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Anvil - The True Story of Anvil Details

2009 Certificate 15
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About the Canadian metal band Anvil. 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." It went on to sell millions of .. Read more

Starring Steve 'Lips' Kudlow, Robb Reiner, Kevin Goocher, Glenn Gyorffy
Director Sacha Gervasi
Genres Documentary, Music/Musical

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Anvil - The True Story of Anvil

About the Canadian metal band Anvil. 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." It went on to sell millions of records, but Anvil's career didn't flourish afterwards. Instead, they went straight to obscurity.

Starring Steve 'Lips' Kudlow, Robb Reiner, Kevin Goocher, Glenn Gyorffy, Chris Tsangarides
Director Sacha Gervasi
Studio UNIVERSAL PICTURES
Run time DVD: 1 hr 30 mins
Blu-ray: 1 hr 30 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Documentary, Music/Musical
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Released DVD: 15 Jun 2009
Blu-ray: 15 Jun 2009
Production year: 2009
Format DVD

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  • 27 out of 27 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars

    Honest & Funny!

    Rock music is not my kinda thing, but who was I to argue when I was given free tickets to see a preview of this rockumentary!

    And in fact, it wasn't really about the music, it was about the band being together for so long & never really hitting the big time & the struggle they still face to get back onto the scene.

    It was also quite funny. Worth a watch even if the band are not to your musical taste.

      • A customer from Buckinghamshire
      • Posted 19 Feb 2009 12:57

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    Rated - 3 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    life is stranger than art

    What are the chances of a musician having the name of Robb Reiner when he is in bad that would seem to be a foundation for Spinal Tap (directed by Rob Reiner in case you didn't know). The trials and tribulations of two friends whose group never made the big time as opposed to some of the groups they inspired. Although the fact that none of the songs stay in the head after the film finished is a clue. But this is not about the music but about hopes and dreams. It's a real life version of Still Crazy (without the Sid Barrett type character) and you should be cheering for them to succeed by the end or you have no heart.

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