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| - | '''Stanley Long''' (Born in [[1933]] in [[South London]]) often known as '''Stanley A. Long''' is a [[British exploitation|British]] [[exploitation cinema]] and [[sexploitation]] filmmaker. | ||
| - | He was a writer, [[cinematographer]], editor, and eventually, producer/director of cheap exploitation movies. | ||
| - | Long began his career as a photographer, before producing striptease shorts or “glamour home movies”, as they were sometimes known, for the [[8mm]] market. Beginning in the late fifties, Long’s feature film career would span the entire history of the [[british sex film]], and as such exemplifies its differing trends and attitudes. From [[coy]] nudist films (''[[Nudist Memories]]'', 1959), to moralizing documentary (''[[The Wife Swappers]]'', 1969)[http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/7671/wifeswappers1969ad00110gd6.jpg] to a more relaxed attitude to permissive material (''[[Naughty]]'', 1971) to out and out comedies at the end of the 1970s. | + | A '''plasmid''' is a small, extrachromosomal [[DNA]] molecule within a cell that is physically separated from [[gDNA|chromosomal DNA]] and can replicate independently. They are most commonly found as small circular, double-stranded DNA molecules in [[bacteria]]; however, plasmids are sometimes present in [[archaea]] and [[eukaryote|eukaryotic organisms]]. In nature, plasmids often carry genes that benefit the survival of the organism and confer selective advantage such as [[antibiotic resistance]]. While chromosomes are large and contain all the essential genetic information for living under normal conditions, plasmids are usually very small and contain only additional genes that may be useful in certain situations or conditions. Artificial plasmids are widely used as [[Vector (molecular biology)|vectors]] in [[molecular cloning]], serving to drive the replication of [[recombinant DNA]] sequences within host organisms. In the laboratory, plasmids may be introduced into a cell via [[transformation (genetics)|transformation]]. |
| + | == See also == | ||
| + | * [[Bacterial artificial chromosome]] | ||
| + | * [[Bacteriophage]] | ||
| + | * [[Recombinant DNA|DNA recombination]] | ||
| + | * [[Plasmidome]] | ||
| + | * [[Provirus]] | ||
| + | * [[Segrosome]] | ||
| + | * [[Transposon]] | ||
| + | * [[Triparental mating]] | ||
| - | He made all the <b>'adventures'</b> [[sex comedy]] movies in the [[1970s]] such as ''[[Adventures of a Taxi Driver]]'' [http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4430/comedyconftaxixo4.jpg] starring [[Barry Evans]]. Like [[Norman J. Warren]] he also made horrors. He made horror anthology movie ''[[Screamtime]]'' in [[1983]] [http://www.britishhorrorfilms.co.uk/screamtime.shtml] and was due to film a [[David McGillivray]] script entitled ''[[Plasmid]]'', about mutants living in London’s Underground, until the production ran into trouble at the 11th hour. Confusingly a tie-in novel of Plasmid was however released. | ||
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| - | Long was also the cameraman on several british horror films of the [[1960s]] including [[The Blood Beast Terror]], ''[[Repulsion]]'' (uncredited) and ''[[The Sorcerers]]''. For the latter he was strapped to the top of a car to film one sequence. | ||
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| - | Long retired from film directing in the early [[1980s]], however in [[2006]] he returned to direct [[The Other Side of the Screen]] a one-off documentary about various aspects of filmmaking, hosted by Paul Martin, star of [[Flog It!]]. In addition he plans to release the ‘Adventures of’ comedies to DVD, as well as four of his more obscure films, Bread, On the Game, (Sex and) The Other Woman and This That and the Other. | ||
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| - | [[Simon Sheridan]]’s biography of Long is due in autumn 2007, Long was recently interviewed for the BBC's [[Balderdash and Piffle]] programme (broadcast 25th May)[http://img511.imageshack.us/my.php?image=stanleylongdvdzz02gp9.jpg], and the upcoming British Films Forever series. | ||
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| - | Low budget filmmaker [[Jan Manthey]] recently paid tribute to Long’s ‘Adventures of’ sex comedy series with the short film ''Can You Keep It Up With This That and The Other For A Week'' (2004)[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_JP_zHQ6Io], and for the sequel ''Adventures of a Plumber in Outer Space'' leading man [[Vic Pratt]] has been promised the use of Long’s famous plunger “that got stuck on various young birds' behinds in Adventures Of A Plumbers Mate”.[http://kinokarno.tripod.com/id8.html] | ||
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| - | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Derek Ford]] | ||
| - | *[[Pete Walker (director)]] | ||
| - | *[[Norman J. Warren]] | ||
| - | *[[Robin Askwith]] | ||
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A plasmid is a small, extrachromosomal DNA molecule within a cell that is physically separated from chromosomal DNA and can replicate independently. They are most commonly found as small circular, double-stranded DNA molecules in bacteria; however, plasmids are sometimes present in archaea and eukaryotic organisms. In nature, plasmids often carry genes that benefit the survival of the organism and confer selective advantage such as antibiotic resistance. While chromosomes are large and contain all the essential genetic information for living under normal conditions, plasmids are usually very small and contain only additional genes that may be useful in certain situations or conditions. Artificial plasmids are widely used as vectors in molecular cloning, serving to drive the replication of recombinant DNA sequences within host organisms. In the laboratory, plasmids may be introduced into a cell via transformation.
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See also
- Bacterial artificial chromosome
- Bacteriophage
- DNA recombination
- Plasmidome
- Provirus
- Segrosome
- Transposon
- Triparental mating
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