Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaSince 1978, Anvil has become one of heavy metal's most influential yet commercially unsuccessful acts. In 2006, after a fledging European tour Anvil sets out to record their thirteenth album... Leggi tuttoSince 1978, Anvil has become one of heavy metal's most influential yet commercially unsuccessful acts. In 2006, after a fledging European tour Anvil sets out to record their thirteenth album and continue to follow their dreams.Since 1978, Anvil has become one of heavy metal's most influential yet commercially unsuccessful acts. In 2006, after a fledging European tour Anvil sets out to record their thirteenth album and continue to follow their dreams.
- Premi
- 23 vittorie e 21 candidature
- Self - Robb Reiner's Sister
- (as Droid Reiner)
Trama
Lo sapevi?
- QuizDirector Sacha Gervasi was once a roadie for Anvil.
- BlooperIn the end credits, Lemmy Kilmister's last name is misspelled as "Kilminster."
- Citazioni
Steve 'Lips' Kudlow: Everything on the tour went drastically wrong. But at least there was a tour for it to go wrong on.
- Curiosità sui creditiThere are additional scenes during the closing credits
- Colonne sonoreMetal on Metal
Written by Steve 'Lips' Kudlow (as Kudlow), Robb Reiner (as Reiner), Allison,
Dickson
Performed by Anvil
Courtesy of Unidisc Music Inc.
"Anvil! The Story of Anvil" opens in 1984, when Anvil played a huge rock festival in Japan alongside other up and coming, soon-to-be-megastars like the Scorpions, Bon Jovi and Whitesnake. Clips from this concert are spliced with present-day commentary from members of Heavy Metal royalty like Lars (Metallica) Ulrich, Scott (Anthrax) Ian, and Lemmy (Motorhead) Kilminster reminiscing about what a great band Anvil was in their prime. Everyone else on that bill went on to sell zillions of records, but Anvil quickly dropped off the musical radar after that brief blip of fame and all but disappeared. Two and a half decades later, most people probably thought the band had broken up a long time ago, if they remembered Anvil at all. However, the founding members (Steve "Lips" Kudlow, guitar/vocals and Robb Reiner, drums) have kept the band going, continuing to release albums and playing whatever gigs they can get, still doggedly keeping their eyes on a brass ring which seems permanently out of their reach. Are they insane? Possibly, but their determination and never-say-die road dog spirit becomes touching and inspiring very quickly. When we catch up with Lips and Reiner in the present day, they're back home in Canada, working dead-end jobs to pay the bills (Lips as a delivery truck driver for a caterer, Reiner in construction) and still dreaming of becoming rock stars. Their guitarist's girlfriend and amateur "manager" has lined up a European tour for the band that has the potential to become their most extensive road jaunt in nearly 20 years. The boys start off strong with a well attended set at the prestigious Sweden Rock Festival but the remainder of the tour is a disaster of Spinal Tap proportions, made up of barely promoted, sparsely attended gigs in small European rock bars and clubs where they are disrespected and rarely, if ever, paid. The climax of the tour, a "rock festival" in Romania, is held in a 10,000 seat arena in which only 174 paying customers show up. They return to Canada, broke and tired, but Lips continues to see the sunny side of things as they begin preparations to record their thirteenth album. The second half of the film shows the process of making that record while financial, family and personal pressures threaten to finally break up the Lips/Reiner duo once and for all.
"Spinal Tap" comparisons are unavoidable when watching "Anvil" (The inept manager/girlfriend, amps that go to 11, the band even visits Stonehenge, for cryin' out loud!), but this is not a Mockumentary. The film is funny at times, sad at others, and fascinating all the way through. I have to say that Kudlow, the leader of Anvil and the heart of this film, is an amazingly positive person. He has gone through so much crap over the years for the sake of his band yet he still believes that one day they're going to "make it." (I personally would've said "to hell with it" and shot up a Burger King long ago if I were in his shoes.) Reiner plays the mostly-silent Teller to Lips' motormouthed Penn through most of this film, never saying much, but when the chips are down his devotion to his friend and their musical dreams comes through.
Happily, the attention given to this film has seemingly turned the tide for Anvil. The band has gotten more press and played more gigs for more people in the last year than they probably have in the last decade, so their story is not yet over. "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" is a true underdog story. Even if you're not a metal fan, you'll find yourself drawn to this tale of two old time rockers who simply refuse to quit.
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Botteghino
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 667.911 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 34.651 USD
- 12 apr 2009
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 951.380 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 20 minuti
- Colore
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 1.85 : 1