'Anvil' an unlikely awards contender (Reuters)

Steven Zeitchik, Reuters October 12, 2009, 5:33 pm LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - It's hard to imagine a film that's taken a more circuitous route to awards season, or a public screening, than the Canadian heavy-metal documentary "Anvil: The Story of Anvil." Premiering with high expectations at Sundance nearly two years ago, Sacha Gervasi's surprisingly poignant look at an underachieving group of middled-aged, big-haired rockers fell flat with distributors (who were spooked by the faltering of several documentaries the year before) and emerged from the festival with nothing but a couple new fans and a few good press notices. That would have been that -- as it is for ninety percent of movies that go into Sundance without distribution -- but the filmmakers exhibited a tenacity that mirrored their subjects. They took their... [read full story]                    

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