Adventures of Power

Adventures of power
Directed by	Ari Gold
Produced by	Andrea Sperling Executive Producers Gill Holland Christopher Woodrow
Written by	Ari Gold
Starring	Ari Gold Michael McKean Jane Lynch Shoshannah Stern Chiu Chi Ling Adrian Grenier Annie Golden
Music by	Ethan Gold
Cinematography	Lisa Wiegand
Edited by	Geraud Brisson
Production company	Grack Films SpaceTime Films The Group Entertainment
Distributed by	Variance Films Phase 4 Films
Release date	January 20, 2008 (Sundance Film Festival)
Running time	89 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$2,500,000 (est.)

Adventures of Power is an American feature film written and directed by Ari Gold, starring Ari Gold, Michael McKean, Jane Lynch, Shoshannah Stern, Chiu Chi Ling, and Adrian Grenier and featuring Steven Williams, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Annie Golden and Nick Kroll, with a cameo performance by Rush drummer Neil Peart. The soundtrack includes original songs by Ethan Gold and hits by Rush, Mr. Mister, Judas Priest, Phil Collins, Dazz Band, Loverboy, Bow Wow Wow and Woody Guthrie. The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and made its European debut at the 2008 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. It was released theatrically in 2009 by Variance Films and on DVD/VOD by Phase 4 Films.

The story takes place in the fictional small town of Lode, New Mexico, where just about all of the male townsfolk work for a copper mining plant, including Power (Gold). Power (whose name was given to him by his father so he could grow up strong) lives with his Aunt Joanie (Lynch) and is always shown air-drumming to music, even when at work. It turns out he air-drums because his father never could afford to buy him drums. He does his air-drumming at a talent show in a local bar, where his only praise comes from a young boy. Unfortunately, the mining plant is poised to strike, but Power is fired for a mishap that is one too many just beforehand, therefore he cannot join in. Disappointed, he stumbles upon an ad for an underground air-drumming place about forty miles south of them just across the border in Mexico. The boy lends him his dirt bike to get there, but he ends up losing it while there.