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ofner, johan		Actor dies in video shoot in Daily Telegraph (24/01/2017) p.9 Call No: PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS FILE; OFNER, JOHAN Author: McDonald, Shae -- Motherwell, Sarah PhysDes: Clippings Subject: STUNTS. AUSTRALIA; SAFETY. AUSTRALIA; OFNER, JOHAN Summary: Death of actor Johan Ofner in accident that occured during a music video shoot for the band Bliss n Eso More info
journal article		Alliance win for stunt performer's widow in Encore (Apr 2000) vol.18 iss.3 p.10 Author: Whipp, Simon PhysDes: Article Subject: STUNTS. AUSTRALIA; WORKING CONDITIONS. AUSTRALIA; TRADE UNIONS. AUSTRALIA; RAAEN, JOHN Summary: The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance helped the widow of stunt performer, John Raaen, receive compensation for his death. The case has highlighted the need for adequate workers' compensation insurance. More info
newspaper article		Band says only blanks used in fatal filming in The Age (25/01/2017) p.12 Call No: PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS FILE; OFNER, JOHAN Author: Branco, Jorge PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: SAFETY. AUSTRALIA; STUNTS. AUSTRALIA; OFNER, JOHAN Summary: Report on the death of a stuntman and actor Johan Ofner at a music video shoot for the band Bliss n Eso More info
book		Bring on the stuntman! / Ian B. Jamieson Adelaide: Rigby, 1981. Call No: 227.5(092) JAM Author: Jamieson, Ian B. Source: AT Place: Adelaide Publisher: Rigby PubDate: 1981 PhysDes: 88 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm Subject: STUNTS. AUSTRALIA; JAMIESON, IAN ISBN: 0727014854 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006; donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
newspaper article		Combat roles in Sydney Morning Herald [Good Weekend Magazine] (3/06/2017) p.1 Call No: PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS FILE; TRAN, MARIA Author: Dapin, Mark PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: STUNTS. AUSTRALIA; TRAN, MARIA Summary: Feature interview with Australian actor Maria Tran More info
book		Man on fire : a stunt of a life / Grant Page and Steve Wright Crows Nest, N.S.W: Allen & Unwin, 2009. Call No: 81PAG PAG Author: Page, Grant Source: AT Place: Crows Nest, N.S.W Publisher: Allen & Unwin PubDate: 2009 PhysDes: xix, 316 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 24 cm Subject: STUNTS; STUNTS. AUSTRALIA; PAGE, GRANT Summary: If you've watched an Australian film, TV show or ad during the past fifty years, chances are you've seen stuntman Grant Page - falling from the sky, jumping off cliffs, crashing motorbikes, rolling cars, hang-gliding over skyscrapers, or setting himself on fire. He's fearless, forensic and there's nothing he won't try. -BLURB ISBN: 9781741758184 Contents: --I guess I must be stuntman -- Fire -- Heights -- Water -- Machine -- Beast -- Man -- War -- Tricks -- Happy ending More info
book		Movie magic : the story of special effects in cinema / John Brosnan London: Abacus, 1977. Call No: 236 BRO Author: Brosnan, John Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Abacus PubDate: 1977 PhysDes: 207 p. : ill. ; 20 cm Subject: SPECIAL EFFECTS; HORROR FILMS; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS; FANTASTIC FILMS; DISASTER FILMS; MODEL WORK; MONSTERS IN FILMS; WAR FILMS; ANIMATION; MONSTER DESIGN; MINIATURE WORK; OPTICAL EFFECTS; MATTES; FRONT PROJECTION; CINEMATOGRAPHY; HIGH-SPEED CINEMATOGRAPHY; MAKE-UP; SPLIT SCREEN; STOP-MOTION TECHNIQUE; STUNTS; CAMERAS; TRAVELLING MATTE; EXPLOSIONS IN FILMS; HARRYHAUSEN, RAY; PAL, GEORGE; [TWO THOUSAND AND ONE] 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (UK, Stanley Kubrick, 1968); KING KONG (US, Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack, 1933); POSEIDON ADVENTURE, THE (US, Ronald Neame, 1972) Notes: first published in Great Britain by Macdonald and Jane's 1974; Includes: Appendix with Academy Awards winners and nominees for Engineering Effects/Special Effects from 1927-8 to 1975-6; References; Bibliography; Index of Names; Index of Film Titles; Index of Subjects and Techniques ISBN: 0349103682 Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006 More info
book		Muscles in the movies : perfecting the art of illusion / John D. Fair and David L. Chapman Coumbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, Call No: 739 FAI Author: Fair, John D.; Chapman, David L. Edition: 2020 Place: Coumbia, Missouri Publisher: University of Missouri Press PhysDes: xvi, 466 pages : illustrated Subject: BODY IN FILMS; BOXING FILMS; CRABBE, BUSTER; DOUGLAS, KIRK; FAIRBANKS, DOUGLAS; HOMOSEXUALITY AND THE CINEMA; HOMOSEXUALITY IN FILMS; JOHNSON, DWAYNE; KELLY, GENE; LANCASTER, BURT; LEE, BRUCE; MASCULINITY IN FILMS; MIX, TOM; OLYMPICS IN FILMS; PAGANO, BARTOLOMEO; HISTORICAL FILMS; REEVES, STEVE; SCHWARZENEGGER, ARNOLD; SERIALS; STALLONE, SYLVESTER; STUNTS; SUPERMAN IN FILMS; TARZAN IN FILMS; VALENTINO, RUDOLPH; VAUDEVILLE AND THE CINEMA; WEISSMULLER, JOHNNY; WILLIAMS, ESTHER Summary: John Fair and David Chapman tell the story of how filmmakers use and manipulate the appearance and performances of muscular men and women to enhance the appeal of their productions. The authors show how this practice, deeply rooted in western epistemological traditions, evolved from the art of photography through magic lantern and stage shows into the motion picture industry, arguing that the sight of muscles in action induced a higher degree of viewer entertainment. From Eugen Sandow to Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, muscular actors appear capable of performing the miraculous, and with the aid of stuntmen and filming contrivances, they do. By such means, muscles are used to perfect the art of illusion, inherent in movie-making from its earliest days. -- publisher's web site ISBN: 9780826222152 More info
book		Outrageous conduct : art, ego, and the Twilight zone case / Stephen Farber and Marc Green New York: Arbor House/Morrow, 1988. Call No: 79TWI FAR Author: Farber, Stephen; Green, Marc, 1943 Edition: 1st ed Place: New York Publisher: Arbor House/Morrow PubDate: 1988 PhysDes: 394 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm Subject: SAFETY; LAWSUITS; STUNTS; LANDIS, JOHN; SPIELBERG, STEVEN; TWILIGHT ZONE THE MOVIE (US, John Landis & Steven Spielberg & George Miller & Joe Dante, 1983) Summary: "Death in the movies isn't supposed to be real. But on July 23, 1982, a spectacular explosion on the set of TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE knocked a helicopter out of the sky and into the path of two small children and veteran actor Vic Morrow, crushing one child and decapitating Morrow and the other youngster. How could this tragedy occur? Was anyone to blame? OUTRAGEOUS CONDUCT reveals the facts behind the accident, when skilled movie-makers exceeded the bounds of safety; the anxiety, when Hollywood closed ranks to protect its own; and the raucous and very public trial, when countercharges of "outrageous conduct" flew between the publicity-conscious district attorney and the furious film director, John Landis." [Taken from book jacket] Notes: Includes index ISBN: 087795948X : $18.95 LON: 88010432; 5821084 More info
book		Stunt : the story of the great movie stunt men / John Baxter London: MacDonald & Jane's, 1973. Call No: 802.275 BAX Author: Baxter, John, 1939- Source: UK Place: London Publisher: MacDonald & Jane's PubDate: 1973 PhysDes: 320 pages including 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 25 cm Subject: STUNTS; CANUTT, YAKIMA; SENNETT, MACK; MIX, TOM; FAIRBANKS, DOUGLAS Summary: Examining the use of stunts in American and British film from the silent era until the early 1970s. Many films are mentioned (including: Ben-Hur, Vanishing Point, Stagecoach), key stunt people are profiled (Yak Canutt), and a wide range of stunt types and techniques are looked at (including driving, sword fighting, stunts involving animals). ISBN: 0356043576 Levy Notes: AFI R&I book not yet catalogued - AG 23/10/2017 Contents: Acknowledgements -- 1 Hypnotists and drunken Indians -- 2 Sennett's Psychopaths -- 3 Cliffhangers -- 4 Tom (Mix) and Douglas (Fairbanks) -- 5 I'm still alive -- 6 Yak -- 7 The Squadron of Death -- 8 I don't want to die in Africa -- 9 Magicians -- 10 Nightmares -- 11 Breezy -- 12 Swash -- 13 The Driver -- 14 The honoured society -- 15 A new breed -- Towards a biography -- Notes -- Index of film titles -- Index of people More info
book		Stunting in the cinema / Arthur Wise [and] Derek Ware London: Constable and Company, 1973. Call No: 227.5 WIS Author: Wise, Arthur; Ware, Derek Source: UK Place: London Publisher: Constable and Company PubDate: 1973 PhysDes: 248 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Subject: STUNTS ISBN: 0094590907 More info
newspaper article		Stuntman killed by blanks from shotgun in The Australian (25/01/2017) p.3 Call No: PERSONALITY CLIPPINGS FILE; OFNER, JOHAN Author: Chambers, Geoff PhysDes: Clippings File Article Subject: SAFETY. AUSTRALIA; STUNTS. AUSTRALIA; OFNER, JOHAN Summary: Report on the death of a stuntman and actor Johan Ofner at a music video shoot for the band Bliss n Eso More info
subject clippings file		STUNTS Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: STUNTS More info
Online resource digital clippings file		STUNTS. AUSTRALIA Digital clippings file available Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE; DIGITAL CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: STUNTS. AUSTRALIA URL status: URL: 'http://file://Q:/S/STUNTS.AUSTRALIA.zip' Checked: 31/08/2021 1:06:37 PM Status: Error Details: Failed to send HTTP request (WinHttpSendRequest) More info
book		Working in Hollywood / Alexandra Brouwer and Thomas Lee Wright New York: Crown Publishers, c1990. Call No: 22(73) BRO Author: Brouwer, Alexandra; Wright, Thomas Lee Source: US Place: New York Publisher: Crown Publishers PubDate: c1990 PhysDes: xii, 546 pages ; 25 cm Subject: ADVERTISING FOR FILMS; ANIMALS IN FILMS; ART DIRECTION; CAMERAS; CASTING; CHOREOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; COMPOSERS; COSTUME DESIGNERS; DIRECTION; DISTRIBUTION; EDITING; EXHIBITION; FINANCING; LAW AND THE CINEMA; LOCATION HUNTING; LOCATION SHOOTING; MAKE-UP ARTISTS; MUSIC IN FILMS; POST-PRODUCTION; PRE-PRODUCTION; PRODUCERS; PRODUCING; PRODUCTION; PROJECTION; SCRIPTWRITING; SET DESIGNING; SOUND; SPECIAL EFFECTS; STUNTS Summary: "Now appearing for the first time ever: WORKING IN HOLLYWOOD, the definitive book that reveals how major movie studios are made, fromn the first glimmer of an idea to the final cut, to sales and marketing. Here is moviemaking told in the words of the people who do it: the deal makers, directors, artists, craftspeople, technicians, and executives." [Taken from book jacket] Notes: Includes index ISBN: 0517574012; 9780517574010 Donation: Simon Wincer Contents: 1. The helmsmen -- 2. The deal -- 3. The guardians -- 4. The money -- 5. The talent -- 6. The look -- 7. The artists -- 8. The movers -- 9. The camera -- 10. The print -- 11. The magicians -- 12. The sound -- 13. The fury -- 14. The salesmen -- More info

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