Iron Maiden - Behind The Iron Curtain [VHS] [1984]

Cecil Parker, as usual, does himself proud, as the manufacturer of aircraft, battling to convince an American multi-millionaire, to buy his latest aircraft, in spite of the designer's predillection for a very fine piece of English history - a Traction Engine named "The Iron Maiden".

The "American" cast, portray humour and an outlook only known across the water, which comes across as extremely witty, without being degrading. After so many mishaps, The Iron Maiden finally captures the imagination of the American millionaire and leads to the successful sale of the aircraft, as well as the "giving away" of his pretty, yet determined daughter.

Watch out for Jim Dale; it isn't a large part, but, as ever, he makes the character!

A portrait of a happier England and a charming film.

What I saw was an incredibly hard-rocking band, just like AC/DC, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin and Kiss for example. The Frontman Bruce Dickinson runs and jumps manically around the stage while singing; the guitars of Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and the bass of Sir. Steve Harris roar as anyone else; and Nicko McBrain assaults his drum kit incredibly well.

There are only four songs on this video are: Aces High, Hallowed Be Thy Name, 2 Minutes To Midnight, and Run To The Hills. All of them are of my favorite Maiden songs and are Classics of Iron maiden now a days.

The videos of Aces High and 2 Minutes To Midnight are promotional videos featuring insert footage. Aces High, a tribute to the RAF, features clips from World War II, and 2 Minutes To Midnight has a long and confusing sequence of insert footage, something to do with organized crime, but I do not understan it very well. One complaint is that we see almost nothing of the band during this awesome song.

Hallowed Be Thy Name and Run To The Hills were recorded live in Eastern Europe during the band's tour in 1984, World Slavery Tour which lasted more than A year. Hallowed Be Thy Name was shot in Katowice, Poland, while Run To The Hills in Budapest, Hungary.

Hallowed Be Thy Name features some footage from the Russian movie "Alexander Nevsky" in between concert footage. The only drawback from the live recordings was that Bruce Dickinson held the microphone away from his mouth when he sang the line "...we gave him hell" on Run To The Hills(presumably to protect virgin Hungarian ears, but it messes up the rhyme scheme with the previous line "...we fought him well").

In between songs, there is some footage of the band on tour, getting on and off trains and buses, playing soccer and of course backstage from Poland, Hungary, and Yugoslavia.

This video was my first exposure to Iron Maiden, and I now consider myself an Iron Maiden N°1 fan thanks to it, I have all their discography and its awesome weeks ago i bought the Eddi's Archive and I love it , it's beautiful.

Track Listing:
Aces High
Hallowed Be Thy Name
2 Minutes To Midnight
Run To The Hills

Recommended
YES!!!! (for any Iron Maiden die hard fan you MUST have it)