Lemmy

20102010
1h 56min

A documentary on the life and career of revered heavy-metal musician Lemmy Kilmister.A documentary on the life and career of revered heavy-metal musician Lemmy Kilmister.A documentary on the life and career of revered heavy-metal musician Lemmy Kilmister.

7.8/10

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Awards
- 3 nominations

Kirk Hammett, James Hetfield, and Lemmy in Lemmy (2010)

James Hetfield and Lemmy in Lemmy (2010)

A documentary on the life and career of revered heavy-metal musician Lemmy Kilmister.

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Taglines
- 49% Motherf**ker, 51% Son of a Bitch.
Genres
Parents guide

Trivia
The crew had to clean Lemmy's kitchen to shoot the shot of Lemmy making breakfast cause Lemmy didn't want to do it or to shoot in a dirty kitchen.

Goofs
Metallica is seen playing at Lemmy's birthday in 1995, with the venue on screen referred to as "The Whiskey." As the venue is actually called the "Whisky-a-Go-Go," it should be spelled "Whisky," not "Whiskey."

Quotes
David Grohl: More than any other rock musician, he is the baddest motherfucker in the world.

Alternate versions
German version was cut by ca. 7 minutes to remove all sights of Lemmy's collection of Nazi memorabilia.

Connections
Features Family Guy (1999)

Soundtracks
Damage Case
Written by Lemmy (uncredited), Fast Eddie Clarke (uncredited), Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor (uncredited) and Mick Farren (uncredited)
Performed by Motörhead

Top review

9/10

From zero to hero (in my eyes)

Do you love Lemmy?? No, nor me. Or at least, I didn't before I went to see this documentary as a brownie-points concession to my metal-head boyfriend.

Now I think Lemmy is AWESOME! Still don't like metal or Motorhead, but that is really irrelevant because this film is so engaging and its subject so endearing, original and wonderful.

I knew little about Lemmy apart from the cowboy hat and the warts. But my heart was truly warmed - both by him and by the loving regard that fellow giants of metal apparently hold him in.

The man's a total one-off and on that basis alone, this documentary is well worth seeing.

I still hate metal but even if they're only indifferent to the music I think most people would love this film. And if you're a fan already, then it's absolutely unmissable.

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