Movies associated with Iron Maiden
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- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsCliff RobertsonGeorge ChakirisMaria PerschyA RAF squadron is assigned to knock out a German rocket fuel factory in Norway. The factory supplies fuel for the Nazi effort to launch rockets on England during D-Day.The theme from this movie was use as opening for the No Prayer on the Road tour.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsHarrison FordRutger HauerSean YoungA blade runner must pursue and terminate four replicants who stole a ship in space and have returned to Earth to find their creator.The theme from Blade Runner was used as intro for the Somewhere on Tour.
- DirectorJerry ZuckerStarsSean ConneryRichard GereJulia OrmondLancelot falls in love with Guinevere, who is due to be married to King Arthur. Meanwhile, a violent warlord tries to seize power from Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table.The song "Arthur's Farwell" from the soundtrack was used as intro for Brave New World Tour.
- DirectorDon TaylorMike HodgesStarsWilliam HoldenLee GrantJonathan Scott-TaylorDamien the Antichrist, now about to turn thirteen years old, finally learns of his destiny under the guidance of an unholy disciple of Satan. Meanwhile dark forces begin to eliminate all those who suspect the child's true identity.The song "The Number of the Beast" was inspired by a nightmare Steve Harris had after watching Damien: Omen II.
- DirectorBrian G. HuttonStarsRichard BurtonClint EastwoodMary UreAllied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding American brigadier general George Carnaby prisoner, but that's not all that's really going on.The theme from this movie was used as opening intro for World Piece Tour. Iron Maiden has also a song based on the movie called "Where Eagles Dare".
- DirectorJimmy T. MurakamiStarsPeggy AshcroftJohn MillsRobin HoustonA naive elderly British rural couple survive the initial onslaught of a nuclear war.Iron Maiden got a song called "Where the Wild Wind Blows" that is based on this movie. This song is on they're 2010 record called "The Final Frontiers".
- DirectorHerbert L. StrockStarsRobert H. HarrisPaul BrinegarGary ConwayWhen a master monster make-up artist is sacked by the new bosses of American International studios, he uses his creations to exact revenge.Scenes from this movie is used in the video for the song "The Number of the Beast".
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsMichael DouglasRobert DuvallBarbara HersheyAn ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.The song "Man on the Edge" from the album "The X Factor" is based on this movie.
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.The song "The Edge of Darkness" from "The X Factor" is based on this movie.
- DirectorGordon FlemyngStarsPeter CushingBernard CribbinsRay BrooksDr. Who and his companions arrive on Earth in the year 2150 AD, only to discover that the planet has been invaded and its population enslaved by the dreaded Daleks.On the cover of the singel "Wasted Years" the time machine is set to 01.04.2050 that is a reference to this movie.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsBob HoskinsChristopher LloydJoanna CassidyWhen a cartoon rabbit is accused of murder, he enlists the help of a burnt out private investigator to prove his innocence.Jessica Rabbit is in the arms of Eddie on the cover for the singel "Bring Your Daugther... ...to the Slaugther".
- DirectorStephen HopkinsStarsRobert EnglundLisa WilcoxKelly Jo MinterThe pregnant Alice finds Freddy Krueger striking through the sleeping mind of her unborn child, hoping to be reborn into the real world.The song "Bring Your Daugther... ...To the Slaugther" was original recorded by Bruce Dickinson for this movie.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDennis WeaverJacqueline ScottEddie FirestoneA business commuter is pursued and terrorized by the malevolent driver of a massive tractor-trailer.The tour program for No Prayer on the Road has a cover that was based on the movie.
- DirectorRobin HardyStarsEdward WoodwardChristopher LeeDiane CilentoA puritan police sergeant arrives in a Scottish island village in search of a missing girl, who the pagan locals claim never existed.The song "The Wickerman" from "Brave New World" was based on this movie. There is also a song called "Wicker Man" from Dickinson's solo career, the lyrics of which are more closely themed around the film.
- DirectorRobert WiseStarsClark GableBurt LancasterJack WardenA U.S. sub commander, obsessed with sinking a certain Japanese ship, butts heads with his first officer and crew.The song "Run Silent Run Deep" from "No Prayer for the Dying" is based on this movie.
- DirectorNicolas RoegStarsDavid BowieRip TornCandy ClarkAn alien must pose as a human to save his dying planet, but a woman and greed of other men create complications.Steve Harris used the letters from the poster to this movie to create the Iron Maiden logo.
- DirectorIb MelchiorStarsGerald MohrNora HaydenLes TremayneOne of only two survivors from a Martian expedition is so traumatized she doesn't remember the circumstances of the trip.Clips from this movie was used in the video for "The Number of the Beast".
- DirectorFred C. BrannonWilliam WitneyStarsCharles QuigleyLinda StirlingClayton MooreA criminal mastermind known as the Crimson Ghost is out to steal a device called the Cyclotrode, which can short-circuit every electrical current on the planet.Clips from this movie was used in the video for "The Number of the Beast".
- DirectorBert I. GordonStarsSally FraserRoger PaceDuncan 'Dean' ParkinGlenn Manning, "The Amazing Colosasal Man," believed dead after falling from the Hoover Dam, reemerges in rural Mexico, brain damaged, disfigured, and very hungry.Clips from this movie was used in the video for "The Number of the Beast".
- DirectorIshirô HondaStarsTakashi ShimuraAkihiko HirataAkira TakaradaAfter a dinosaur-like beast - awoken from undersea hibernation by atom bomb testing - ravages Tokyo, a scientist must decide if his similarly dangerous weapon should be used to destroy it.Clips from this movie was used in the video for "The Number of the Beast".
- DirectorJulian DoyleStarsSimon CallowKal WeberLucy CuddenA shy, stuttering professor brings Aleister Crowley back to life.This movie is written by Bruce Dickinson. He also have a cameo in the movie and it features the Iron Maiden songs "Wicker Man" and "Can I Play With Madness".
- DirectorJ.A. HoweStarsJames ParrottKatherine GrantNoah YoungHere's a film that will upset all your ideas of the Wild West. A parody of the great screen classic, "The Covered Wagon," it treats of the adventures of a band of pioneers who make their transcontinental trip in flivvers, meet with Indians who take the warpath on bicycles, and finally make their escape on a trolley car which runs across the prairie.Footage from this movie was used in the music video for "Run to the Hills".
- DirectorRaoul WalshStarsErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandArthur KennedyA highly fictionalized account of the life of George Armstrong Custer from his arrival at West Point in 1857 to his death at the battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876.Footage from this movie was used in the video for "The Trooper".
- CreatorRoy HugginsStarsDavid JanssenWilliam ConradBarry MorseA doctor, wrongly convicted for a murder he didn't commit, escapes custody and must stay ahead of the police to find the real killer.The song "The Fugitive" is based on the original television series with the same name. The TV serie was also remade into a famous movie with Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsMax von SydowGunnar BjörnstrandBengt EkerotA knight returning to Sweden after the Crusades seeks answers about life, death, and the existence of God as he plays chess against the Grim Reaper during the Black Plague."Dance of Death" was inspired by this old Ingmar Bergman film.
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsMichael RedgraveTom CourtenayAvis BunnageA young thief takes up long-distance running when he is sent to a borstal.The song "The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" is based on the short story by Alan Sillitoe, which was also made into a 1962 film of the same name.
- DirectorNicholas MeyerStarsMalcolm McDowellMary SteenburgenDavid WarnerH.G. Wells pursues Jack the Ripper to the 20th Century when the serial murderer uses the future writer's time machine to escape his time period."Caught Somewhere In Time" is inspired by this movie.
- DirectorFred M. WilcoxStarsWalter PidgeonAnne FrancisLeslie NielsenA starship crew in the 23rd century goes to investigate the silence of a distant planet's colony, only to find just two survivors, a powerful robot, and the deadly secret of a lost civilization.According to interviews with Bruce Dickinson, the song "Out of the Silent Planet" was primarily influenced by the science fiction movie Forbidden Planet.
- DirectorPeter BrookStarsJames AubreyTom ChapinHugh EdwardsSchoolboys marooned on a Pacific island create their own savage civilization."Lord of the Flies" is based on this movie.
- DirectorJohn Llewellyn MoxeyStarsPatricia JesselDennis LotisChristopher LeeA young college student arrives in a sleepy Massachusetts town to research witchcraft; during her stay at an eerie inn, she discovers a startling secret about the town and its inhabitants.The music video to "Bring Your Daughter...To The Slaughter" features footage from The City of the Dead.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsKeith CarradineHarvey KeitelAlbert FinneyFrance, 1801. Due to a minor perceived slight, mild-mannered Lieutenant d'Hubert is forced into a duel with hot-headed irrational Lieutenant Feraud. The disagreement ultimately results in scores of duels spanning several years."The Duellists" is inspired by this movie.
- CreatorPatrick McGoohanStarsPatrick McGoohanAngelo MuscatPeter SwanwickAfter he resigns, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is actually a bizarre prison. He refuses to give his warders information while attempting to escape.Both "The Prisoner" and "Back in the Village" is based on this classic TV series.
- DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsSean ConneryChristian SlaterHelmut QualtingerAn intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.The song "Sign of the Cross" from Iron Maiden is about an execution during inquisition and openly cites the novel/movie title in the chorus lyrics.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsKyle MacLachlanVirginia MadsenFrancesca AnnisA Duke's son leads desert warriors against the galactic emperor and his father's evil nemesis to free their desert world from the emperor's rule."To Tame a Land" was based on the novel Dune by Frank Herbert. One year later this movie by David Lynch came out. The song was meant to be called "Dune", but Herbert treaten to sue the band since it did not like rock music.
- DirectorMel GibsonStarsMel GibsonSophie MarceauPatrick McGoohanScottish warrior William Wallace leads his countrymen in a rebellion to free his homeland from the tyranny of King Edward I of England."The Clansman" is based on this historical movie. From an interview with Steve Harris: "Started as two separate ideas, then put them together and it worked! It's got a Celtic flavour to the music which is why I wrote the lyrics about the Scottish clans. They were inspired also by the Braveheart and Rob Roy films."
- DirectorRudolph MatéStarsRichard DerrBarbara RushPeter HansenAs a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home."When Two Worlds Collide" is based on this sci-fi classic.
- DirectorMichael Caton-JonesStarsLiam NeesonJessica LangeJohn HurtIn 1713 Scotland, Rob Roy MacGregor is wronged by a nobleman and his nephew, becomes an outlaw in search of revenge while fleeing the Redcoats, and faces charges of being a Jacobite."The Clansman" is based on this historical movie. From an interview with Steve Harris: "Started as two separate ideas, then put them together and it worked! It's got a Celtic flavour to the music which is why I wrote the lyrics about the Scottish clans. They were inspired also by the Braveheart and Rob Roy films."
- DirectorMichael CurtizStarsErrol FlynnOlivia de HavillandPatric KnowlesA major countermands orders and attacks to avenge a previous massacre of men, women, and children.Scenes of this film were used in the 1983 music video "The Trooper". The song is also inspired by the poem the movie is based on with the same name. Steve Harris: "Based on the Crimean war with the British against the Russians. The opening is meant to try and recreate the galloping horses in the charge of the light brigade. It's an atmospheric song."
- DirectorAnton LeaderStarsIan HendryAlan BadelBarbara FerrisSix impossibly intelligent children from all over the world with dangerous psychic powers hide in a church in England after the military tries to experiment on them. Besieged, they warn the military to back off before carnage ensues."Children of the Damned" is inspired by the 1963 film of the same name. The song describes the death of the last of the children, as he steps out to face the humans which are intent on destroying him by burning him at the stake.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsLouis HaywardJoan BennettWarren WilliamDespotic King Louis XIV discovers he has a twin brother who has grown up under the tutelage of his foster father, the patriotic musketeer D'Artagnan.Steve Harris found the name of his band, after seeing the film in 1975. In the movie the torture device are mentioned.
- DirectorTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseMichael PalinBorn on the original Christmas in the stable next door to Jesus Christ, Brian of Nazareth spends his life being mistaken for a messiah.After every Iron Maiden show the song "Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life" from the Monty Python movie is played over the PA system.
- DirectorPitofStarsGérard DepardieuGuillaume CanetInés SastreParis, 1830: Vidocq is killed by a mirror masked man. A thief turned investigator, he was working on a case of men killed by lightning. His biographer tries to solve the case.As an intro to the Dance of Death World Tour in 2003, “Declamation” by Chris Payne from the movie "Vidocq" was used.
- DirectorJean-Jacques AnnaudStarsEverett McGillRon PerlmanNicholas KadiThis story takes place in prehistoric time when three tribesmen search for a new fire source.The song "Quest for Fire" was based on this movie.
- DirectorWolf RillaStarsGeorge SandersBarbara ShelleyMartin StephensIn the English village of Midwich, the blonde-haired, glowing-eyed children of uncertain paternity prove to have frightening powers.The song "Children of the the Damned" is inspired by this movie and it's sequel Children of the Damed.
- DirectorJames WhaleStarsClaude RainsGloria StuartWilliam HarriganA scientist finds a way of becoming invisible, but in doing so, he becomes murderously insane.In one of Derek Riggs' paintings for Iron Maiden, that was used as an t-shirt design, you can see Eddie on the stage in Pandemonium. The capital city in Hell. In front row you can see The Invisible Man smoking and wearing sunglasses.
- CreatorMurray SmithStarsDon HendersonLeslie GranthamLeon Herbert1980's Cockney London Villainy With Humour.On the cover of "Bring Your Daugther... To the Slaugther" you can see Eddie outside a nightclub called Paradise Club from this TV serie. Bruce Dickinson also play in the episode called Rock and Roll Roulette as a rock 'n' roll singer called Jake Skinner. Among the songs he plays in this episode is his own "Ballad of Mutt", "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry, "Wishing Well" by Free and "I Shot the Sheriff" by Bob Marley. In the studio we see "Fraud squad" which are, Janick Gers on guitar, Andy Carr, bass and Dickie Flitzar on drums, i.e. the band that Bruce used on the 1990 solo tour.
- DirectorTerence FisherStarsChristopher LeeCharles GrayNike ArrighiDevil worshipers plan to convert two new victims.Footage from this movie is used in the music video for "The Number of the Beast". The scene where The Goat of Mendes is showed is used. Iron Maiden also use the goat as a stage prop when performing the song live at concerts.
- DirectorWarren BeattyBuck HenryStarsWarren BeattyJames MasonJulie ChristieA Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an overanxious angel before he was meant to die, returns to life in the body of a recently murdered millionaire.The Iron Maiden song "Heaven Can Wait" (from their 1986 album Somewhere in Time) is loosely inspired by the film. The lyrics deal with near-death experience and a man who cannot seem to die.
- DirectorLew LandersStarsBela LugosiFrieda InescortNina FochWhen an errant bomb unearths the coffin of a vampire during the London Blitz, a gravedigger unknowingly reanimates the monster by removing the stake from his heartClips from this movie was used in the video for "The Number of the Beast".