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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 - 0 stars

    Very decent rockumentary

    Although at times I felt it strayed just a little too close to Spinal Tap, director Sacha Gervasi, a long-time fan, really has produced a very good film here. Part rockumentary, part analysis of the main relationship between singer and drummer, part commentary on heavy metal, the movie swaps between achingly funny and the heartwrenchingly sentimental. The film is most definitely not limited to the appeal of the metal masses (of which I admit I am one!). Very solid, entertaining film.

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