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The saga of heavy metal parking lot is practically indiefilmdoms greatest story ever told. In 1986 two aspiring documentary filmmakers took some video equipment from a local cable access channel, and headed to the parking lot of a. Heavy metal parking lot superfans will probably be most excited to learn that mckenna has scored a few quotes from the movies infamous zebraman, a heavylidded gentleman who once intoned, madonnas a dick. Heavy metal parking lot is the practically nobudget, 17minute documentary of a night spent with the partying crowd before a soldout judas priest concert in 1986 at the old capital centre in. Heavy metal parking lot is a 1986 documentary short produced by jeff krulik and john heyn. Both films are made available on youtube by snagfilms. Thirty years later, the film continues to resonate with. The film features interviews with several small groups of young. The filmmakers interview teen metal heads outside a judas priest concert. Heavy metal parking lot, a short documentary about metal fans congregating outside a judas priest concert in 1986, captures lower and middleclass young adults, druginduced behavior, and an undertone of those ephemeral friendships that produce enduring memories. Not rated 17min documentary, short, music video 30 october 2007 heavy metal parking lot poster. Heavy metal parking lot is a brilliant short film about a group of fans tailgating outside a stadium before a judas priest concert. There is a companion piece being slotted onto the end home movie, a 15minute short called heavy metal parking lot.