Sid and Nancy is the story of the real-life self-destructive love affair between punk Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) of the Sex Pistols and American groupie Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb) during the 1970s. Though the couple descends into a disturbing hell of drugs and death, including Spungen's murder at New York's Chelsea Hotel and Vicious's subsequent heroin overdose, the film remains touchingly romantic due to the remarkably authentic and emotional performances by Oldman and Webb. The film is also notable for being the first screen appearance by Courtney Love.