Metallica: Through the Never [Video]

Metallica

Overview

A young Metallica roadie named Trip (Dane DeHaan) embarks on an apocalyptic journey through a decimated urban landscape as the band plays to a sold-out arena crowd in this high-concept concert film from director Nimrod Antal (Predators). As the band takes the stage before thousands of screaming fans, Trip is informed that a driver tasked with delivering a crucial item has gotten stranded on the other side of the city. It's his job to recover it, but getting there won't be easy because as the elaborate concert gets underway, rioters and police begin clashing in the streets. The city is burning, and a mysterious, masked figure on horseback is thriving on the chaos. When Trip incurs the wrath of the ruthless, hammer-wielding psycho and his marauding gang, he realizes that he may not live long enough to complete his mission. Meanwhile, the show must go on, and Metallica thrills the crowd with a thunderous collection of classics that include "Creeping Death", "Ride the Lightning", "Master of Puppets", "Battery" and "Enter Sandman.

Product Details

Release Date:	01/28/2014
UPC:	0856115004873
Original Release:	2014
Rating:	R
Source:	Blackened Recordings
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:33:00
Sales rank:	25,171

Special Features

Disc 1:; Metallica Through the Never feature film; Theatrical trailer; Master of Puppets music video; EPK - cast & crew interviews; Interviews with the sound & music team; ; Disc 2:; Making of Metallica Through the Never documentary; Mill Valley Film Festival Q&A with Metallica, Dane DeHaan & director Nimród Antal; Orion Festival 2013 film tent highlights with Lars Ulrich

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Dane DeHaan	Trip
Metallica	Primary Artist,Performer
Jeremy Raymond	Waving Guy
Toby Hargrave	Big Man
Matthew Hoglie	Audience Member/Rioter
Lindsey Rose Stevens	Audience Member
Bob Parsons	Audience Member
Savkovic Nikola	Audience Member
James Hetfield	Himself
Kirk Hammett	Himself
Lars Ulrich	Himself
Robert Trujillo	Himself
Dennis Funny	Himself - Rioter
Stephanie Patterson	Herself - Audience Member

Technical Credits

Nimród Antal

Robert Trujillo

James Hetfield

Lars Ulrich

Kirk Hammett

Nimród Antal	Director,Screenwriter
Robert Trujillo	Screenwriter,Executive Producer
James Hetfield	Screenwriter,Executive Producer
Lars Ulrich	Screenwriter,Executive Producer
Kirk Hammett	Screenwriter,Executive Producer
Charlotte Huggins	Producer
Marc Reiter	Executive Producer
Tony DiCioccio	Executive Producer
Peter Mensch	Executive Producer
Cliff Burnstein	Executive Producer
Doug Merrifield	Executive Producer
Mark Mangini	Sound/Sound Designer
Deborah Aquila	Casting
Michelle Allen	Casting
Tricia Wood	Casting

Editorial Reviews

As a member of thrash metal's heralded "big four," Metallica helped to bring heavy metal from the underground into the mainstream, becoming one of the most influential and successful metal bands of all time in the process. And while the band's output after the breakout success of the Black Album in 1991 has been less than stellar, one need only take a listen to Through the Never, the band's IMAX film, to remember the driving brilliance the band once delivered. Packed with classic tracks like "For Whom the Bell Tolls," "And Justice for All," and "Master of Puppets," the film intercuts the surreal narrative about a roadie named Trip with live footage of the band, creating an intense interplay between the visuals and the music as the bandanna-wearing protagonist sets out on wild adventure. While certainly not Metallica's strongest work, it's a fine callback to their early strength that offers something more stimulating than the same old concert films everyone else does. ~ Gregory Heaney