from Wales, and Daniel Webber (Vince Neil) is from Australia. It should also be worth noting that Tommy Lee is the only band member to be born outside the United States.

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Goofs

Skylar Neil's age is inconsistent throughout the film. In real life, she was born in 1991 and she died in 1995 at the age of four. The film implies that she was born sometime in 1985, yet she appears to be three or four years old in the 1987 scene where Vince reacts to the news reports of Nikki's overdose. Furthermore, she appears to be four or five years old in her 1995 death scene.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Nikki Sixx: [narrating] The 1980s, the worst fucking decade in human history. Preppies and keyboards, stupid haircuts, Jazzercise, and "Just Say No". It all fucking sucked! So what do you do when you're born in the wrong time? You make it yours. And that's what we did to the Sunset Strip.

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Connections

Features Mötley Crüe: Carnival of Sins (2005)

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Soundtracks

Solid Gold Easy Action
Written by Marc Bolan
Performed by T. Rex
Courtesy of Spirit Records, Inc.

User Reviews

Great escapism and nostalgic movie 🎥

Great movie that takes you back in time and if you lived through that time then its a nostalgic trip. It's rude, loud and crude, but that's the Crue, so if you're offended then why the hell are you watching it. Sure some timelines are a little all over the place and there are a number of key Crue moments that are left out or glossed over. However at 1hr and 48mins it's to be expected. This is a movie that should have ran for a full 3 hours and really dragged you in, but instead it was nearly 2 hours of fast paced fun, debouchous, alcohol (and drug) fueled escapism, which is what the Crue are and were all about for many growing up. Throw in there the tissue moments as well as the self reflection and you've a movie that could easily see a sequel.