Article: Cult fave 'Heavy Metal Parking Lot' pulls into Coolidge.(Arts and Lifestyle)

If Jeff Spicoli, the transcendentally airheaded surfer dude Sean Penn played in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," hallucinated himself into the rock 'n' roll comedy "This Is Spinal Tap," the result would be "Heavy Metal Parking Lot."

This unforgettable 1986 documentary short, which on Friday begins a one-week run at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, is a true cult film.

There was no marketing campaign for "Heavy Metal Parking Lot" when it was completed in 1986, no published reviews, no Web site touting its virtues. Yet somehow it became among the most bootlegged movies ever, its admirers making copies for friends, who then became admirers and made ...

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