Out of Competition

METALLICA: Some Kind of Monster



Country of production: USA
Year: 2004
Language: English
Mins: 139

Directors: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
Cinematography: Bob Richman
Music: Metallica
Supervising Editor: David Zieff
Editing: Doug Abel, M. Watanabe Milmore
Sound: Michael Emery, et al.
Producers: Cheryll Stone, Joe Berlinger,
Jon Kamen, Frank Scherma
Production company: @radical.media
Source: Mike Bonfiglio
@radical.media
435 Hudson St.
New York, NY 10014, USA
Phone: +1 212 462 1500
Fax: +1 212 462 1600
info@radicalmedia.com
www.somekindofmonster.com

Three years in the making, this new film from acclaimed documentary filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky (BROTHER'S KEEPER and PARADISE LOST) provides a fascinating, in-depth portrait of the most successful heavy metal band of all time, as they faced monumental personal and professional challenges while recording their first studio album of original songs in five years.


Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky are among the leading American documentarians of their generation. They met while working for the Maysles Brothers. They have created television programs together and individually for ABC, HBO, VH-1, AMC, PBS, Court TV, and many other stations. BROTHER'S KEEPER, their first feature-length collaboration, won numerous awards from American film critic and filmmaker circles. Since then, they have continually explored American popular culture and its underbelly.

Friday 02-Apr-2004 9:00 PM Gateway Theatre't toured or released an album for several years, fans and the music press were questioning Metallica's future. Creatively and personally at odds, yet under pressure to begin a new album, the band's management suggested they start group therapy as a last-

ditch effort to keep the splintering group from unraveling. Eventually this led the band to adopt a more open, collaborative approach to songwriting. It also led to singer James He