Smell the Movies
Smell the TV
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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| Year: | 2008 |
| Country of origin: | Canada |
| Director: | Sacha Gervasi |
| Genre: | Peerless rockumentary |
| Starring: | Steve 'Lips' Kudlow, Robb Reiner |
| Rating: | 5/5 |
| IMDB link: | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1157605/ |
| Tagline: | At fourteen, they made a pact to rock together forever. They meant it. |
| Favourite line: | "Everything on the tour went drastically wrong. But at least there was a tour for it to go wrong on." |
Way back in the day, when NWOBHM ruled the world and it was acceptable to wear a denim jacket with patches of your favourite bands stitched to every available surface, there was this band called Anvil. Their first 3 albums, Hard 'n' Heavy, Metal on Metal and Forged in Fire received positive reviews all round and it seemed they were set for the big time but, due to bureaucratic bungling and a mystifying lack of label support, they never truly hit the big time.
Having influenced the generation that would go on to define metal for the next ten years, Anvil floundered.
Now, some 18 years later, this excellent documentary picks up with the founder members, Lips and Robb, at the tail end of a European tour that saw them playing to virtually empty venues, and on the verge of recording their 13th full length album. Filled with charm, passion, a genuine sense of injustice - 2011's album release is titled Juggernaut of Justice, incidentally - this is all about human spirit triumphing above all else, overcoming obstacles that would see lesser men crumble. The single-minded determination is something to truly marvel at and, frankly, should make Metallica blush.
An excellent rockumentary that would be a spoof to rival Spinal Tap if it weren't actually real life.
Just great.
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