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Albert J. Luxford, The Gimmick Man: Memoir Of A Special Effects Maestro

Author: Luxford, Albert J.; Author: Afterword by Richardson, John
Paperback; 90 Photographs, Filmography, Index
256 pages
Published: January 2002
McFarland & Company, Inc.
ISBN: 0786411503

Albert J. Luxford has long been known as The Gimmick Man in the film and television industry, but he has remained one of its unsung and unknown geniuses despite his well-known work. He equipped James Bond with some of his most memorable gadgets; made possible many of the effects and sequences in the Carry On series. He worked on such shows and movies as Are You Being Served?, The Muppets, Highlander, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, among many others. In this memoir, Luxford reminisces with great good humor about his life and work and shares some tricks of the trade. He left school at16 to attend the Institute of Automobile Engineers in West London and began in the film industry as an engineer at Pinewood Studios. The bulk of this work is made up of Luxfords recollections about hiIn this memoir, Albert Luxford reminisces with great humour about his life and works in the film and television industry. He is greatly respected for special effects, especially in the James Bond movies and the Carry On series.

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