Peter Clifton (1941 â€" 31 May 2018), perhaps best known for directing
the Led Zeppelin concert film The Song Remains the Same (1976).Clifton
was born in Sydney and had experience in music film production prior
to his involvement with Led Zeppelin, having made a 30-minute cinema
short about Australian band The Easybeats' tour of England in 1967,
called Somewhere Between Heaven And Woolworths, and also having filmed
Jimi Hendrix live in concert. In 1973 he also directed two films of
music footage: Sound of the City: London 1964â€"73 (also known as Rock
City), which featured both concert footage and interviews, and The
London Rock and Roll Show, which documented a major rock and roll
festival held at Wembley Stadium, London, in August 1972. In 1974 he
was planning to shoot a reggae film in Jamaica when he was approached
by Led Zeppelin's manager, Peter Grant, to complete their concert
film. The film had originally been begun by director Joe Massot, but
Massot was fired by the band prior to its completion.After completing
post-production on the film Clifton had a falling out with Led
Zeppelin. Suspecting that Clifton had 'stolen' negatives of the film,
Grant ordered that his house be searched while Peter and his family
were away on holidays. They did find some footage, but this turned out
to be a collection of the best 'home movie' footage which Clifton had
intended to give to the band members as a gift. Clifton was also
annoyed at the decision to remove from the film's credits the names of
all the people who had worked on editing, make up and effects.
the Led Zeppelin concert film The Song Remains the Same (1976).Clifton
was born in Sydney and had experience in music film production prior
to his involvement with Led Zeppelin, having made a 30-minute cinema
short about Australian band The Easybeats' tour of England in 1967,
called Somewhere Between Heaven And Woolworths, and also having filmed
Jimi Hendrix live in concert. In 1973 he also directed two films of
music footage: Sound of the City: London 1964â€"73 (also known as Rock
City), which featured both concert footage and interviews, and The
London Rock and Roll Show, which documented a major rock and roll
festival held at Wembley Stadium, London, in August 1972. In 1974 he
was planning to shoot a reggae film in Jamaica when he was approached
by Led Zeppelin's manager, Peter Grant, to complete their concert
film. The film had originally been begun by director Joe Massot, but
Massot was fired by the band prior to its completion.After completing
post-production on the film Clifton had a falling out with Led
Zeppelin. Suspecting that Clifton had 'stolen' negatives of the film,
Grant ordered that his house be searched while Peter and his family
were away on holidays. They did find some footage, but this turned out
to be a collection of the best 'home movie' footage which Clifton had
intended to give to the band members as a gift. Clifton was also
annoyed at the decision to remove from the film's credits the names of
all the people who had worked on editing, make up and effects.
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