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Metallica's 'Some Kind Of Monster' Named Best Documentary At Independent Spirit Awards

posted Feb 27, 2005 at 9:54 PM by deathbringer.  (6 Comments)

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METALLICA's acclaimed film "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster" won the Best Documentary prize at the 2005 IFP Independent Spirit Awards, held earlier today (Feb. 26) in a beachfront tent in Santa Monica, California.

The Independent Spirit Awards honor films whose funding comes at least in part from sources outside of the major Hollywood studios.

Winners were chosen by the 9,000-member nonprofit Independent Feature Project/Los Angeles, which includes actors, directors, writers and other industry professionals.

Other films competing for the Best Documentary honors were "Bright Leaves", "Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed", "Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust" and "Tarnation".

"Metallica: Some Kind of Monster" documents the turbulent making of METALLICA's last album, "St. Anger". "Some Kind of Monster" also resulted in a book, "Metallica: This Monster Lives", written by co-director Joe Berlinger.

METALLICA are currently taking time off but hope to begin working on a new album later this year.

Source: Blabbermouth

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6 Comments on "'Some Kind Of Monster' Named Best Documentary"

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1. salvation army writes:

yeah that entire documentary was to show the world that the 'tallica boys had an excuse for releasing a dogsh** record.
- and it went down well !!
I just don't want another one following their next release

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2. relentless austin writes:

I just hope Rob Trujillo can inspire one more good album from those
guys before they call it quits. I know they have it in them to do it, but
the hope grows smaller every time they release an album.

# Feb 28, 2005 @ 11:05 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. MAW writes:

I bet lars and james don't let trujilo write anything for a new record. The guy is a hired hand and that is obvious. They would be real smart to allow him to write some sh** for them.

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4. josh writes:

MEtallica will remian the foundation and best Heavy Metal band of all time. No1 will take that away from them, no matter how bad people think they've become

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5. ShadowMancer11 writes:

i thought it was pretty good. i mean i know how everyone says that metallicas new album blew...but if you think about it it wasnt bad music its just the fact of the old balls out metal metallica we're use to wasnt showcased on this album.

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6. Selma writes:

After listening to St. Anger, I immidiately had to watch the San Diego concert from Live sh**. The new album sucks so much. First of all James lost hes voice completely, the lyrics dosent even come close to the old good sh** they made. Kirk totally disappeared from the music. Where is the amazing solos he used to play?? And Lars, it sounds as if he is banging on pots and pans. Dont even get me started on Trujilo. I mean I know he is a very good bass player and all, but he dosent fit into Metallica. So i feel the same as everyone else.. I Hope they make a f***ing good album and then say goodbye forever. But hey guys.... We always have kill em all, master of puppets, ride the lightening, And justice for all and the black album. They were Metal Gods once... And if your not satisfied, well then Slayer makes kick a$$ music.

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