End of the Century (2003)

Directors:

Jim Fields
Michael Gramaglia

Genre:

Documentary | Biography | Music

Plot:

The story of the punk rock band The Ramones.

Plot Keywords:

Ramones | Drug Addict | Drug Addiction | Punk Rock | 1970s

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Ramones	...	Themselves (archive footage)
Johnny Ramone	...	Johnny Ramone (also archive footage) (as John Cummings)
Dee Dee Ramone	...	Himself (also archive footage) (as Douglas Colvin)
Tommy Ramone	...	Tommy Ramone (also archive footage) (as Thomas Erdely)
Joey Ramone	...	Joey Ramone (also archive footage) (as Jeffrey Hyman)
Marky Ramone	...	Himself (also archive footage) (as Mark Bell)
Richie Ramone	...	Himself (also archive footage)
Christopher Ward	...	Himself (also archive footage) (as C.J. Ramone)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Roberta Bayley	...	Herself
Rodney Bingenheimer	...	Himself
Clem Burke	...	Himself / Elvis Ramone (also archive footage)
Wayne County	...	Himself (as Jayne County)
Danny Fields	...	Himself
Lars Frederiksen	...	Himself
John Frusciante	...	Himself
Kirk Hammett	...	Himself
Deborah Harry	...	Herself (also archive footage) (as Debbie Harry)
Richard Hell	...	Himself (archive footage)
John Holmstrom	...	Himself
David Johansen	...	Himself (archive footage)
Dan Kessel	...	Himself
David Kessel	...	Himself
Anthony Kiedis	...	Himself
Hilly Kristal	...	Himself (archive footage)
Gary Kurfirst	...	Himself
Charlotte Lesher	...	Herself
Walter Lure	...	Himself
John Lydon	...	Himself (archive footage)
Glen Matlock	...	Himself
Legs McNeil	...	Himself
Monte Melnick	...	Himself
Thurston Moore	...	Himself
Charles Shaar Murray	...	Himself - Commentary
New York Dolls	...	Themselves (archive footage)
Iggy Pop	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mark Ralin	...	Himself
Daniel Rey	...	Himself
Rick Rubin	...	Himself
Ricky Salem	...	Himself
Captain Sensible	...	Himself
Paul Simonon	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ed Stasium	...	Himself
Chris Stein	...	Himself (also archive footage)
Linda Stein	...	Herself
Seymour Stein	...	Himself
The Stooges	...	Themselves (archive footage)
Joe Strummer	...	Himself
Johnny Thunders	...	Himself (archive footage)
Eddie Vedder	...	Himself (also archive footage)
Rob Zombie	...	Himself

Also Known As:

End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (USA)

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color | Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:M | Argentina:Unrated | Ireland:15A | UK:15 | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Forest Hills, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Chinagraph

Quotes:

Joey Ramone: Well, Dee Dee was using the surname Dee Dee Ramone. Ramone was, the way we were gonna be using it, was to create a sense of unity, y'know. A bond of sorts.

Movie Connections:

References "Donny and Marie" (1976)

Soundtrack:

Danny Says

Spinal Tap goes punk

The Ramones were a group of kids from the same New York neighbourhood who formed a band that proved enormously influential without ever quite achieving the highest pinnacle of success. They stayed together for over twenty years, but they didn't actually like each other that much: Johnny was (unusually for a rock star) highly right-wing; Dee-Dee was clearly a damaged individual while Joey, in spite of being the nominal front man, was terminally shy. This film charts the course of their career, and benefits from a surprising amount of grainy early footage; while in true rock-and-roll style, both Joey and Dee-Dee died during the making of this movie. The nature of the band gives the story an unromantic air, even despite the tragic ending; the punk attitude saves the band from indulgent self-worship, but does turn their tale into something of a sequence of fiercely remembered quarrels and mishaps: a downbeat account of a life on the road.