Iron Maiden Flight 666 Contest

Metal fans rejoice! You know Scot McFayden and Sam Dunn’s film Iron Maiden: Flight 666, documenting the gods of the metal hierarchy as they fly around the globe in a 747 piloted by none other than Bruce Dickinson himself, playing 23 sold-out shows around the world in just over a month? Well, it’s now available on limited edition DVD and Blu-Ray, and Exclaim!, in partnership with EMI, is giving ‘em away! Head to exclaim.ca/contests and enter to win copies of each, along with a Flight 666 iPod skin, mounted movie poster and small-scale model of Dickinson’s aircraft!

Flight 666 lands at No 1 …Globally!!

Following on from the hugely successful screening of Iron Maiden’s award-winning film Flight 666 in over 500 digital cinemas in 42 countries worldwide in April, the recent release of Flight 666 on DVD has secured another global triumph for the band by flying into the music DVD charts at Number One in 22 countries already, including Canada, the U.S. and the UK with many more charts yet to come in!

• In Canada it rocketed into the No.1 position outselling the No.2 DVD by over 6:1.
• In the U.S. it was not only the No 1 debut, but also the highest selling first week sales of any music DVD so far in 2009!  This release closely followed the US TV Premiere of the movie on Palladia/ VH1 which was watched by over three million people, the highest viewing of a music documentary on the channel so far this year.
• In the UK first day’s sales were over twice the total combined sales of every other DVD in the Top 50!!
• In Sweden Flight 666 is currently at #1, #3 and #4 on Sweden’s leading online retailer Discshop chart with the deluxe, standard and Blu ray formats respectively!
• In Australia it not only debuted at No.1 but was certified Platinum within its second week of release.
• In India, as well as being the No.1 music DVD, it entered at #6 in the mainstream DVD Movie chart, placing it that week ahead of such international blockbusters as “Slumdog Millionaire” and many Bollywood movies!
• In Brazil, where 70% of the market is dominated by local repertoire, it debuted at No.3 in their National chart and is fully expected to reach No.1 by next week. It was a new entry at No.1 in Brazil’s International Chart.
• Once again No 1 in Arabia.

The countries in the five continents where Flight 666 flew in at No. 1 were Australia, Arabia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil int, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan int, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and the U.S.  Elsewhere in the world it entered at No.2 in Spain and Portugal, and at No.3 in France and Hungary and 4 in Holland. With more charts still to come from many other Latin American territories who will release the DVD this week, well over 30 countries and expected to achieve No 1 for Flight 666.

And after four weeks of sales in Europe, Flight 666 is still holding strong at No.1 in Germany, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Norway and Italy, making this Iron Maiden’s most successful DVD release to date and proving yet again the unswerving, ever-growing support of Maiden fans young and old, from every corner of the globe, and the unstoppable resurgence of Heavy Metal. .

Flight 666 covers the first leg of Iron Maiden’s “Somewhere Back In Time Tour” which began Feb 2008 and encompassed 23 sold-out stadium and arena shows in Asia, Australia and North, Central and South America in just 45 days, covering 5 Continents and 13 countries, travelling almost 50,000 miles. All this made possible because of the unique method of travel; the band’s specially customized Boeing 757 plane, Piloted by Maiden vocalist and Airline Captain Bruce Dickinson and christened Ed Force One by Maiden fans, the plane (CALL SIGN 666) carried band, crew and 12 tons of equipment across the globe for the most adventurous tour in rock history. Directed by Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn of award winning Banger Productions, (‘Metal; A Headbanger’s Journey’ and ‘Global Metal’) and shot in spectacular High-Definition with thunderous 5.1 surround sound, Flight 666 takes you right inside the Maiden family with almost total access to the band, something which they have never allowed before.

Flight 666 was released through EMI Music in Canada on June 9. It is available on deluxe double DVD with a special 28 page booklet, standard DVD, alongside a double-CD soundtrack album and extended Blu-ray, along with The Soundtrack in Double CD and a limited edition double-vinyl picture disc. Both DVD and Blu-Ray include bonus footage of the full concert shot of 16 songs shot in 16 different cities.

Iron Maiden are currently taking time off before getting together later in the year to start work on a new album planned for release in 2010.

Flight 666 Tix on Sale Now

IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666 is playing at the following Empire Theatres on Tuesday May 5th – see www.empiretheatres.com for screening times and to book tickets.

Alberta
Empire Studio Country Hills, Calgary

British Columbia
Empire Capitol, Victoria
Empire Guildford Surrey, Vancouver

Ontario
Empire Empress Walk, Toronto
Empire Gateway, Kitchener
Empire Wellington, London

New Brunswick
Empire Studio, Saint John

Newfoundland
Empire Studio, St John’s

Nova Scotia
Empire Bayers Lake, Halifax
Empire Dartmouth Crossing
Empire Studio, Sydney
Empire Studio, New Glasgow

About The Film

The award winning film ‘IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666’ is coming to selected theatres across Canada next week on May 5th for one night only. The movie is a full length documentary film, about the first leg of the band’s historic Somewhere Back In Time World Tour in February and March of 2008, considered to be the most ambitious and adventurous tour in rock history, and is a revealing portrait of one of the world’s most successful rock bands and an inspirational and often humorous account of the chaotic world of a band on tour. (more…)

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Can You Handle 45 Days on the Road on the Most Adventurous Rock Tour Ever?

On Tuesday, April 21, 2009 the award winning Film ‘FLIGHT 666’ will be screened in over 450 special digital movie theatres in 42 Countries!

Advance reviews and phenomenal media and fan reaction from private screenings of the first ever full length feature film from Brit award winners Iron Maiden have prompted EMI Records to rush release the film and soundtrack for home-viewing enjoyment.

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Flight 666 Global Cinema Maiden Day Onslaught

The Iron Maiden film “Flight 666” will have it’s UK Premiere at the Odeon Kensington on Monday, April 20th at 7pm with members of the band and crew in attendance, along with a special guest who may possibly be seen lurking outside the cinema.

The following day, Maiden Day – April 21st, will see the film simultaneously launched on over 450 screens in 41 countries Worldwide – including Canada (see list at the end of this release for details). Canadian filmmakers Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn of Banger Films Inc. are thrilled with the initial reaction to the film and are very excited to finally be able to share it with Maiden fans here at home.



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Can You Handle 45 Days on the Road on the Most Adventurous Rock Tour Ever?

Flight 666 documents the first leg of Maiden’s legendary SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME WORLD TOUR which took them 70,000 km round the planet playing 23 concerts on five continents in just 45 days. One of the stars of the movie is the band’s customised Boeing 757, Ed Force One, which carried the band, all their crew 12 tons of stage equipment and was piloted by Airline Captain and singer Bruce Dickinson. The movie gives a close up inside the scenes look at what happened on and off stage, when Maiden gave full access to the film crew for the first time ever, and contains some of the most spectacular live footage yet seen of Maiden. If you want to know what it is like to be part of the most adventurous tour in Rock history, you can’t miss seeing this. Taking you from Mumbai to Santiago, LA to Sydney, Tokyo to San Paolo and all points between, through exhaustion and fan pandemonium, travelling with band and crew on the plane, to and from shows, in the bar and during leisure time, this really is Access All Areas!!!

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