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General => General discussion => Topic started by: Kalika on January 08, 2009, 09:14:28 PM
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Like Spinal Tap? Wish it was real?
ANVIL! The story of Anvil.
Trailer:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=DT7v2nUcmek (http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=DT7v2nUcmek)
Website:
http://anvilmovie.com/ (http://anvilmovie.com/)
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
From the Sundance Film Festival program:
"At 14, Toronto school friends Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, went on to become the "demigods of Canadian metal," releasing one of the heaviest albums in metal history, 1982's Metal on Metal. The album influenced a musical generation, including Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax, that went on to sell millions of records. But Anvil's career took a different path - straight to obscurity.
Director Sacha Gervasi has concocted a wonderful and often hilarious account of Anvil's last-ditch quest for elusive fame and fortune. His ingenious filmmaking may first lead you to think this a mockumentary, but it isn't. Gervasi joined the legendary heavy-metal band as a roadie for a tour of Canadian hockey arenas, so he has intimate insight into the members' eccentricities. It's fascinating to see the reality of their day-to-day lives as they struggle to make ends meet, take a misguided European tour, and engage in antics on the road - which is not always lined with fans. Gervasi even finds a softer center to this raucous film, introducing us to band members' ever-supportive, but long-suffering, families. At its core, Anvil! The True Story of Anvil is a timeless tale of survival and the unadulterated passion it takes to follow your dream, year after year. Anvil rocks - it has no other choice."
John Cooper
Director of Programming
Sundance Film Festival
*Stolen from Anvilthemovie.com
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Allow me to be the first to say ROFL
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OMG
i love anvil!!
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Its cool theyve made a doco about them !
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Hey all -- so this is FINALLY being shown in Perth - at Luna Cinemas.
Here's the deets:
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (M) 80 mins
Starts Thursday 10th September at Luna Leederville
At fourteen, they made a pact to to rock together forever. They meant it
Anvil! The Story of Anvil is the directorial debut of screenwriter Sacha Gervasi (The Terminal) and was produced by Rebecca Yeldham (The Kite Runner and The Motorcycle Diaries). The film follows Steve ?Lips? Kudlow and Robb Reiner and their band, Anvil, which released one of the heaviest albums in metal history, 1982?s Metal on Metal. The album influenced an entire musical generation of rock bands, including Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax, who all went on to sell millions of records. Anvil, on the other hand, took a different path?straight to obscurity. The film is both entertaining and touching as it follows their last-ditch quest for the fame and fortune that has been so elusive to them. Anvil! The Story of Anvil is a timeless tale of survival and the unadulterated passion it takes to follow your dream, year after year.
Anvil! The Story of Anvil contains appearances by an array of heavy metal icons, including Metallica?s Lars Ulrich, former member of Guns N? Roses? Slash, Anthrax?s Scott Ian, and Slayer?s Tom Araya, among others.
World renowned documentarian Michael Moore has dubbed, Anvil! The Story of Anvil ?The best documentary I?ve seen in years?.
*Off the Luna Website: http://www.lunapalace.com.au/ (http://www.lunapalace.com.au/)
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Seen it- tis good ;D
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I saw these guys live a few months ago, pretty average hahahahahah :rofl:
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Saw the movie at the Luna premiere last night and it was awesome. Really funny, honest, emotional and inspiring all at the same time. Definitely recommend it to everyone - metal fan or not it's just one of those things you need to see.
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