'Sex' sextet set for U.K. biopic

April 21, 2009 Crippled by polio at age 10 and told he would amount to nothing, Dury went on to become one of the founders of the British punk movement in the 1970s, producing a string of hits including "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll." Paul Viragh penned the script, which has attracted backing from Prescience, Aegis, the U.K. Film Council and Lip Sync. Worldwide sales are being handled by Odyssey Entertainment, and Entertainment Film Distributors have pre-bought U.K. rights to the film, which began shooting here this week.

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