IRON MAIDEN film wins best musical documentary at SXSW

Iron Maiden's documentary, Flight 666, won the “24 Beats Per Second” award for best musical documentary at the recently concluded SXSW festival in Austin, TX. Recently, the band was also awarded “Best British Live Act” at the 2009 Brit Awards.

IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666 is a full length documentary film, about the first leg of the band's historic SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME WORLD TOUR in February and March of 2008, considered to be the most ambitious and adventurous tour in rock history. The film is a revealing portrait of one of the world's most successful rock bands and an inspirational and often humorous account of the chaotic world of a band on tour around the stadiums of the world. If you want to know what it is like to be part of the most adventurous tour in Rock history, you can't miss seeing this. Taking you from Mumbai to Santiago, LA to Sydney, Tokyo to San Paolo and all points between, through exhaustion and fan pandemonium, travelling with band and crew on the plane, to and from shows, in the bar and during leisure time, this really is Access All Areas!!!

On Tuesday April 21st, metal fans will be descending upon select movie theaters across the world to watch the enthralling documentary film IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666. So get on board for the most adventurous tour in rock history and get your tickets now as theaters are already selling out across the states!!!

Shot in High Definition, IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666 will be released in digital cinemas around the world, with superb 5.1 surround sound, mixed by the band's producer Kevin “Caveman” Shirley.

Check out a trailer for IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666 and locate theaters and tickets HERE

Maiden Day and IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666 is distributed, marketed, and brought to America by the fine folks at D&E Entertainment

BANGER FILMS
PRESENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH PHANTOM MUSIC MANAGEMENT AND EMI
“IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666”
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ROD SMALLWOOD, STEFAN DEMETRIOU, ANDY TAYLOR
CO-PRODUCER VICTORIA HIRST, DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY MARTIN HAWKES
MUSIC MIXED AND ENGINEERED BY KEVIN “CAVEMAN” SHIRLEY
EDITED BY LISA GROOTENBOER, WENDY HALLAM MARTIN AND MIKE MUNN
PRODUCED, WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY SCOT MCFADYEN AND SAM DUNN