Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life Of Cliff Twemlow + Q&A

Followed by a Q&A with director Jake West.
Bouncer. Novelist. Composer. Screenwriter. Producer. Star. To 1980s UK audiences, Cliff Twemlow was all of these and then some. For more than a decade, in fact, Twemlow was the UK’s most prolific indie filmmaker. But in Manchester, he was — and remains — a legend.
Between 1982 and 1993, Twemlow gathered a devoted team of local doormen, martial artists, variety performers, club DJs, models, girlfriends, gym friends, family members and B-listers to create his own cut-rate Hollywood empire. Shooting on early pioneering video technology, composing all the music himself, and working on nearly non-existent budgets, Twemlow and his unlikely ensemble of misfits crafted gangster films, horror movies, spy thrillers, sci-fi epics and beyond. Perhaps best known for 1983’s ultra-violent G.B.H. (Grievous Bodily Harm) — which was banned as one of the notorious Video Nasties — Cliff Twemlow’s unbelievably true story is now told by Jake West — director of the documentary Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape as well as the features Razor Blade Smile and Doghouse – and Severin Films through exclusive interviews, insane film clips, rare behind-the-scenes footage and more.