Taglines: Experience Metallica like never before.
Metallica: Through the Never is an American IMAX concert / feature film featuring the American heavy metal band Metallica. The film shares its name with the song “Through the Never” from the band’s 1991 self-titled album; the feature follows young Trip’s (Dane DeHaan) surreal adventure during an urgent mission he is sent out on, sewn together with concert footage from a set of concerts Metallica held in August 2012.
Stars Metallica, one of the most popular, influential rock bands in history. In this music driven, 3D motion picture event, award-winning filmmaker Nimród Antal immerses audiences in a bracing, raw and visceral cinematic experience with spectacular live performance footage of Metallica’s most iconic songs — created exclusively for film — combined with a bold, narrative story featuring imagery drawn from the band’s trailblazing iconography.
Dane DeHaan portrays Trip, a young roadie sent on an urgent mission, during the Metallica’s roaring live set in front of a sold-out arena. The film features dazzling pyrotechnics, the most elaborate live-performance stage ever built and state-of-the-art 3-D photography, captured using up to 24 cameras simultaneously.
Metallica Through the Never (2013)
Directed by: Nimród Antal
Starring: Dane DeHaan, Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo
Screenplay by: Nimród Antal, Metallica
Production Design by: Helen Jarvis
Cinematography by: Gyula Pados
Film Editing by: Joe Hutshing
Costume Design by: Carla Hetland
Set Decoration by: Elizabeth Wilcox
Art Direction by: Chris Beach
MPAA Rating: R for some violent content and language.
Studio: Picturehouse
Release Date: September 27, 2013
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