
Falling Into Film
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From the bombed-out streets of 1940s London to the dizzying heights of Superman's world, this first part of Paul's career is nothing short of extraordinary and reads like the most thrilling adventure film never made. Beginning as a photographic model and understudy to Sir Roger Moore in The Saint, he absorbed the technical and artistic skills that would make him one of the most respected stunt performers, coordinators, and 2nd unit directors in the film and TV world. His early work on The Avengers, The Prisoner, and the Beatles film, Help! led naturally into stunt work in the 1960s.
His breakthrough came with The Dirty Dozen and A Bridge Too Far, launching a career spanning six decades. From Pinewood to Hollywood, Paul's helped shape cinema's most defining action sequences, across the industry's most coveted franchises - Bond, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and blockbusters including Superman II/III, Aliens and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.
This is the beginning of the story behind the man and the stunt scenes that defined a generation of filmmaking. The adventure continues in books two and three.
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Content
Foreword by John Glen vii
Chapter 1 What a Way to Make a Living 1
Chapter 2 Life Begins 13
Chapter 3 Starting School 29
Chapter 4 Skiffle Days 41
Chapter 5 The Big Day 55
Chapter 6 Walking On 61
Chapter 7 The Saint 69
Chapter 8 My Claims to Fame 75
Chapter 9 Casino Royale 81
Chapter 10 The Avengers 89
Chapter 11 The Burtons, Dick and Liz 97
Chapter 12 Mountview Tour 109
Chapter 13 Mountview Tour of America 117
Chapter 14 "Colin": Fraud Squad 131
Chapter 15 Villain 141
Chapter 16 Norway (1974) 149
Chapter 17 11 Harrowhouse: A Star in the Making 157
Chapter 18 Eskimo Nell (1975) 169
Chapter 19 A Bridge Too Far (1976) 177
Chapter 20 Bond, at Last 193
Chapter 21 Superman - The Movie (1978) 199
Chapter 22 Escape to Athena 209
Chapter 23 The Lady Vanishes (1979) 219
Chapter 24 Moonraker (1979) 223
Chapter 25 Bear Island (1979) 229
Chapter 26 Tent Fever 237
Chapter 27 Superman II (1980) 247
End of Book One . . . To be continued . . .
Filmography 258
Acknowledgements 261
Index of People 263
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