Iron Maiden Documentary Coming To Theatres

04/16/09 2:48pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

Flight 666, the documentary about the first leg of Iron Maiden's Somewhere Back In Time world tour, won't be released on DVD and Blu-Ray until June 9 through EMI Music Canada. But you can preview it in theatres on Tuesday, which has been dubbed "Iron Maiden Day."

Flight 666 will be screened at 450 digital movie theatres in 42 countries, including those in Montreal, Quebec City, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver. A full list of theatres showing the movie can be found on Iron Maiden's website.

Flight 666 was directed by Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn and produced by Banger Productions (Metal: A Headbanger's Story, Global Metal). It follows Maiden on tour and on their private Boeing 757 plane, which is better known as Ed Force One and is piloted by singer Bruce Dickinson. The band played 23 shows on five continents in 45 days during the tour.

"It's been a mammoth undertaking," manager Rob Smallwood says. "From the first twinkle in Bruce's eye, it's taken about three years to put band, crew and equipment in a giant flying 'splitter bus,' to go through all the long and tiresome prep and safety regulations and planning, to the actual filming and of the tour itself, through to post production and right up to putting together all these items in the very best possible quality for our fans."

Flight 666 will be available as a long-play Blu-Ray disc and double DVD with the documentary and a bonus disc with concert footage filmed in 16 cities in 11 different countries. A limited-edition double DVD with the bonus footage and a 30-page booklet will also be available.

A live soundtrack album will be released the same day. It will be available as a double CD, a digital download or in a limited edition with two vinyl picture discs.

Here's the track list for Flight 666's bonus concert footage and the live soundtrack CD:

Disc one:

"Aces High" (Feb. 1, 2008 at the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai, India)
"2 Minutes To Midnight" (Feb. 7, 2008 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne, Australia)
"Revelations" (Feb. 9, 2008 at Acer Arena in Sydney, Australia)
"The Trooper" (Feb. 16, 2008 at Makuhari Messe in Tokyo, Japan)
"Wasted Years" (Feb. 22, 2008 at Arena Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico)
"The Number Of The Beast" (Feb. 19, 2008 at The Forum in Los Angeles, Calif.)
"Can I Play With Madness" (Feb. 24, 2008 at Foro Sol in Mexico City, Mexico)
"Rime Of The Ancient Mariner" (March 14, 2008 at the IZOD Center in East Rutherford, N.J.)

Disc two:

"Powerslave" (Feb. 26, 2008 at Saprissa Stadium in San Jose, Costa Rica)
"Heaven Can Wait" (March 2, 2008 at Palmeiras Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil)
"Run To The Hills" (Feb. 28, 2008 at Simon Bolivar Park in Bogota, Colombia)
"Fear Of The Dark" (March 7, 2008 at Ferrocarril Oeste Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina)
"Iron Maiden" (March 9, 2008 at Pista Atletica in Santiago, Chile)
"Moonchild" (March 12, 2008 at Coliseo De Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico)
"The Clairvoyant" (March 4, 2008 at Pedreira Paulo Leminski in Curitiba, Brazil)
"Hallowed Be Thy Name" (March 16, 2008 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto)