SummaryAt 14, Toronto school friends Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner made a pact to rock together forever. They meant it. Their band, Anvil, went on to become the "demigods of Canadian metal," releasing one of the heaviest albums in metal history, 1982 Metal on Metal. The album influenced a musical generation, including Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax... Read More
Directed By:Sacha Gervasi
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
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Anvil lives somewhere in that thoroughly entertaining gray area between self-parody and the triumph of human spirit.
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Yet in his despair, there's something Kudlow misses, and it's what makes Anvil! as moving as it is hilarious.
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Anvil! is one of the sweetest, funniest films I've seen this year. Also the loudest and most foulmouthed.
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The director, Sacha Gervasi, is a fan first and a documentarian second. If Anvil! has a flaw, it's that it's too enthusiastic, a reverently uncritical valentine to the director's adolescent heroes.
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Phenomenal rockumentary.
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You won't be seeing any stretch Hummers, wild late night parties and 75,000 seat arena shows in this documentary, but that's what makes this so good.
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The documentary is solid as … as … an anvil. And if you can forget Spinal Tap (hard), it's also rather touching the way these 50-year-olds still have the forged-in-fire fortitude.
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Feb 12, 2013
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This documentary was truly moving, it gave a perfect example of what bands really go through to "get to the top". You are rooting for them throughout!
Aug 19, 2010
8
Documentary about long forgotten Canadian Rock Monsters Anvil. Took me a while to realise that this is real & not some Spinal Tap rip off & it is done very well. Don't really remember too much about them but lots of good words from Slash, Lars Ulrich, Scott Ian, etc.
I was sort of split between feeling sorry for them & wanting them to move on with their lives but nevertheless you still do warm to Steve "Lips" Kudrow & Robb Reiner.
Release Date:Apr 10, 2009
Duration:1 h 20 m
Tagline:At fourteen, they made a pact to rock together forever. They meant it.
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Awards
International Documentary Association
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
