Similarly, Chris Soos, who was DP on the documentary, thought Gervasi was pulling the wool over his eyes during filming. Reiner pulled out his passport to prove it was his real name and they said, “You Hollywood people can get any props you need”. Firstly, at a film festival in Ireland, two young fans approached Reiner and said that because he shared a name (albeit with a slightly different spelling) with the director of This Is Spinal Tap, it wasn’t a real documentary. He tells a couple of amusing stories to illustrate the point. He says that Anvil succeeded because the mainstream public had no idea who the band was. The only music documentary I would make would be on The Clash, they’re one of my favorite bands,” he adds. “I’ve been offered some pretty big things. The success of Anvil!: The Story of Anvil also made it hard for Gervasi to look at other music documentary projects. “We do have some stuff but who knows whether it’ll ever see the light of day, but I felt like I didn’t really have anything to add after this film. ![]() “The second film would be about Judaism and identity,” he says. There’s also more footage of the band including a “very intense trip” when Kudlow took Reiner to Auschwitz. The Middle East conflict is quite a lot for Anvil.” In 2014, there was also talk of sequel called Anvil 2: The Quest for World Peace, with the band organizing a concert for the Israelis and the Palestinians to bring them all together. He says one approach was to take an approach similar to Up, the series of documentaries from Paul Almond and Michael Apted, that looks at a family every seven years. Over the years, Gervasi, who went on to direct Hitchcock and My Dinner with Hervé has considered some form of follow-up with the band. That’s why I think it still has life now, because it has some sort of deep emotion to it, because we were all risking everything.” REUNION TOUR I just knew at that point, I had to do it. I knew if the movie didn’t work, it was going to be calamitous for me so there was this tension about it. “As you see in the movie, there was this feeling that everyone was on the edge of calamity at every single moment. After he didn’t receive any substantial offers at Sundance, and a call from his accountant suggesting that he file for bankruptcy, he took out a second mortgage on his house to fund a theatrical release of the film. Gervasi self-financed the film “about an unknown band and their struggles to make it in their 50s”. Gervasi had known the band well in the 1980s, first as a teenage fan, then later as a roadie for them, affectionately dubbed ‘Teabag’.īut after breaking through in Hollywood – he wrote the Tom Hanks-fronted, Steven Spielberg-directed film The Terminal – he invited his old tour buddies to LA and persuaded them to let him document their latest chapter. The film may have shepherded through a golden age of music documentaries, opening the door for docs such as Oscar-winner Searching for Sugar Man, but the making of the movie shares parallels with Anvil’s career. ‘Anvil! The Story Of Anvil’ Teaser Trailer: Utopia Sets Re-Release Of Newly Restored Documentary By Sacha Gervasi It was not, however, as easy as it sounds. “To this day, 15 years after we started making the film, the band has never had to do another day job ever again,” says Gervasi. Even after setback after setback, as documented in the film, the group’s often comical willingness to keep going in the face of disappointment eventually led to success.Īfter the film was released, Anvil went on tour with AC/DC and appeared on The Tonight Show. However, despite slogging away with day jobs in catering and construction, founders Steve “Lips” Kudlow and Robb Reiner never quit. The film, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008, tells the story of Canadian metallers Anvil, who influenced the likes of Metallica and Guns N Roses but never quite got their dues. “It’s chaotic magic,” Gervasi tells Deadline the morning after the LA premiere that included a live performance from the band. ‘Railway Children,’ Anvil, Abigail Disney & ‘The Greatest Beer Run Ever’ – Specialty Preview ![]() 'The Morning Show' Showrunner Breaks Down The Season 3 Finale & The Future Of UBA
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