There is a new Metallica documentary coming out soon called Mission To Lars. It is the moving story of a huge Lars Ulrich fan with Fragile X Syndrome (a type of autism) whose goal is to meet the Metallica drummer. Watch the trailer below:

Mission to Lars – Intro from spicerandmoore on Vimeo.

Plot/Synopsis:

Tom has Fragile X Syndrome, a sort of autism. All he’s ever wanted is to meet Lars. After 20 years and 10,000 times of asking his journalist sister, Kate, when he was going to meet Lars, she finally cracked. This is a film that looks beyond disability, and uncovers the soul of a very cool guy.

Kate and filmmaker brother, William, break Tom out of his care home in Exmouth, and hit the road, from Bristol , to Heathrow, to LA, to Las Vegas and beyond. ‘Mission to Lars’ was made by William Spicer and James Moore. Both were veterans of music and brand promos, but complete movie novices.  “We had this fantasy of hitting the road with Tom and recreating some of the magic of our teenage years cruising around in £100 cars, eating Burger King and listening to heavy metal on the tape deck,” says Kate. “We thought it would be fun, bonding. We wanted to do something good for our brother. We were also sick of him endlessly asking.” It doesn’t take long before the hoped for dream becomes a nightmare as Tom’s disabilities, the dysfunctional family, and Metallica’s labyrinthine backstage world thwart the Mission at every turn.

At a fingernail destroying screening last summer (the night before Metallica headlined Sonisphere Festival), the Spicer family showed their film to Ulrich.  The Mission to Lars production team squirmed with anticipation: would he like it? Yes, he liked it.

The movie will get a cinema release in June most likely followed by a DVD release. Go here for more info.