Worldwide domination for Canadian metalheads Anvil inches ever so closer.
The group — the subject of the excellent Sacha Gervasi-directed documentary, “Anvil! The Story Of Anvil” (technically a 2009 film, but one we saw last year and included in our Best Movies Of The Year list) — have shot a cameo in Michel Gondry’s “The Green Hornet,” according to the L.A. Times.
Wednesday they made their movie debut on the set of fan and director Michel Gondry’s big-budget flick “The Green Hornet,” filming a cameo where they (literally) explode playing in a rock club.
Sounds like Gondry blew them up real good (for you SCTV fans out there, Canadian rockers, etc.) The documentary has done wonders for their underachieving careers. It chronicles the sad, funny, brutal 30-year struggle to get even a minimum of recognition, but it’s slowly been taking hold over 2009 with the band and doc gaining fans like Keanu Reeves, Christ Martin of Coldplay and Dustin Hoffman. The band just shot appearances on ABC’s “Nightline” and “The Tonight Show” where Conan O’Brien raved about the film.
The documentary also hit DVD this week on Tuesday. We need to get our hands on that (hint!). And apparently the band and film have presented the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences with the very first official 2009 Academy viewing screener mailed out this week.
God, we would love this doc to earn itself an Academy Award nomination. That would be an incredible feat and it’s exceptionally deserving. But would the Academy doc voters go for this? Traditionally, they go for much more serious fare and while “Anvil,” is heartwarming, hilarious and inspiring, it’s not exactly social-documentary like, “Trouble The Water,” or “Born Into Brothels,” the type of doco that normally scores a nod.
Well, here’s to hoping. Until then we can look forward to watching Anvil get blown to bits during the Michel Gondry-directed ‘Green Hornet,’ which stars Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, Edward James Olmos, Tom Wilkinson, Tony-Award nominated David Harbour, and Christoph Waltz as the film’s main villain. The film hits theaters December 18, 2010.