{"id":370,"date":"2009-07-03T00:49:47","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T07:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidstipes.net\/?p=370"},"modified":"2009-07-03T16:30:28","modified_gmt":"2009-07-03T23:30:28","slug":"the-magic-treasure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidstipes.net\/?p=370","title":{"rendered":"“The Magic Treasure”"},"content":{"rendered":"

“The Magic Treasure” is one of those obscure little films that few have heard about and even less has seen. It was conceived in about 1969-70 by David Allen as a stop motion production of “The Selfish Giant” by Oscar Wilde. Through 1970 and 1971 dialog was recorded, sets and puppets were constructed and production began shooting in October, 1971. Part way through production a cartoon version of “the Selfish Giant” was released.<\/p>\n

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David Allen with puppets of the Giant and the villagers.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Giant leaves his cottage with Hans, one of the children.<\/p><\/div>\n

David and the crew were disheartened by the unfortunate circumstances. So much good work had been completed. Rather than abandon the sets and puppets, David wrote his own story that was initially called “The Giant’s Magic Treasure” but was later released as “The Magic Treasure.”<\/p>\n

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Castle from "The Magic Treasure." <\/p><\/div>\n

This story reflects a side of David Allen that not many knew about. Many knew David as a Richard Wagner aficionado, a weight lifter and a pretty strong, opinionated guy. Yet his story was sensitive and touched upon the nature of people, that essence or quality that made them special above all else.<\/div>\n
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The Giant looks out his window.<\/p><\/div>\n

This production was a collaborative effort between David Allen and some of his friends, David Stipes (associate producer, sets, props\u00a0and some puppet armatures), Margo Stipes (sets & props), Jim Duron (associate producer, sets and art design), Linda Duron (costuming), Tony Doublin (sets), George Archambeault (narration), John Morgan (music), Dennis Gordon (Titles)\u00a0and others.<\/p>\n

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(L-R) Linda Duron, David Stipes, David Allen and Jim Duron. <\/p><\/div>\n

Production was on-going for years but David completed the work in 1980s. The\u00a0film was a labor of love and reflected a good message, but David could never find a market for its release.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, “The Magic treasure” was included as a special feature in the Criterion Collection 2006 release of “Equinox” one of David Allen’s early stop-motion feature film efforts.<\/p>\n

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Cover art for Criterion Collection release of "Equinox" 2006<\/p><\/div>\n

For more information please look at:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.criterion.com\/films\/780<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/David_W._Allen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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