Report: ANVIL And IRON MAIDEN Docs Bring Canadian Class To Heavy Metal Movies
July 28, 2009, 15 years ago
Spinner Canada has issued the following report from Jason Anderson:
When ANVIL opens for AC/DC in Boston and New Jersey this week, it will be no small triumph for a once-forgotten Toronto heavy metal band that has spent the past 25 years angling for another shot at the big time.
But these gigs represent something else, too: the latest development in a saga that has extended far beyond the silver screens showing Anvil! The Story Of Anvil, Sacha Gervasi's acclaimed documentary about the group's trials and tribulations.
Released in North America this past spring, the film's real-life underdog tale upended the clichés viewers expect from movies about music, especially when they're about the people who play its heaviest variety.
Like another recent metal doc with a Canadian connection - Flight 666, a revealing portrait of IRON MAIDEN on tour by Toronto-based directors Sam Dunn and Scot McFadyen - Anvil! avoids the salacious, scandal-first template set by VH1's Behind The Music to present a more human and celebratory salute to those about to rock.
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