'Heavy Metal In Baghdad', 'Anvil! The Story of Anvil' To Be Screened At SOUND UNSE

October 18, 2008

The documentaries "Heavy Metal in Baghdad" and "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" will be screened at the Sound Unseen music, film and art festival in Minneapolis, Minnesota between October 23 and October 30. Here are the screening times:

"Heavy Metal in Baghdad":

Tuesday, October 28, 7:15 p.m., St. Anthony Main Theater

"Anvil! The Story of Anvil":

Thursday, October 30, 7:15 p.m., St. Anthony Main Theater

Ticket for each film are $8 ($6 for students and seniors).

The theater location is:

St. Anthony Main Theater
115 Main St. S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55414
612-331-4723

The website for the festival is www.soundunseen.com.

"Heavy Metal in Baghdad" is a feature film documentary that follows the Iraqi heavy metal band ACRASSICAUDA from the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 to the present day. The film was released on DVD on June 10. The "collector's edition" of the DVD features over 90 minutes of bonus material, including the following:

* 45-minute featurette: "Heavy Metal In Istanbul" — the documentary that picks up where "Heavy Metal in Baghdad" left off
* Seven additional and deleted scenes: 30 minutes of extra content including extended interviews with the band plus a meeting with the "Iraqi Godfather" in Syria; three live performances: "Acrassicauda Live!" – Original ACRASSICAUDA songs "Underworld", "King Without A Throne" and "Message From Baghdad" performed in 2006 and 2008.
* Eight-page booklet: including the original Vice magazine article "No War For Heavy Metal"
* Movie trailer

Playing heavy metal in a Muslim country has always been a difficult (if not impossible) proposition but after Saddam Hussein's regime was toppled, there was a brief moment for the band in which real freedom seemed possible. That hope was quickly dashed as their country fell into a bloody insurgency. From 2003 to 2006, Iraq disintegrated around them while ACRASSICAUDA struggled to stay together and stay alive, always refusing to let their heavy metal dreams die. Their story echoes the unspoken hopes of an entire generation of young Iraqis.

Watch the "Heavy Metal in Baghdad" trailer below.

For more information, visit www.heavymetalinbaghdad.com.

"Anvil! The Story of Anvil" is a mockumentary-like true account of fiftysomething Canadian heavy-metal practitioners Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner who, after a desultory European tour with their band ANVIL, decide to record a 13th album in a final attempt to fulfill their boyhead dreams of stardom.

Director Sacha Gervasi is an old friend of the band's that used to do some roadie work for them back in the 1980s. He has filmed some of their shows from their November 2005 and June 2006 European tours. He also filmed Lips' 50th birthday show at Heads or Tails in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada on February 25, 2006. As well, he filmed some of the recording of "This Is Thirteen". Sacha also interviewed many people from ANVIL's past and present, including former bandmembers.

For more information, visit AnvilMovie.com.

"Heavy Metal in Baghdad" trailer:

ANVIL on "Anvil! The Story of Anvil":

(Thanks: profmacdaddy)

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