Premiere: Mission to Lars

[12a]

United Kingdom 2012, 74 mins
Director: James Moore, William Spicer

Metallica’s Lars Ulrich is a heavy metal God. Tom Spicer has fragile X syndrome and lives in a care home. Tom has had a dream for 20 years, to meet his hero, to meet Lars. Tom's ‘normal’ siblings, Kate and Will, feel they don't do enough for their learning disabled brother. They make Tom's dream their mission. A classic quest movie, in documentary form, this film has delighted critics. As the siblings navigate metal’s labyrinthine backstage world the question hangs, what is ‘normal’ exactly?

Heavy metal royalty is in town this week for Download, come and join them for the premiere of a film that has laughs, tears and heavy noise.

http://www.missiontolars.com/