Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life of Cliff Twemlow (2023)
Go back to the 1980s and discover the extraordinary true story of Cliff Twemlow! You’ve never heard of him… but polymath Twemlow was a nightclub bouncer, novelist, composer, singer, screenwriter, producer and actor who was the most prolific indie filmmaker in the UK for a decade! Witness how this 20th-century Renaissance man created his own innovative micro-film industry in Manchester. Shooting his feature films on clunky early pioneering video technology, G.B.H. (1983) was even branded a Video Nasty! A warmly hilarious portrait that will take you back to an era where literally anything could happen. And did!
Director: Jake West
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Cliff Twemlow as Self (archive footage) |
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Andy Willis as Self |
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Barry Twemlow as Self |
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Brett Sinclair as Self |
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Brian Sterling as Self |
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Chris Cooke as Self |
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C.P. Lee as Self |
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David Rankin as Self |
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Howard Arundel as Self |
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Jane Cunliffe as Self |
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John Barry as Self |
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John Saint Ryan as Self |
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Martin Unsworth as Self |
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Max Beesley Snr as Self |
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Oliver Tobias as Self |
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Paul Flanagan as Self |
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Steve Powell as Self |
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Steve Tomkow as Self |
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Stuart Hurst as Self |
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Ginette Gray as Self |
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David Kent-Watson as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Jake West | Director |
| Editing | Jake West | Editor |
| Production | Carl Daft | Producer |
| Production | David Gregory | Producer |
| Production | Brian Sterling | Co-Producer |
| Production | David Flint | Associate Producer |
| Production | Marc Morris | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Vince Knight | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Simon Boswell | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Louis Morgan | Sound Designer |
| Production | Marc Morris | Researcher |