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Robert Cartwright
Robert Cartwright (born August 1930) is an English art director. He was nominated for four Academy Awards (all shared) in the category Best Art Direction. Partial filmography :''Academy Award nominations in bold'' * ''Becket'' (1964) (nominated with John Bryan, Maurice Carter and Patrick McLoughlin) * '' A Countess from Hong Kong'' (1967) * '' Scrooge'' (1970) (with Terence Marsh and Pamela Cornell) * '' The Devils'' (1971) * ''Mary, Queen of Scots'' (1971) (with Terence Marsh and Peter Howitt) * '' Follow Me!'' (1972) * ''The Optimists of Nine Elms'' (1973) * '' Hanover Street'' (1979) * ''The Elephant Man'' (1980) (with Stuart Craig and Hugh Scaife) * ''Five Days One Summer ''Five Days One Summer'' is a 1982 American romantic drama film directed and produced by Fred Zinnemann from a screenplay by Michael Austin, based on the 1929 short story ''Maiden, Maiden'' by Kay Boyle. Set primarily in the Alps, the story foc ...'' (1982) * '' Lifeforce'' (1985) References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludgershall, Wiltshire
Ludgershall ( , with a hard g) is a town and civil parish north east of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. It is on the A342 road between Devizes and Andover. The parish includes Faberstown which is contiguous with Ludgershall, and the hamlet of Biddesden which is to the east on the border with Hampshire. History There is evidence of settlement in the late Bronze Age or early Iron Age at Windmill Down on the western edge of the parish. The ''Domesday Book'' of 1086 recorded small settlements at Ludgershall and Biddesden. The entry for ''Litlegarsele'' reads: " Edward of Salisbury holds Ludgershall. Alfward held it before 1066; it paid tax for one hide (about 24 acres). Land for 3 ploughs. In Lordship 2 ploughs, 3 slaves; 8 Cottagers with 1 plough. Pasture 3 furlongs long and 1 furlong wide; woodland ½ league long and 2 furlongs wide." The value was 100 shillings. The name "Litlegarsele" may come from "lytel", small and "garsheath", a grassy place, thus a "small grazing area" or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Howitt (set Decorator)
Peter Howitt (1928 - 22 September 2021) was an English set decorator. He was nominated for four Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. Partial filmography As set decorator :''Academy Award nominations in bold'' * ''Anne of the Thousand Days'' (1969) * '' Revenge'' (1971) * '' Assault'' (1971) * ''Mary, Queen of Scots'' (1971) (nominated with Terence Marsh and Robert Cartwright) * '' Follow Me!'' (1972) * ''The Great Gatsby'' (1974) * '' Superman'' (1978) * '' Moonraker'' (1979) * ''Superman II'' (1980) * ''Ragtime'' (1981) (with John Graysmark, Patrizia von Brandenstein, Tony Reading, George DeTitta Sr. and George DeTitta Jr.) * '' Evil Under the Sun'' (1982) * ''The Pirates of Penzance'' (1983) * ''The Lords of Discipline'' (1983) * '' Never Say Never Again'' (1983) * '' Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom'' (1984) * '' King David'' (1985) * '' The Fourth Protocol'' (1987) * ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' (1988) (with Elliot Scott) * '' Indiana Jones and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1930 Births
Year 193 ( CXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sosius and Ericius (or, less frequently, year 946 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 193 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * January 1 – Year of the Five Emperors: The Roman Senate chooses Publius Helvius Pertinax, against his will, to succeed the late Commodus as Emperor. Pertinax is forced to reorganize the handling of finances, which were wrecked under Commodus, to reestablish discipline in the Roman army, and to suspend the food programs established by Trajan, provoking the ire of the Praetorian Guard. * March 28 – Pertinax is assassinated by members of the Praetorian Guard, who storm the imperial palace. The Empire is auctioned o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
Related categories * :Year of birth missing (living people) / :Year of birth unknown * :Date of birth missing (living people) / :Date of birth unknown * :Place of birth missing (living people) / :Place of birth unknown * :Year of death missing / :Year of death unknown * :Date of death missing / :Date of death unknown * :Place of death missing / :Place of death unknown * :Missing middle or first names See also * :Dead people * :Template:L, which generates this category or death years, and birth year and sort keys. : {{DEFAULTSORT:Living people 21st-century people People by status ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lifeforce (film)
''Lifeforce'' is a 1985 science fiction horror film directed by Tobe Hooper, adapted by Dan O'Bannon and Don Jakoby, and starring Steve Railsback, Peter Firth, Frank Finlay, Mathilda May, and Patrick Stewart. Based on Colin Wilson's 1976 novel ''The Space Vampires'', the film portrays the events that unfold after a trio of humanoids in a state of suspended animation are brought to Earth after being discovered in the hold of an alien space ship by the crew of a European Space Shuttle. The film received negative reviews on release and was a box office failure, but has since become a cult film. Plot The crew of the joint British and American Space Shuttle ''Churchill'', under the command of Colonel Tom Carlsen, finds a spaceship hidden in the coma of Halley's Comet. Inside, the crew discovers hundreds of desiccated bat-like creatures and three naked humanoid bodies (two male and one female) in suspended animation within glass containers. The crew recovers a bat-alien and the three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Days One Summer
''Five Days One Summer'' is a 1982 American romantic drama film directed and produced by Fred Zinnemann from a screenplay by Michael Austin, based on the 1929 short story ''Maiden, Maiden'' by Kay Boyle. Set primarily in the Alps, the story focuses on Douglas Meredith ( Sean Connery) and his lover Kate ( Betsy Brantley) as they embark on a mountain climbing trip, which unravels their relationship due to Kate's feelings for their mountain guide (Lambert Wilson) as well as a dark secret that looms over the couple. ''Five Days One Summer'' served as Zinnermann's final film before his death. The film was a commercial and critical failure. Plot In 1932, Douglas Meredith, a middle-aged Scottish doctor, is on a mountain climbing trip in the Alps with a young woman, Kate, whom he introduces as his wife. Despite being side-eyed by their hotel's guests and staff due to their large age difference, Douglas and Kate are deeply in love, with their romance in full display. They are introduced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Scaife
Hugh Scaife (12 April 1930 – 25 June 2009) was a British set decorator. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. Selected filmography Scaife was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Art Direction: * '' The Spy Who Loved Me'' (1977) * ''The Elephant Man Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890), often erroneously called John Merrick, was an English man known for having severe deformities. He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name "the Elephant Man" and then wen ...'' (1980) * '' A Passage to India'' (1984) References External links * * British set decorators 1930 births 2009 deaths {{UK-film-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Craig
Norman Stuart Craig (born 14 April 1942) is a noted British production designer. He has also designed the sets, together with his frequent collaborator set decorator, the late Stephenie McMillan, on all of the ''Harry Potter'' films to date. Life and career At ''Potter'' author J. K. Rowling's request, he worked with Universal Creative team to design the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park. Rowling said in a December 2007 interview on the ''Potter'' podcast ''PotterCast'', "The key thing for me was that, if there was to be a theme park, that Stuart Craig … would be involved. … More than involved, that he would pretty much design it. Because I love the look of the films; they really mirror what’s been in my imagination for all these years". He has been nominated for eleven Academy Awards, and has won three: in 1982 for ''Gandhi'', in 1988 for ''Dangerous Liaisons'', and in 1996 for ''The English Patient''. He has been nominated fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Elephant Man (film)
''The Elephant Man'' is a 1980 British-American biographical drama film about Joseph Merrick (John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in late 19th-century London. The film was directed by David Lynch, produced by Mel Brooks (who was uncredited, to avoid audiences anticipating the film being in the vein of his comedic works, although his company Brooksfilms is in the opening credits) and Jonathan Sanger, and stars John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Michael Elphick, Hannah Gordon and Freddie Jones. ''The Elephant Man'' is generally regarded as one of Lynch's more accessible and mainstream works, alongside ''The Straight Story'' (1999). The screenplay was adapted by Lynch, Christopher De Vore and Eric Bergren from Frederick Treves's ''The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences'' (1923) and Ashley Montagu's ''The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity'' (1971). It was shot in black-and-white and featured make-up work by Christopher Tucke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanover Street (film)
''Hanover Street'' is a 1979 American-British war and romantic film, written and directed by Peter Hyams, and starring Harrison Ford, Lesley-Anne Down and Christopher Plummer. Plot In London during the Second World War, Lieutenant David Halloran, an American B-25 bomber pilot with the Eighth Air Force based in England, and Margaret Sellinger, an English nurse, meet on Hanover Street in a chance encounter. The following day, Halloran's squadron is sent to bomb Rouen. The plane's starboard engine is hit, but the fire is put out. Cimino, the bombardier, begs Halloran to let him drop the bombs early and turn back, but Halloran does not care about the danger and orders him to wait until they are over the target, prompting him to angrily exclaim that he hates Halloran. Halloran and Sellinger meet again two weeks later in a secret assignation on Hanover Street. Although she is married, they rapidly fall in love. She tries to resist, but is drawn to the charismatic American. By contr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Optimists Of Nine Elms
''The Optimists of Nine Elms'', also known as ''The Optimists'', is a 1973 British drama film starring Peter Sellers and directed by Anthony Simmons, who also wrote the 1964 novel upon which the film is based. The film is about an old street musician (played by Sellers) who strikes up a friendship with two children - Liz, played by Donna Mullane, and her younger brother Mark, played by John Chaffey. Neither of the child actors was featured in future films. A young Keith Chegwin also played a small role. Mullane was recruited for her role by the film crew when they were scouting locations and saw her as she was walking home from school. Plot The story revolves around Sam, a dignified, former music hall artist who now works with his elderly trained dog Bella, busking in the West End of London. He lives in a run down goods yard alongside a derelict canal in Nine Elms. Two young children, Liz and Mark, stumble upon his yard whilst out walking. He chases them away, but his manner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Follow Me! (1972 Film)
''Follow Me!'' is a 1972 British comedy-drama film directed by Carol Reed and starring Mia Farrow, Topol and Michael Jayston. Adapted by Peter Shaffer from his own play (''The Public Eye''), the picture marks Carol Reed's last completed film. The film was released in the United States under its original stage title ''The Public Eye''. The score was composed by John Barry and the film was edited by Anne V. Coates. Plot Set in London, it is the story of Charles, a successful but rather stuffy businessman (Michael Jayston), who meets and marries Belinda, a free-spirited American woman (Farrow). After a time, he believes she is having an affair because she spends long hours away from home during the day. Charles hires a private detective (Topol) to follow his wife. Belinda becomes aware that she is being followed, and the detective realises she has found out. However rather than abandoning the case, the detective begins an elaborate game of cat and mouse with the complicity of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
