Mike Cassidy independent film collection

Mike Cassidy independent film collection, 1969-1984

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Cassidy, Mike, (independent filmmaker)
Title: Mike Cassidy independent film collection
Dates: 1969-1984 (inclusive)
19691984
Quantity: 36 16mm film
3 reel-to-reel audiotapes
Collection Number: A1185
Summary: The Mike Cassidy independent film collection consists of work prints and film elements directed and produced by him, and other unique videos. Cassidy's most known work is the "(Attack of) The Giant Brine Shrimp". This collection has not yet been digitized.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Mike Cassidy, born February 18, 1949, Utah, was a University of Utah Arts student around 1969, and was a writer and photographer for the University of Utah Student Newspaper (then The Daily Utah Chronicle). He then became a Salt Lake Tribune staff photographer from 1969 to 1972, and focused on filmmaking after that date. His film, the "(Attack of) The Giant Brine Shrimp," was shown on many arts and film festivals, including the Great Basin Film Festival. The film was one of the finalist in the 1975 Student Film Awards by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science. Cassidy was friends with other remarkable Utah independent filmmakers, like Trent Harris, Diane Orr, and C. Larry Roberts. Cassidy passed away in San Fracisco, California on November 21, 1985.

This information was compiled by Special Collections staff after researching through Utah and California newspapers.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Mike Cassidy independent film collection consists of 36 16mm films and 3 reel-to-reel audiotapes of elements of his experimental films and other videos filmed by him. Film elements include A, B, and C rolls, 16mm magnectic tracks, and sound on reel-to-reel audiotape, in addition to some work prints. Cassidy's films mostly take place in Utah and California. His most known film is the "(Attack of) The Giant Brine Shrimp", but the collection also includes other unique films, such as "Oct. 15", "Mondo Sleazo", and "Armageddon", in addition to footages of the Pride Festival (which the director refers as "Gay Parade") from the 1970s and 1980s, in Utah or California. This collection has not yet been digitized.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The Mike Cassidy films' copyrights are held by Diane Orr.

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Item Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

Collection was organized by keeping the film elements together with each other, and by separating interviews, produced and amateur films, and other filmed footage.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Diane Orr and Trent Harris in 2015.

Processing Note

Processed by Special Collections staff.

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Related Materials

Forms part of the Utah Independent Film Archive (UIFA).

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Container(s)	Description	Dates
Reel
1	Mike Cassidy Interview 16mm (photographic film size) color, sound	undated
2	Magnetic Sound - MISC 16mm (photographic film size) sound 16mm magnetic soundtrack.	undated
3	Mike Cassidy: Miscellaneous footage 16mm (photographic film size) color, no sound	17 February 1984
4	Miscellaneous footage 16mm (photographic film size) color, no sound	undated
5	Armageddon 16mm (photographic film size) color, no sound	undated
6	Brine Shrimp Extra, Ping Pong, Circus 16mm (photographic film size) color, no sound Date determined by film edge code.	1971
7	Giant Brine Shrimp (Original + Mag Track) 16mm (photographic film size) color, sound Includes original print (7A) and magnetic soundtrack (7B). Produced by Beecher Films.	undated
8	The Giant Brine Shrimp musical sound score - Mondo Sleazo vocal open reel audiotape sound Musical soundtrack for The Giant Brine Shrimp and vocals for Mondo Sleazo.	undated
9	The Giant Brine Shrimp sound effects open reel audiotape sound Sound effects for The Giant Brine Shrimp.	undated
10	Attack of the Giant Brine Shrimp - Original Film 16mm (photographic film size) color, sound Date determined by film edge code.	1980
11	Stockdale's (A roll + B roll + Mag track) 16mm (photographic film size) color, sound Includes A roll (11A), B roll (11B), and magnetic soundtrack (11C).	21 December 1981
12	Invasion of the Body Snatchers (B&W filter tests, TV) 16mm (photographic film size) black and white, no sound Date determined by film edge code.	1975
13	Meanwhile (B and A rolls) 16mm (photographic film size) color, no sound Rolls B and A spliced together in the same film reel.	November 1974
14	River Trip 16mm (photographic film size) color, no sound Date determined by film edge code.	1973
15	Salt Lake City Original 16mm (photographic film size) color, no sound Date determined by film edge code.	1970
16	AZIZ - A, B, C, Mag / Salt Lake City - A, Mag / The Big Parade - A, Mag 16mm (photographic film size) color, sound All rolls A, B, and magnetic soundtrack in the same film. Date determined by film edge code.	1974
17	Mondo Sleazo - Excerpt 16mm (photographic film size) black and white, no sound Date determined by film edge code.	1974
18	Mondo Sleazo - Work Print 16mm (photographic film size) black and white, no sound	1974
19	Mondo Sleazo - Soundtrack 16mm (photographic film size) sound 16mm magnetic soundtrack.	1974
20	Mondo Sleazo - Original 16mm (photographic film size) black and white, no sound Date determined by film edge code.	1973
21	The Party - Work Print 16mm (photographic film size) black and white, no sound Date determined by film edge code.	1972
22	The Party - Original 16mm (photographic film size) black and white, no sound Date determined by film edge code.	1972
23	For All Three Artichokes and Weenies 16mm (photographic film size) Color, sound Date determined by film edge code.	1974
24	Bizarre Movie. Nancy Stotz A, B, orig. (To Mike Cassidy) 16mm (photographic film size) black and white, no sound Includes A roll (24A) and B roll (24B).	27 March 1980
25	The Right Stuff 16mm (photographic film size) color, no sound Date determined by film edge code.	1973
26	Man O Man / Jimi Hendrix / Robin Hood / Malace in Wonderland 16mm (photographic film size) color, no sound Date determined by film edge code.	1982
27	Orange Juice / Oct. 15 16mm (photographic film size) color, sound	15 October 1969
28	Oct. 15 - Work Print 16mm (photographic film size) black and white, no sound Date determined by film edge code.	1969
29	Audiotape for the film: Oct. 15 open reel audiotape sound	undated
30	Gay Parade 16mm (photographic film size) color, no sound Date determined by film edge code.	1976
31	Gay Parade 1982 - Original 16mm (photographic film size) color, no sound	1982
32	Gay Parade 1983 16mm (photographic film size) color, no sound	1983
33	Gay Parade 1977 - Work Print 16mm (photographic film size) black and white, no sound	1977
34	Haight Street Fair 1983 16mm (photographic film size) color, no sound	1983
35	Gay Parade 1978 - Work Print 16mm (photographic film size) color, no sound	1978
36	Castro Fair, Gay Parade 1981 - Work Print 16mm (photographic film size) color, no sound	1981
37	Gay Freedom Day - Original 16mm (photographic film size) color, no sound	20 July 1977
38	No on 6 / Gay Parades 1977-1983 16mm (photographic film size) color, no sound	1977-1983
39	Parade '78 16mm (photographic film size) color, no sound	1978

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