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List Price: $19.98 | | Label: Universal Music Enterprises
Salesrank: 2024
Released: June 9, 2009 |
| Our Price: $11.89 |
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MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
FLIGHT 666 documents the first leg of Maiden's legendary SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME WORLD TOUR which took them 50,000 miles round the planet playing 23 concerts on five continents in just 45 days. One of the stars of the movie is the band's customized Boeing 757, Ed Force One, which carried the band, all their crew and 12 tons of stage equipment and was piloted by Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson, a fully qualified and active Airline Captain with Astraeus Airlines.
Taking you on a visual global tour from Mumbai to Sydney, Tokyo to L.A., Mexico City to Costa Rica, Bogota to Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Santiago to New York and Toronto and places in-between, you travel with the band and crew on the plane, to and from shows, in the bar and during leisure time, while experiencing the exhaustion and fan pandemonium that comes with such a mission.
As a very special bonus for the fans, Maiden have included a second disc of the entire set from the 2008 segment of this tour with the DVD. Sixteen songs from sixteen different cities in eleven countries around the world, for the first time ever encompassing such varied places and cultures in one concert.
Iron Maiden: Flight 666 Reviews:
One of The Best ROCK/METAL DOCS ever ! Buy This DVD ! 
2009-12-09 - This is a great DVD !!!! A must own for any IRON MAIDEN FAN /METAL fan ! Filmed Great !! My vote for the best METAL/ROCK DVD ever .
An amazing, tour-de-force DVD! Maiden is clockwork!
2009-12-08 - I remember seeing Iron Maiden and Judas Priest (talk about a great 'double bill'!) at The Palladium in NYC, back when Paul DiAnno was the vocalist (yes, i'm a 'fossil' of 48, LOL!). Seeing the artwork on that first album (does anyone remember LP's?) and seeing them live pretty much convinced me that I would probably be an Iron Maiden fan for life! They were that good, and that original as the British invasion of metal spanned the globe (Saxon, Def Leppard, Judas Priest, Maiden, etc.). To see them come this far, and be so widely loved and acclaimed worldwide is great. This DVD captures the essence and passion of their worldwide fan base, and shows how much of a 'renaissance man' Bruce truly is, given his many talents and varied interests. Of course, seeing a documentary (rockumentary) of Bruce pilot a Boeing 757 carrying his bandmates, crew, and equipment is awesome. There are many comical and lighthearted moments in this DVD as we observe Bruce and company handle the logistics of a major world tour. The other DVD consists of full songs (one song each) culled from each city of their world tour. The performances are passionate and tight, and the video and audio quality second to none. These guys are probably old enough to be grandparents, yet they still command the stage as if they were in their 20's! Get this double-DVD set. You won't regret it.
Awesome Road Movie! 
2009-11-14 - I had the opportunity to see the IRON MAIDEN'S movie in cinema, and I don't hesitate a second to pre order it on Amazon!!
The quality of the documentary is amazing and I like it because it does print the personality of each member of the band and their manager!
Just one more thing: in the booklet which reads Dickinson's notes on the tour, said he enjoyed the Chilean pisco. I'm glad IRON MAIDEN came to Peru in 2009 and I hope that Dickinson might have taken a PISCO SOUR and check THAT ONLY ORIGINAL PISCO IS FROM PERU!!!!!!!!
Maiden at their best
2009-11-08 - Iron Maiden's most ambitious tour yet. With Bruce Dickinson piloting a custom jumbo jet carrying the entire crew, all the equipment and the band they are able to jump from continent to continent in hours playing a concert basically every other day in a new city. The documentary is especially interesting and fun. Very impressive feat they pulled off and the concert is of course vintage Maiden. I highly recommend this for any Maiden fan.
Cheers to Maiden and Banger Productions!
2009-10-28 - I bought this dvd not only out of interest in learning more about Iron Maiden, but also based on the strength of the other Banger Production films, "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey," and "Global Metal." I wasn't disappointed on either count.
This is a good-natured documentary of the Somewhere Back in Time tour. There's no tension or drama a la Metallica's "Some Kind of Monster" or Wilco's "I am Trying to Break Your Heart." These guys seem to really enjoy their music, their lives, and each other. There is NOTHING old or tired about them, and that makes watching them for an hour and forty minutes pure fun.
Writer/director Sam Dunn tells us at the beginning of the film that Maiden is his favorite band. He and Scot McFadyn have paid the band an immense tribute with this film. It is well-executed and enjoyable from start to finish. Excellent.
