Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
After bassist Jason Newsted quits the band in 2001, heavy metal superstars Metallica realize that they need an intervention. In this revealing documentary, filmmakers follow the three rock stars as they hire a group therapist and grapple with 20 years of repressed anger and aggression. Between searching for a replacement bass player, creating a new album and confronting their personal demons, the band learns to open up in ways they never thought possible.
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Cast
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James Hetfield
Self
Known for
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
The Big Four: Live in Sofia
Lars Ulrich
Self
Known for
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989
Hemingway & Gellhorn
Kirk Hammett
Self
Known for
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989
Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar
Robert Trujillo
Self
Known for
The Big Four: Live in Sofia
Jason Newsted
Self
Known for
Metallica: Live Shit - Binge & Purge, Seattle 1989
Dave Mustaine
Self
Known for
The Big Four: Live in Sofia
Bob Rock
Self
Also in
Metallica - Live in Berlin 2019
Metallica: Fan Can 5
Phil Towle
Self
Joe Berlinger Director · Bruce Sinofsky Director Robert Richman Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $2M · United States release July 9, 2004 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$2,009,087
Production
Electra Entertainment
Production
Vertigo
Production
IFC Films
Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 24, 2004
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · July 9, 2004
Limited theatrical
United States
April 2, 2004 · Premiere · Chicago International Documentary Film Festival
April 14, 2004 · Premiere · Philadelphia International Film Festival
April 27, 2004 · Premiere · USA Film Festival
April 30, 2004 · Premiere · Nashville Film Festival
June 11, 2004 · Premiere · Newport International Film Festival
June 19, 2004 · Premiere · Provincetown International Film Festival
Australia
June 12, 2004 · Premiere · Sydney Film Festival
September 16, 2004 · Theatrical
November 25, 2014 · Physical · DVD
Belgium
October 8, 2004 · Premiere · Flanders International Film Festival
Canada
September 26, 2004 · Premiere · Cinefest Sudbury International Film Festival
Czechia
June 10, 2004 · Theatrical
Denmark
April 3, 2004 · Premiere · NatFilm Festival
Greece
September 20, 2004 · Premiere · Athens Film Festival
March 8, 2008 · Premiere · Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
Israel
July 9, 2004 · Premiere · Jerusalem Film Festival
Romania
May 29, 2005 · Premiere · Transilvania International Film Festival
Spain
December 2, 2004 · Premiere · Gijón International Film Festival
United Kingdom
October 1, 2004 · Theatrical
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