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directed by: Alexandra Lipsitz starring: Angela Shelton, Zac Munro, Gordon Hintz, Peter Cilella, Dan Crane (II)  List Price: $14.95 Grab Discount Price: $13.49 You Save: $1.46 (10%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: NEW VIDEO GROUP INC EAN: 0767685989036 Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: DOCURAMA Manufacturer: DOCURAMA Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: DOCURAMA Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 28, 2007 Running Time: 81 minutes Studio: DOCURAMA Theatrical Release Date: 2006 Sales Rank: 18015 MPN: NVGD9890D Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: A battle of naked ambition played out on the national and world stage, AIR GUITAR NATION chronicles the birth of the US Air Guitar Championships as legions of aspiring rock stars compete to become the greatest air guitarist in the world. Two would-be rock legends emerge and strum their way towards glory and the coveted national title. Samurai warrior C. Diddy emerges as an early favorite, but his arch nemesis Björn Türoque is not far behind. Will Björn s technical prowess, attitude, and airness be enough to take him to the top, or will C. Diddy conquer all to become America s first supreme being of air guitar? OVER 60 Minutes of Bonuses Including: Behind-the-Scenes Footage; Additional Air Guitar Performances; Where Are They Now Updates; Deleted Scenes; Theatrical Trailer; 5.1 Surround Sound; And More! Discount Shopping: Is it a sport? A game? An artform? It may be hard to define, but it's easy to see that air guitar is a lot of fun and immensely entertaining, and so is director Alexandra Lipsitz's Air Guitar Nation, an utterly charming documentary about the young men (and a few women) who in 2003 competed both at home and abroad to determine whose "airness" would rule. Having visited Finland, the longtime home of the World Championship finale (who knew?), the previous year to check out the scene, Kriston Rucker and Cedric Devitt realized that no Americans were included, so they organized the first U.S., er, air-off in New York. It's there that we meet guys who are restaurant managers, software developers, budget analysts, and such in daily life, but who assume names like Air Raid, Krye Tuff, and The Shred when they hit the stage and perform to the music of Motorhead, Judas Priest, Steve Vai, and others while the crowd goes nuts (judges include Tom Morello, who plays real guitar for Rage Against the Machine). Two stars emerge from the pack--David "C-Diddy" Jung (an Exeter-educated actor whose immigrant parents wanted him to be a doctor or lawyer) and Dan "Bjorn Turoque" Crane ("to err is human, but to air guitar is divine")--and we follow them as they head to Oulu, Finland, to take on competitors from all over the globe (more than one of them compares the event to the Olympics). They must first endure Air Guitar Boot Camp, with lessons in "Air Guitar and Groupies" and "Maintaining Your Instrument," but the film takes off when it gets to the competition itself; the performances, all of them about a minute long, are an absolute riot, with all the laughs (intended and otherwise), macho grimacing, and showy moves used by real heavy metal axe-grinders. But while these are basically young folks having a good time, most see air guitar as something, well, transcendent. "It's instant meditation," says one. "It's about freedom to be yourself," adds another. "I'm going to out-weird the world," says C-Diddy. About 40 minutes of bonus material includes deleted scenes and additional performances. --Sam Graham Average Rating:
 Rating:  - No closed captioningNo closed-captioning equals a ZERO vote. Without CC, this DVD is USELESS to hearing-impaired people. Not considering disabled viewers is just typical of Docurama. Rating:  - One of the Stranger DocumentariesAir Guitar Nation is one of the stranger documentaries that I've seen in a while. The film chronicles the events leading up to and including the World Air Guitar Championship of 2003 held in Oulu, Finland. More than this the film tells the personal stories of two of the United States competitors, David "C-Diddy" Jung and Ben "Bjorn Toroque" Crane as they compete for national and world fame as air guitarists. Alaxandra Lipsitz's documentary is one of those strange films that holds you ... Read More Rating:  - I had tears by the end - srsly! Every now and then I get in a mood to watch a truly goofball movie, and I rented this thinking it would be one of them. And it is, I guess... at least, it started out that way. But in spite of myself I started getting really caught up and rooting for the American air-guitarists through the competition, and actually caring! It was really rather profound to realize that although the US is the womb, birthplace, and cradle of Rock-and-Roll, there had never yet been a US contestant in ... Read More Rating: - Make Air, Not WarAir Guitar Nation is a truly wonderful documentary on the United States first entry into the Air Guitar Championships. This film is just a great look into the comradery of international participants, the hell-bent fury of contestant, Bjorn Turoque, the intensity of the participants attending seminars on air guitar, etc. It will make you wonder, it will make you laugh, it will make you go "hmmmm". Overall, it is an honestly fun movie. Rating:  - wacky fun"Air Guitar Nation" is probably the best documentary ever made about a non-subject. Air Guitar, for those unfamiliar with the term, is the art of playing heavy metal guitar sans the actual guitar. It's what every spastic, tone-deaf teenager with dreams of one day becoming the next Jimi Hendrix has done in the privacy of his own bedroom since the late 1960's. Who could ever have imagined that a whole subculture and cottage industry would one day spring up around an activity that most of us probably ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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