"Iron Maiden has never relied on radio play or TV or the conventional forms of media that a lot of music bands rely on, " says Sam Dunn, a documentary filmmaker and Maiden fan who's making a film of the group's "Somewhere Back in Time" tour.

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Note that there is an alternative version of events, a sort of parallel Zapruder film hosted on some Liverpool fan websites, that interprets the scene differently.

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Created by a fan, the edited version cut 20 minutes from the film.

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Winnie was hoping the film would be a hit, not only because he is a devout Spider-Man fan, and it's a movie he has waited nearly his whole life to see, but also because its success could increase his net worth by several zeros.

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With a total of 27, 091 minutes of film on offer during the festival, the average film fan, however robust, can easily find themselves overwhelmed by the dazzling array of choices.

BBC: Toronto festival points to Oscars

When Liverpool were pipped to the First Division title by Arsenal in 1989, it was the springboard for Gunners fan Nick Hornby's seminal book "Fever Pitch", which was made into a film in 1997.

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While the film is somewhat critical of Mr. Koch, Mr. Barsky said, the former mayor was a fan.

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"Their reaction was, if you can show there's enough fan interest to warrant a movie, we're on board, " he wrote on the film's donation page.

BBC: Veronica Mars fans make film dream a reality

The side streets that fan out from it are home to a number of cultural and environmental agencies, including the Royal Film Commission and Wild Jordan -- and in this blossoming street network you get a sense of a new creative national identity sprouting up.

BBC: The cosmopolitan crossroads of the Middle East