'' 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 . '' The story takes place in the fictional small town of Lode , New Mexico , where just about all of the male townsfolk work for a copper mining plant , including Power ( Gold ) . Power ( whose name was given to him by his father so he could grow up strong ) lives with his Aunt Joanie ( Lynch ) and is always shown air-drumming to music , even when at work . It turns out he air-drums because his father never could afford to buy him drums . He does his air-drumming at a talent show in a local bar , where his only praise comes from a young boy . Unfortunately , the mining plant is poised to strike , but Power is fired for a mishap that is one too many just beforehand , therefore he can not join in . Disappointed , he stumbles upon an ad for an underground air-drumming place about forty miles south of them just across the border in Mexico . The boy lends him his dirt bike to get there , but he ends up losing it while there
2008 Sundance Film Festival
2008 Sundance Film Festival
Adventures of Power