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Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist ()


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The first film to encompass the remarkable story of one of the true icons of our time, as she fights to maintain her brand's integrity, her principles - and her legacy.

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Joseph Corré ...
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Claire Wilcox ...
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Directed by

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Lorna Tucker

Produced by

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Paul Ashton ... executive producer
John Battsek ... producer
Shirine Best ... producer
Adam Betteridge ... executive producer
Emma Dutton ... executive producer
Eleanor Emptage ... producer
Anna Godas ... executive producer
Leo Haidar ... executive producer
Rebecca Joerin-Sharp ... executive producer
Ian Sharp ... executive producer
Nicole Stott ... producer

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Dan Jones

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James Moriarty

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Paul Carlin

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Charlotte Airth ... post-production manager
Beren Croll ... on-line editor
Dennis Mabry ... assistant editor
Gareth Spensley ... colorist

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Claire Ellis ... dialogue editor
Tom Foster ... sound effects editor
Pietro Giordano ... sound recordist
Ben Hensor ... sound recordist
Nas Parkash ... re-recording mixer

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Anna Maros ... post production assistant

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Allison Brownmoore ... design director
Sam Jack Gilmore ... designer
Anna Maros ... post production assistant
Joe Nowacki ... designer

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Lindsay Lindenbaum ... second unit cinematographer: NYC

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Gary Welch ... music supervisor
Bree Winwood ... music supervision assistance

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Kate Griffiths ... archive producer
Niamh Hargan ... production counsel
Tess McNally-Watson ... researcher
Nick Miller ... Legal Advisor for Sharp House
Dora Ash Sakula ... archive researcher
Russell Smith ... production counsel

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Plot Summary

A profile of Vivienne Westwood is presented using a combination of archive footage, new behind the scenes footage, and interviews with key players including with the subject herself. The profile is shaped partly by Westwood's reluctance to talk about certain aspects of her life, most noticeably her connection to her one-time personal and professional partner Malcolm McLaren and their combined connection to the Sex Pistols, who McLaren formed and managed. Much of the profile is centered on how her three primary personal relationships affected what would be for what she would be most renowned, a fashion designer. Seen as an outsider to the mainstream fashion industry, especially in being the unofficial creator along with McLaren of the look of punk rock, Westwood decided at least to join the mainstream in starting her fashion business and ultimate empire, despite the obstacle of McLaren, so as to have her name officially attached to her creations, which is at the hub of her business philosophy. Most of the profile concerns her partnership, both professional and personal, with her second/current husband, Andreas Kronthaler, who many believed to be a pure opportunist, but that relationship which has ended up being a true collaboration despite it being Westwood's name and fashion empire front and center. The profile also only touches briefly on her staunch environmental activism. Written by Huggo

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Taglines Punk. Icon. Activist. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Westwood (United Kingdom)
  • Westwood (Ireland, English title)
  • Westwood (Germany)
  • Vivienne Westwood. Reina punk (Spain)
  • Вествуд: Панк, икона, активист (Russia)
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  • 83 min
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Trivia The documentary was denounced by Vivienne Westwood via her Twitter, before it even premiered at Sundance: "Lorna Tucker asked to film Vivienne's activism and followed her around for a couple of years, but there's not even five minutes activism in the film, instead there's lots of old fashion footage which is free and available online. It's a shame because the film is mediocre, and Vivienne and Andreas are not." See more »

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