A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica

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Movie
German title A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
Original title A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1992
length 236 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Adam Dublin
production Jack Gulick
music Metallica
camera Vincent E. Toto
cut Sean Fullan
occupation
chronology

←  Predecessor
2 of One

Successor  →
Live Shit: Binge & Purge

A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica is a two-part documentary that shows the production of the album Metallica by the metal band of the same name as well as the subsequent Wherever We May Roam tour. The 1992 on VHS documentation published was produced by Juliana Roberts and Jack Gulick, directed by Adam Dublin. This is the band's first release to feature a redesigned logo that was used until 2000 .

Volume 1

The first part, which lasts 90 minutes, shows the creation of Metallica 's fifth studio album. The band was filmed listening to demo recordings , mixing , mastering and video shoots. The video sequences used for this were recorded over a period of more than nine months.
Part 1 of the documentation also contains three music videos :

Volume 2

In the second part of the documentary, Metallica was accompanied by the camera team on the Wherever We May Roam Tour following the album release and the Guns N 'Roses / Metallica Stadium Tour organized together with Guns N' Roses . It includes, for example, recordings from Donington from the Monsters of Rock 1991 , a Freddie Mercury tribute concert and a performance in front of an estimated 500,000 visitors at Tuschino airfield , Moscow in the former Soviet Union .

In addition to numerous live performances, this part includes two other music videos:

Awards

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
United States (RIAA) United States (RIAA) Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum 300,000
All in all Platinum record icon.svg 3 × platinum
300,000

Main article: Metallica / Music Sales Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica . IMDb.com, accessed November 7, 2011.
  2. a b A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica ( Memento from February 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Metallica.com, accessed November 7, 2011.
  3. Music Videos ( Memento from August 23, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). Metallicaworld.com, accessed November 7, 2011.