Overview
- Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition began a limited theatrical run Thursday, May 7, following a May 5 world premiere at Cineworld Leicester Square in London.
- Band members took part in interviews but did not steer the edit, with bassist Steve Harris calling it “about us, but not by us.”
- Director Malcolm Venville draws on deep access to the band’s archives and new animation by Partizan Studio that extends the ‘Run For Your Lives’ tour visuals onto the big screen.
- Early reviews praise the high-energy, fan-focused overview while noting pacing issues and inevitable omissions as a 106-minute film condenses five decades.
- At the premiere, singer Bruce Dickinson said the group works to keep ticket prices within reason so younger and less wealthy fans can stand at the front.