[ecrea] New Book on Cult Film

> The Lost World of Cliff Twemlow ? The King of Manchester Exploitation Movies
> By CP Lee and Andy Willis
>
> Maverick pioneer of low-budget, independent film 
> making, Cliff Twemlow was a nightclub bouncer, 
> novelist, composer, ferryman, screenwriter and 
> actor, who between 1982 and his death in 1993 
> gathered together a trusty ensemble of stuntmen, 
> performers, actors and a dedicated technical 
> crew in order to set up his own mini-Hollywood 
> in Manchester, England. Cliff and his team 
> created a series of startling straight-to-video 
> exploitation classics such as hard-hitting 
> gangster films (GBH and GBH2 ? Lethal Impact), 
> spy thrillers for which they extended their 
> locations to Barbados, the Balearics and Grenada 
> (Target Eve Island and The Ibiza Connection) and 
> science fiction/horror (Firestar: First Contact, 
> Moonstalker and The Eye of Satan).
> Packed with martial arts action, snappy 
> dialogue, sex and gunplay these movies are 
> brought to life in this lavishly illustrated 
> book, providing a snap-shot of the golden age of 
> UK home video entertainment and a testament to 
> the drive and ambition of a film-maker working 
> without a net, in an era before the digital film revolution.
>
> CP Lee and Andy Willis teach film studies at the University of Salford
>
> The Lost World of Cliff Twemlow is available 
> on-line from the publishers at 
> <http://www.hotunpress.com/>www.hotunpress.com for £12.99 inc p&p
>
> ISBN 9780955625718
>
> Dr CP Lee
> School of Media, Music & Performance
> (Office) 0161 295 6058
> University of Salford

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