In
1969 I was Supervising Editor on Roger Miram's TV series, WOOBINDA - Animal
Doctor.
I met John Alaimo who
was script editing some of the episodes.
We became friends.
Some
while later John directed a TV film, SILO 15 and he asked me to edit the film.
SILO
15 was filmed in Sydney and starred
Jack Thompson
and Owen Weingott
Based
on the Award winning play by Gregory Marton
AWGIE
AWARD WINNERS - 1968
Major
Award Winner (Joint Winners) Colin Free Contrabandits: ‘Cage a Tame Tiger’
Major
Award Winner (Joint Winners) Richard Lane You Can’t See ‘Round Corners
(Television Serial)
Children’s
Michael Wright Skippy: ‘The Poachers’
Radio
Jocelyn Smith I-Day
Television
James Workman Contrabandits: ‘Target Smokehouse’
TELEVISION
– PLAY GREGORY MARTON SILO 15
Silo15
One hour Australian TV drama of a crisis in a ICBM bunker. Two United
States Air Force officers lose contact with the outside world and must decide
whether or not they should launch a missile.
Tragedy
at Missile Silo 15. When Air Force senior officer Captain Thompson,(Owen
Weingott) and Lt. O'Donnell, (Jack Thompson) enter missile Silo 15, they are
unaware of the drama they will experience when they lose contact with the
outside world and must make the decision as to whether or not they must fire
the missile. a decision that will end in tragedy....
Purchased by the BBC July 23, 1969. Transmitted
on BBC 2 September 2, 1969 at 9:10pm.
Purchased by NET (PBS), CBC, Canadian Broadcasting Company,
Texas A&M University, New York Public library.
Won the Award for Exceptional Merit ..1971 Philadelphia
International Festival of Short Films
John
continued on making many films, among them, in Spain, he Produced and Directed
THE
UNFINISHED VISION
a docudrama on ANTONI GAUDI.
Gaudi
was a Barcelona-based Spanish architect. His free-flowing works were greatly
influenced by nature. He is famous for being the face of Catalan architecture.
Many of the signature remarks in Barcelona, for example, are his work.
His
greatest masterpiece is sadly, unfinished. And that is La Sagrada Familia. The
cathedral in Barcelona is still unfinished, and talks are it will be sometimes
in the 2020s.
Gaudi
was fond of nature, and his work is inspired by his love of natural design and
modernism. His works have highly individualized and one-of-a-kind style.
This
documentary focuses mostly on his unfinished work, the Sagrada Familia.
The
story of the lost film.
Antoni
Gaudi was a Barcelona-based Spanish architect. His free-flowing works were
greatly influenced by nature. He is famous for being the face of Catalan
architecture. Many of the signature remarks in Barcelona, for example, are his
work.
This documentary focuses mostly on his
unfinished work, the Sagrada Familia.
Antonio Gaudi….The Unfinished Vision
Barcelona, Spain 1973
Director/Script writer John Alaimo
Filmed on location in Barcelona Spain.
Selected to be shown out of competition at the Cannes Film
festival 1974.
Chosen to be shown at the Spanish Institute’s Salute to Spain week in
New York city, celebrating Spanish culture.
Film was screened on November
15,1974. Event was under the patronage of Prince Juan Carlos and Princess
Sophia of Spain and United States president and Mrs. Gerald Ford.
Purchased and shown on Catalan TV3, 1974.
In 2009 the film received the prestigious designation of "
Cultural Patrimony of Catalunya" making it an official part of Catalan
culture.
WATCH THE FILM
LAST
WALTZ ON A TIGHTROPE
LOUISE
FLETCHER, TONY MUSANTE TO WALTZ ON TIGHTROPE IN PITTSTON
The
Morning Call
Oscar-winner
Louise Fletcher ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest") joins Tony
("Toma") Musante in Pittston next week as shooting begins on a new
public television drama written by Scranton University professor Dr. William
Zahler Jr.
Interiors
will be filmed at the studios of WVIA-TV (Channel 44), the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
area's public television station. The Commerce Department's Pennsylvania Film
Bureau is working with WVIA to locate mansions in the area suitable for
exterior shooting. The story, however, is not set there, but at an unnamed
location not germane to the story.
In
the one-hour telecast, Musante will play a down-and-out writer who re-enters
the life of an eccentric former actress (Fletcher) after many years to
investigate a mystery from her past. Producer/director John Alaimo says that
any supposed resemblance to the film "Sunset Boulevard" would be
strictly a surface one, and that "Last Waltz on a Tightrope" goes in
different directions entirely. "It's a very good play, not abstract at
all," he added."
One hour TV drama starring academy award winning actor Louise Fletcher
best actress for the film, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
and TV actor Tony Musante.
Program was purchased and aired nationally on PBS on April 14 at 10pm,
1986 and shown on all Pa state PBS stations over 100 station across the
country.
John is currently in Pre-Production on a documentary on George Catlin,
the American painter, who specialized in
portraits of Native Americans in the Old West.
John Alaimo, a good filmmaker and a good friend.
Wonderful. Thank you for sharing. A bit to ponder here and of course, more things to look up.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this fabulous insight Brian.
ReplyDeleteI always appreciate the links you share.
Thank you, Evangeline
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