- Heavy Metal Parking Lot
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name = Heavy Metal Parking Lot
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director =John Heyn andJeff Krulik
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released = 1986
runtime = 15 minutes
country =United States of America
language = English
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website = http://www.heavymetalparkinglot.com/
amg_id = 1:261425
imdb_id = 0322526"Heavy Metal Parking Lot" is a
video documentary produced byJeff Krulik andJohn Heyn in 1986.Plot
Heavy Metal Parking Lot documents
heavy metal music fans tailgating in the parking lot outside theCapital Centre (since demolished) inLandover, Maryland on May 31, 1986 before aJudas Priest concert (with opening actDokken ).Reputation
By the early 1990s, "Heavy Metal Parking Lot" had become an underground cult-classic, usually traded on bootleg
VHS videotapes. "HMPL" was reportedly a favorite on the Nirvana tour bus. It is available onDVD in a 20th-anniversary edition.Cultural references
Less Than Jake andAmerican Hi-Fi parodied "Heavy Metal Parking Lot" in theirmusic videos for the songsAll My Best Friends are Metalheads andFlavor of the Weak . TheBackstreet Boys also lampooned it in their music video for "Just Want You To Know ". Film distributor Cowboy Pictures gave it a limited 35mm theatrical release in 2003, paired with Chris Smith's documentary "Home Movie".Cultural influences
In 2004, Trio aired the TV series "Parking Lot", which expanded on the 1986 documentary. Created & co-produced by the original filmmakers, John Heyn & Jeff Krulik (in association with Radical Media), eight episodes were broadcast before Trio TV went off the air in 2006. "Parking Lot" webisodes are available on Trio's website.
External links
* [http://www.heavymetalparkinglot.com HMPL website]
* [http://www.filmbaby.com/films/620 DVD release]
* [http://www.planetkrulik.com filmmaker Jeff Krulik's website]
*imdb title|id=0322526|title=Heavy Metal Parking Lot
* [http://video.gettrio.com/player/?id=59554 "Parking Lot" TV series]
* [http://www.leisuresuit.net/Webzine/articles/heavymetal_parkinglot.shtml A Drive Back In Time: Remembering 'Heavy Metal Parking Lot']
* [http://efilmcritic.com/review.php?movie=14515 Review by Lucas Stensland]
* [http://dc.metblogs.com/archives/2006/05/qa_with_heavy_m.phtml Q&A: Heavy Metal Parking Lot 20th Anniversary by Metroblogging DC]
* [http://www.yuppiepunk.org/2008/10/heavy-metal-parking-lot.html Q&A with director Jeff Krulik]
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