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Heavy Metal in Baghdad

  • 20072007
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  • 1h 24m
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7.6/10
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Heavy Metal in Baghdad (2007)
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In the late summer of 2006, in the middle of the insurgency, filmmakers Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi traveled to Baghdad to meet and interview the only heavy metal band in Iraq, Acrassicaud... Read allIn the late summer of 2006, in the middle of the insurgency, filmmakers Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi traveled to Baghdad to meet and interview the only heavy metal band in Iraq, Acrassicauda. "Heavy Metal in Baghdad" is the story of the band and its members, young Iraqis whose l... Read allIn the late summer of 2006, in the middle of the insurgency, filmmakers Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi traveled to Baghdad to meet and interview the only heavy metal band in Iraq, Acrassicauda. "Heavy Metal in Baghdad" is the story of the band and its members, young Iraqis whose lives have been distorted and displaced by years of continual warfare in their homeland. Th... Read all
IMDb RATING
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1.1K
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  • Directors
    • Suroosh Alvi
    • Eddy Moretti
  • Writers
    • Suroosh Alvi(narration writer)
    • Bernardo Loyola(narration writer)
  • Stars
    • Firas Al-Lateef
    • Suroosh Alvi
    • Marwan Reyad
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  • Directors
    • Suroosh Alvi
    • Eddy Moretti
  • Writers
    • Suroosh Alvi(narration writer)
    • Bernardo Loyola(narration writer)
  • Stars
    • Firas Al-Lateef
    • Suroosh Alvi
    • Marwan Reyad
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    • 7User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Firas Al-Lateef
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    Suroosh Alvi
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    Marwan Reyad
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    Faisal Talal
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    • Directors
      • Suroosh Alvi
      • Eddy Moretti
    • Writers
      • Suroosh Alvi(narration writer)
      • Bernardo Loyola(narration writer)
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    Storyline

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    • Quotes

      Marwan Reyad: For six years, man, we've been like bounded to that store. I remember all that shit, dude. This is a quite impressing movie that you filmed down there. You know what? We feel sad. We feel terribly fucking sad. This is a fucking sad scenes. Tragedy scenes. Seeing the country that you grew up in and all the people that you know that don't live anymore. Right now dead. These are the things that you lay your back on. These are things that you turn off the TV whenever, or like change the channel when it's on. So for you fuckers down there, this is how it goes, this is the daily life in Iraq. This goes to all of you, fuckers. Pigs.

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    User reviews7

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    8/10
    More a film about humanity in war than 'heavy metal'
    I found myself surprised to like a film about heavy metal this much. Just personal taste, but it's not music that usually speaks to me.

    But this tragic, darkly comic, oddly triumphant and endearing look at a group of young Iraqis trying to keep their band together and play - in the middle of the insanity of war, and then later in exile in Syria - and also seeing the crazy bravery of the two young guys trying to make a film about them - has stuck in my head with very fond feelings.

    By making the war and it's effects this personal I came away with a much deeper understanding than I might have from a film trying to cover the whole wide landscape.

    I wasn't quite as moved on a second viewing with friends, but it's still a film I think of with tremendous warmth, and recommend whether you like heavy metal or not.
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    • Sep 2, 2010

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 23, 2008 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Hevi metal u Bagdadu
    • Filming locations
      • Baghdad, Iraq
    • Production companies
      • VBS.TV
      • Vice Studios
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $4,070
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $2,012
      • May 25, 2008
    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,197
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      1 hour 24 minutes

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