A music documentary about the trials and tribulations of the heavy metal group Metallica as they cut their first album in six years. The members of one of the most successful heavy-metal band in history submit to two years of intensive group therapy to work through conflicts in their 20-year working relationship.
Production Radical Media; Third Eye Motion Picture Company;
Cast Names Eric Avery Weiss; Joe Berlinger; Dan Braun; Cliff Burnstein; Cliff Burton; Crazy Cabbie; Stefan Chirazi; Dylan Donkin; Gio Gasparetti; Mike Gillies; Zach Harmon; Eric Helmkamp; Castor Virgil Hetfield; Pepper Keenan; Danny Lohner; Peter Mensch; Dave Mustaine; Jason Newsted; Peter Paterno; Scott Reeder; Marc Reiter; Brian Sagrafena; Bruce Sinofsky; Niclas Swanlund; Phil Towle; Myles Ulrich; Torben Ulrich; Jeordie White; Steven Wiig; Chris Wyse;
Box Office USD 1,222,708
Release Date 2004-01-21 (Sundance Film Festival) 2004-04-02 (Chicago International Documentary Film Festival) 2004-04-04 (Taos Picture Show) 2004-04-14 (Philadelphia International Film Festival) 2004-04-30 (Nashville Film Festival) 2004-06-11 (Newport International Film Festival) 2004-06-19 (Provincetown International Film Festival) 2004-07-09 (limited) 2004-07-30
Genres Documentary; Music;
Running Time 2 hr. 21 min. 2 hr. 15 min. (Nashville Film Festival)