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Rush Documentary Nears Release
Rounder Films has named May 18th as the release date for the upcoming documentary on Canadian rock legends Rush.
A post on Rush fan site Power Windows made the report this week, noting that the film's release date was "tentative."
No confirmation has come from Rounder or the band yet, but the film's producers, Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn of Banger Films Inc., recently talked about the project with Classic Rock magazine.
"Geddy had been in [Dunn and McFadyen's prior documentary] 'Metal: A Headbanger's Journey' and we were thinking about other bands we could work with," McFadyen said. "We felt that Rush had always been overlooked by the critics so we met them on tour and they liked what we said. We started working on it, then Iron Maiden came about so we took a break to do that and raised the financing for the Rush film. We've started on it now and done a load of interviews so now we're editing with a load of archival footage."
The documentary promises to be truly revelatory, as it is the first film to focus on the band's Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neal Peart.
"We've been ucky. Not only have we had access to [Rush management firm] SRO's archives but also Geddy, Alex and Neil's own personal archives," said director Dunn. "I was just at Geddy's house this week. Going through his personal collection of memorabilia. I dug up some gems I don't think Rush fans have ever seen so we're hoping to offer something new."
Dunn added that, being huge fans of the band themselves, the film is affording him and McFadyen a rare and treasured opportunity.
"Well. Geddy's definitely the premiere band archivist," Dunn added. "He has a massive collection of photographs and clippings. We even got our hands on Neil's handwritten lyric sheets from back when they were making Fly By Night, 2112 and A Farewell To Kings, and I don't think they've ever been seen before."
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