The Marc Wolff Collection: Marathon: The Flames of Peace (19...
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The Marc Wolff Collection: Marathon: The Flames of Peace (1993) - Marathon: The Flames of Peace: The Film of the XXV Olympiad in Barcelona 1992, Original Production Treatment Script by Melvyn Bragg for the documentary film starring Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Carl Lewis, Linford Christie, and other athletes. A Film by Hugh Hudson, Ibergroup S.A, Barcelona in Association with Hugh Hudson Film Limited, London, bound within yellow card covers with Mark Wolff ownership in pencil to front, pictorial title-page, 74-pages on white sheets including a 4-page Introduction, and the film title handwritten in black marker pen across the spine, 30.5 x 21cm. Hugh Hudson (1936-2023) was the original director (uncredited) on this production, previously directed Chariots of Fire (1981) produced by David Puttnam. This documentary film, directed by Carlos Saura, explores the spirit of the games, the city of Barcelona, and the marathon, a race of effort and endurance, which serves as a metaphor for the entire Olympic experience. Provenance: The Collection of Marc Wolff, Award winning Aerial Unit Director/Stunt Pilot. Marc Wolff has worked with Directors including, Stephen Spielberg, Ridley Scott, George Lucas, Stanley Kubrick, Mike Nichols, Kenneth Branagh, Danny Boyle, Ron Howard, Brian De Palma, J.J. Abrams, Oliver Stone, Steven Soderbergh, Wolfgang Petersen, Sam Mendes, Taylor Hackford, Mike Leigh, Michael Apted, Alejandro Inarritu, Mike Newell, Bryan Singer, Roger Spottiswoode, Tony Scott, Robert Zemeckis, Doug Liman, Christopher McQuarrie, Jan De Bont, Zack Snyder, Edward Zwick, Justin Lin, Jon Favreau, Matthew Vaughn, Guy Richie, David Yates, Dexter Fletcher and Martin Campbell, to name a few. In 1990, Marc was the first person to fly a hot air balloon in Red Square, Moscow for Disney’s film, The Time Keeper, and during the 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony, he flew the helicopter for the section flying along the River Thames, the pre-recorded sequence known as ‘Happy and Glorious’, flying straight through Tower Bridge, and piloted the helicopter the late Queen Elzabeth II appeared to parachute from above the Olympic Stadium. Marc Wolff’s awards include, The BSC Award for 'Technical Excellence and Contribution to the Art of Aerial Cinematography', The International Moving Image Society Award for 'Services to the International Film Industry ‘, and the 1993 Award for Best Stunt for his work as aerial coordinator and stunt pilot in the film Cliffhanger, when his team transferred stunt man, Simon Crane, from the back of a DC9 airliner to the door of a Lockheed Jetstar business jet. The stunt performed near Durango, Colorado in November 1992 was a year in planning and cost one million dollars to rehearse and shoot. some signs of light wear to the covers from use on the production, internally clean and bright.
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The Marc Wolff Collection: Marathon: The Flames of Peace (1993) - Marathon: The Flames of Peace: The Film of the XXV Olympiad in Barcelona 1992, Original Production Treatment Script by Melvyn Bragg for the documentary film starring Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Carl Lewis, Linford Christie, and other athletes. A Film by Hugh Hudson, Ibergroup S.A, Barcelona in Association with Hugh Hudson Film Limited, London, bound within yellow card covers with Mark Wolff ownership in pencil to front, pictorial title-page, 74-pages on white sheets including a 4-page Introduction, and the film title handwritten in black marker pen across the spine, 30.5 x 21cm. Hugh Hudson (1936-2023) was the original director (uncredited) on this production, previously directed Chariots of Fire (1981) produced by David Puttnam. This documentary film, directed by Carlos Saura, explores the spirit of the games, the city of Barcelona, and the marathon, a race of effort and endurance, which serves as a metaphor for the entire Olympic experience. Provenance: The Collection of Marc Wolff, Award winning Aerial Unit Director/Stunt Pilot. Marc Wolff has worked with Directors including, Stephen Spielberg, Ridley Scott, George Lucas, Stanley Kubrick, Mike Nichols, Kenneth Branagh, Danny Boyle, Ron Howard, Brian De Palma, J.J. Abrams, Oliver Stone, Steven Soderbergh, Wolfgang Petersen, Sam Mendes, Taylor Hackford, Mike Leigh, Michael Apted, Alejandro Inarritu, Mike Newell, Bryan Singer, Roger Spottiswoode, Tony Scott, Robert Zemeckis, Doug Liman, Christopher McQuarrie, Jan De Bont, Zack Snyder, Edward Zwick, Justin Lin, Jon Favreau, Matthew Vaughn, Guy Richie, David Yates, Dexter Fletcher and Martin Campbell, to name a few. In 1990, Marc was the first person to fly a hot air balloon in Red Square, Moscow for Disney’s film, The Time Keeper, and during the 2012 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony, he flew the helicopter for the section flying along the River Thames, the pre-recorded sequence known as ‘Happy and Glorious’, flying straight through Tower Bridge, and piloted the helicopter the late Queen Elzabeth II appeared to parachute from above the Olympic Stadium. Marc Wolff’s awards include, The BSC Award for 'Technical Excellence and Contribution to the Art of Aerial Cinematography', The International Moving Image Society Award for 'Services to the International Film Industry ‘, and the 1993 Award for Best Stunt for his work as aerial coordinator and stunt pilot in the film Cliffhanger, when his team transferred stunt man, Simon Crane, from the back of a DC9 airliner to the door of a Lockheed Jetstar business jet. The stunt performed near Durango, Colorado in November 1992 was a year in planning and cost one million dollars to rehearse and shoot. some signs of light wear to the covers from use on the production, internally clean and bright.
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