Anvil! The Story of Anvil! (which by the way is possibly one of my favorite film titles ever) is a documentary about a Canadian rock metal band called Anvil. The tagline of the film is "At fourteen they made a pact to rock together forever. They meant it." The film follows the story of the band and the struggles they've had to get famous. The film was directed by Sacha Gervasi in 2008 and had a small release into international film festivals. The idea for the doc came about like this "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." (wikipedia). The film never received wide release but has been shown on VH1 classics a few times since 2008. It grossed $853,363 in it's limited release. I saw this film in 2008 at a film festival, and since then have tried to watch it the few times it has been on VH1. I’m not a fan of heavy metal music at all but I found myself immediately in awe of these musicians. By the end of the film I found myself rooting for them to get their break they rightful deserved and wanting to continue to follow their story. The movie has recently been released on DVD and I urge anywho is interested in the music industry to rent it.
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