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Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005) [R]

Featuring:
Tom Araya, Gavin Baddeley, Blasphemer

Written by:
Sam Dunn
Scot McFadyen
Jessica Joy Wise

Directed by:
Sam Dunn, Scot McFadyen, Jessica Joy Wise


Release Date:
September 14, 2005

Original Title:
Metal: A Headbanger's Journey

Alternate Titles:
Metal - A Headbanger's Journey
Metal - Uma Jornada pelo Mundo do Heavy Metal (2005)
Metal : Voyage au coeur de la bête

Genres:
Documentary | Music

Production Companies:
235 Films
Banger Productions
Chum Television
Seville Pictures

Production Countries:
Canada | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  US: R 

Runtime: 91

Overview from TheMovieDB

The film discusses the traits and originators of some of metal's many subgenres, including the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, power metal, Nu metal, glam metal, thrash metal, black metal, and death metal. Dunn uses a family-tree-type flowchart to document some of the most popular metal subgenres. The film also explores various aspects of heavy metal culture.

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Overview from Open Movies

Sam Dunn is a 30-year old anthropologist who wrote his graduate thesis on the plight of Guatemalan refugees. Recenly he has decided to study the plight of a different culture, one he has been a part of since he was a 12-year old: the culture of heavy metal. Sam sets out on a global journey to find out why this music has been consistently stereotyped, dismissed and condemned and yet is loved so passionately by its millions of fans. Along the way, Sam explores metals' obsession with some of life's most provacative subjects - sexuality, religion, violence and death - and discovers some things about the culture that even he can't defend. Shot on location in the UK, Germany, Norway, Canada and the US, this documentary is the first of its kind. It is both a defense of a long-misunderstood art form and a window for the outsider into the spectacle that is heavy metal.

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Metal: A Headbanger's Journey (2005) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 8.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes 90%
Metacritic 73/100
Awards Won: 1 win & 1 nomination

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Production

Additional Music:
Rob Zombie

Digital Intermediate Editor:
Rob Gyorgy

Director:
Sam Dunn
Jessica Joy Wise
Scot McFadyen

Director of Photography:
Brendan Steacy

Editor:
Mike Munn

Producer:
Sam Dunn
Scot McFadyen

Writer:
Scot McFadyen
Sam Dunn
Jessica Joy Wise

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