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Bedecked in this dress, with a gold Roman helmet with white plume and holding a golden trident, Amyl Nitrate strides across a stage in the dilapidated Buckingham Palace singing a punk version of <i>Rule, Britannia!</i> in a high pitched voice.\r\n\r\nDirected in 1978, the film had a cast featuring the punk actress and model Jordan, Adam Ant, Toyah Wilcox and Little Nell (famous for her rôle in <i>The Rocky Horror Picture Show</i> (1975)). It also featured appearances by Wayne County, the dancer and choreographer Lindsay Kemp, and Steve Severin and Siouxsie Sioux of Siouxsie and the Banshees. The film concerns Queen Elizabeth I who has been transported to a bleak and decrepit contemporary Britain (reflecting the decline of 1970s Britain), to find Queen Elizabeth II dead after a mugging, and Buckingham Palace taken over by a group of punks who have turned it into a recording studio. History is being rewritten by subversives and a gang of misfits take part in mass violence, sexual depravity and anarchy. <i>Jubilee</i> represents a stylised contemporary account of the impact of the punk movement in Britain.\r\n\r\nJordan was a model and actress noted for her work with Vivienne Westwood and the SEX boutique on King's Road, Chelsea, in the late 1970s. She was a fixture at many of the early Sex Pistols' performances and her style and fashion sense made her an icon of the London punk scene.","physicalDescription":"Short sleeveless dress with a half length zip down the back. Main body is made from fluorescent green mesh and the front and back are both covered with blue polythene with holes melted into it. 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