Adventures of Power is an American feature film written and directed by Ari Gold, starring Ari Gold, Michael McKean, Jane Lynch, Shoshannah Stern, Chiu Chi Ling, and Adrian Grenier and featuring Steven Williams, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Annie Golden and Nick Kroll, with a cameo performance by Rush drummer Neil Peart. The soundtrack includes original songs by Ethan Gold and hits by Rush, Mr. Mister, Judas Priest, Phil Collins, Dazz Band, Loverboy, Bow Wow Wow and Woody Guthrie. The film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and made its European debut at the 2008 Karlovy Vary International... Film Festival. It was released theatrically in 2009 by Variance Films and on DVD/VOD by Phase 4 Films. Although the film was not released by a studio, it was influential to several Hollywood comedies such as The Hangover and I Love You, Man. When hard times hit his small mining town, Power does not wish for riches; he only wishes he had learned to play drums. But his father could never afford to buy him a drum set, so Power has embraced the next best thing: air drumming.
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| Release date: | October 9, 2009 |
| Directed by: | Ari Gold |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 96 Minutes |
| Producer: | Andrea Sperling, Rob York, Lawrence David Buck, Samantha Weaver, Wednesday Standley, Josef Lieck, Don Schain, Elizabeth Bull, Tevin Adelman, Chris Stinson |
| Editor: | Geraud Brisson, Dan Schalk, David Blackburn |
| Music by: | Ethan Gold |
| Cinematography: | Lisa Wiegand |
| Screenplay by: | Ari Gold |
| Estimated budget: | $2,500,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy, Musical |