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[ecrea] New Book on Cult Film
Wed Oct 28 15:27:00 GMT 2009
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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