Alby Mangels on How he Promoted World Safari versus The Leyland Brothers

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►Transcript
Hugh: You were a pioneer of the reality tv adventure genre. I am keen to hear what you think of some of the characters and other people in that space that were in the industry at the same time as you? People like the late Malcolm Douglas?

Alby: The Leylands had that film out - Across the Top - that was good film, technically a lot better. And Northern Safari was another film, good film. Coz they had money to make it and they had knowledge about filming and they did very well. But mine was like no money, no knowledge on how to make it, and so I had a few more obstacles to overcome and somehow or other by putting it together and shortening it and getting the humour but yeah, the people took to it and eventually, you know by getting the tv station to come in and promote it on a percentage basis so whenever they had spare time, no paid commercials, they'd put one of my commercials on and then I'd go around the town hall circuit and maybe in one country television area, there may be 20 small towns with 20 town halls and then I'd go around and put posters up everywhere and put ads in the newspapers but you had to have television and a couple of good commercials. And then I'd be on my own because I couldn't afford to pay anybody and I'd be selling the tickets, running upstairs giving the talk and then on the stage and then running up the back and starting the projector and then once the projector was running, I'd go out and sell the remainder of the tickets because we'd be playing to full houses, three times a day and I swear it took off, yeah.

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► About Alby Mangels
Alby Mangels is an Australian hero widely known for pioneering the adventure documentary genre. With no training in filmmaking and just $400 in his pocket, he travelled to over 50 countries on an unplanned adventure capturing amazing footage along the way. His first film, World Safari 1, became a surprise hit when released in 1977. And six years later, he did it again with World Safari 2 which instantly shot him to all-time legend status. He released World Safari 3 in 1988, finishing the trilogy which changed the way Australians saw the world and paved the way for others like Steve Irwin and Bear Grylls to follow.

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►About The Thread
Two mates sit down with 10 iconic Australians to figure out how they broke away from the pack. Hugh and Jack seek out leaders of wide-ranging fields: adventure, sport, business, philanthropy, medicine, law and literature to uncover the common thread that binds them.

The interview subjects are household names famed for remarkable and well-told stories, but rarely have they been asked how they did it, how they define success and whether anyone can do what they've done.

Armed with meticulous research and uncomfortably simple questions, we elicit intriguing, inspiring and often unexpected insights from an eclectic bunch of trailblazers.

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