JackAnvil: The Story of Anvil
July 1st 2009 02:33
Anvil! The Story of Anvil is a documentary film about the Canadian heavy metal band.
The movie features interviews with other musicians who have been influenced by the band, including Slash (Guns N' Roses, Velvet Revolver), Lemmy (Hawkwind, Motörhead), Lars Ulrich (Metallica), Tom Araya (Slayer) and Scott Ian (Anthrax, Stormtroopers of Death).
Director Sacha Gervasi first met Anvil on September 21, 1982, after a gig at The Marquee Club in London, where he introduced himself to the band as "England's number-one Anvil fan." He subsequently became a roadie for the band on their '82, '84 and '85 tours, and was given the nickname "Teabag" by the band. He reunited with Anvil after a break of 20 years, and started shooting a documentary about them in November 2005.
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2008, and won Audience Awards at the 2008 Sydney Film Festival, Los Angeles Film Festival and Galway International Film Festival. Michael Moore said that the movie is "the best documentary I've seen in years" and The Times called it "possibly the greatest film yet made about rock and roll".
Anvil! will be released in Australia on August 27th. See the trailer below.
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article for Anvil! The Story of Anvil wikipedia
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