Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life Of Cliff Twemlow

Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life Of Cliff Twemlow

124 mins | Documentary | Aug. 27, 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!

Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life Of Cliff Twemlow

124 mins | Documentary | Aug. 27, 2023

Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life Of Cliff Twemlow
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!
Producers Severin Films
Original title Mancunian Man: The Legendary Life Of Cliff Twemlow
Directors Jake West
Writers

Cast

Cliff Twemlow

as Self (archive footage)

Maxton Beesley

as Self

Howard Arundel

as Self

Barry Twemlow

as Self

John Saint Ryan

as Self

Oliver Tobias

as Self

Ginette Gray

as Self

C.P. Lee

as Self