Iron Maiden: Flight 666

Iron Maiden: Flight 666
Directed by	Scot McFadyen Sam Dunn
Produced by	Scot McFadyen Sam Dunn
Written by	Scot McFadyen Sam Dunn
Starring	Iron Maiden
Music by	Iron Maiden
Cinematography	Martin Hawkes
Edited by	Lisa Grootenboer Wendy Hallam Martin Mike Munn
Production company	Banger Films Phantom Music Management EMI
Distributed by	Arts Alliance Media EMI D&E Entertainment (US)
Release date	21 April 2009 (2009-04-21)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	United Kingdom Canada
Language	English
Box office	£84,276 (UK) US$74,134 (Australia) US$35,173 (Russia CIS)

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Iron Maiden: Flight 666 is a concert documentary film featuring the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The film follows the band on the first leg of their Somewhere Back in Time World Tour between February and March 2008, during which they travelled on their own customised Boeing 757, Ed Force One, which used the call-sign "666".

Flight 666 is co-produced by Toronto-based Banger Films, known for their documentaries Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, Global Metal and Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage. The film was shot in high-definition video with accompanying 5.1 surround sound produced by Kevin Shirley (who has worked with the band since their 2000 album Brave New World). It was distributed by Arts Alliance Media and EMI (except in the US, where it was sub-distributed by D&E Entertainment) in select digital theatres on 21 April 2009.

Iron Maiden: Flight 666 documents the opening leg of the band's Somewhere Back in Time World Tour, which took place between February and March 2008. During this leg of the tour, the group travelled 50,000 miles (encompassing India, Australia and North and South America) in just 45 days, performing 23 shows in 13 countries to half a million fans. To achieve this, the band travelled in their own Boeing 757, nicknamed "Ed Force One" after the band's mascot, Eddie, which was specially converted to carry the band, their crew and twelve tonnes of equipment.