![]() This was not the only controversy surrounding the film: In 2012, a gunman shot up a theater in Aurora, Colorado showing The Dark Knight Rises, a film that takes place in the same universe, but does not feature the Joker character. As both the co-writer of the song and the performer, Glitter likely earned substantial royalties the film made $247 million worldwide its opening weekend. The song plays for about two minutes in the film during a key scene where the Joker (Joaquin Phoenix) dances down a set of steps. This has been used in a lot of movies, including The Full Monty, Bedazzled, Duets, D2: The Mighty Ducks, and Boyhood.Īfter Glitter's 2015 conviction, music supervisors steered clear of it until 2019, when it was used in the 2019 blockbuster film Joker, a controversial decision because it enriched Gary Glitter, who was serving time as a convicted pedophile. "Rock And Roll Part 2" remains a stadium favorite in America, but nothing like its heyday in the '90s, when it surged in popularity as a jock jam. ![]() His music is rarely played there, not just because of the association, but because as the co-writer of most of his songs, he could earn royalties. Most Americans are only vaguely aware of Glitter's misdeeds, but in the UK he is reviled. In 2012, he was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a number of young girls in the '70s and '80s, and in 2015 was given a 16-year sentence for these offenses. When he was released in 2008, he was sent back to England, where he was placed on a sexual offender registry. After his release, he lived in Cuba and Cambodia, then in Vietnam, where he was sentenced to prison in 2006 for sexually assaulting minors. Glitter was arrested and sent to prison, where he served two months starting in November 1999. ![]() In the '80s, Glitter went through bankruptcy and was arrested for drunk driving, but his downfall came in 1997 when he took his computer in for repair and the technician found kiddie porn on the hard drive. ![]()
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