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Assheton Gorton is a Production Design British born on 10 july 1930 at Sedbergh (United-kingdom)

Assheton Gorton

Assheton Gorton
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 10 july 1930 at Sedbergh (United-kingdom)
Death 14 september 2014 (at 84 years)

Assheton Gorton (born 1930) is an English production designer. He was educated at Sedbergh School. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film The French Lieutenant's Woman and was the BAFTA nominated art director for Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film Blowup.

Best films

101 Dalmatians (1996)
(Production Design)
102 Dalmatians (2000)
(Production Design)
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
(Production Design)
The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981)
(Production Design)

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Filmography of Assheton Gorton (16 films)

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102 Dalmatians, 1h40
Directed by Kevin Lima
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Films about birds, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Glenn Close, Ioan Gruffudd, Alice Evans, Tim McInnerny, David Horovitch, Ian William Richardson
Roles Production Design
Rating48% 2.411632.411632.411632.411632.41163
After three years in prison, Cruella de Vil (Glenn Close) has been cured of her desire for fur coats by Dr. Pavlov (David Horovitch) and is released into the custody of the probation office on the provision that she will be forced to pay the remainder of her fortune (eight million pounds) to all the dog shelters in the borough of Westminster should she repeat her crime. Cruella therefore mends her working relationship with her valet Alonso (Tim McInnerny) and has him lock away all her fur coats. Cruella's probation officer, Chloe Simon (Alice Evans), nevertheless suspects her, partly because Chloe is the owner of the now-adult Dipstick (one of the original 15 puppies of the previous film). Dipstick's mate Dottie has recently given birth to three puppies: Domino, Little Dipper, and Oddball, whereof Oddball lacks spots.
Shadow of the Vampire, 1h32
Directed by E. Elias Merhige
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Films about films, Films about magic and magicians, Dracula films, Vampires in film
Actors John Malkovich, Willem Dafoe, Udo Kier, Cary Elwes, Catherine McCormack, Eddie Izzard
Roles Production Design
Rating68% 3.4485753.4485753.4485753.4485753.448575
In 1921, German director Frederich Wilhelm Murnau takes his cast and crew on-location in Czechoslovakia to shoot Nosferatu, an unauthorized version of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. Murnau keeps his team in the dark about their schedule and the actor playing the vampire Count Orlok. It is left to the film's other main actor, Gustav von Wangenheim, to explain that the lead is an obscure German theater performer named Max Schreck, who is a character actor. To involve himself fully in his role, Schreck will only appear amongst the cast and crew in makeup, and will never break character.
101 Dalmatians, 1h38
Directed by Stephen Herek
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Glenn Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson, Joan Plowright, Mark Williams, Hugh Laurie
Roles Production Design
Rating57% 2.8530752.8530752.8530752.8530752.853075
American video game designer Roger Dearly (Jeff Daniels) lives with his pet dalmatian, Pongo, in London. One day, he takes Pongo for a walk in St. James's Park, and he sets his eyes on a beautiful female dalmatian named Perdita. After a frantic chase through the streets of London, Roger and Pongo discover that Perdita likes Pongo; and her owner, Anita Campbell-Green (Joely Richardson), falls in love with Roger when they meet. After they both end up falling into the lake as a result of their dogs, they return to Roger's home, and Anita accepts his proposal to wed. They get married along with Perdita and Pongo.
Rob Roy
Rob Roy (1995)
, 2h19
Directed by Michael Caton-Jones
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Historical
Actors Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt, Tim Roth, Eric Stoltz, Brian Cox
Roles Production Design
Rating68% 3.4485153.4485153.4485153.4485153.448515
In Scotland, 1713, Rob Roy MacGregor (Liam Neeson) is the Chief of Clan MacGregor. By selling the Lowland gentry protection against cattle rustling, he barely manages to feed his people. Longing to alleviate their poverty, MacGregor borrows £1000 from James Graham, 1st Duke of Montrose (John Hurt), with the intent of buying and selling Highland cattle. Impoverished London aristocrat Archibald Cunningham (Tim Roth) has been sent to stay with Montrose, who is implied to be related to him. Cunningham's mother hopes that the cold Scottish climate will, "cool the fever in his blood". Heavily in debt, Cunningham learns about the loan from Montrose's factor, Killearn (Brian Cox), who has been charged with looking after him. Killearn first converts the credit to cash without the knowledge of Montrose or MacGregor.
For the Boys, 2h15
Directed by Mark Rydell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Bette Midler, James Caan, George Segal, Patrick O'Neal, Arye Gross, Norman Fell
Roles Production Design
Rating63% 3.1985053.1985053.1985053.1985053.198505
In the early 1990s, retired entertainer Dixie Leonard (Midler) has a commitment to attend a Hollywood ceremony being televised live to honor her and her longtime show-biz partner Eddie Sparks (Caan). When a young man from the TV show comes to pick her up, Dixie balks and explains what brought Eddie and her together, as well as what drove them apart. The majority of the film is an extended flashback.
Lost Angels, 1h56
Directed by Hugh Hudson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Donald Sutherland, Ad-Rock, Amy Locane, Celia Weston, Graham Beckel, Patricia Richardson
Roles Production Design
Rating59% 2.9517052.9517052.9517052.9517052.951705
Tim Doolan (Horovitz), a troubled youth from a broken home in Los Angeles, is sent to a private psychiatric hospital after an altercation with the police turns violent. In the hospital, he makes a connection with Dr. Charles Loftis (Sutherland), a man with issues of his own.
Revolution
Revolution (1986)
, 2h4
Directed by Hugh Hudson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Adventure, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Al Pacino, Donald Sutherland, Nastassja Kinski, Joan Plowright, Frank Windsor, Steven Berkoff
Roles Production Design
Rating53% 2.6509452.6509452.6509452.6509452.650945
Fur trapper Tom Dobb unwillingly participates in the American Revolutionary War after his son Ned is drafted into the Army. Later, his son is captured by the British, and taken by the strict Sergeant Major Peasy. Dobb attempts to find him, and along the way, becomes convinced that he must help fight for the freedom of the Colonies, alongside the disgraced & idealistic aristocrat Daisy McConnahay.
Legend
Legend (1985)
, 1h34
Directed by Ridley Scott
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Demons in film, Children's films
Actors Tom Cruise, Mia Sara, Tim Curry, David Bennent, Alice Playten, Billy Barty
Roles Production Design
Rating62% 3.149173.149173.149173.149173.14917
"Once, long ago", the ancient Lord of Darkness (Tim Curry) laments his isolation in the shadows before sensing the presence of two unicorns who safeguard the Power of Light; where upon Darkness instructs Blix (Alice Playten) and his fellow goblins to kill the unicorns and bring him their horns to free himself. Meanwhile, Princess Lily (Mia Sara) goes alone to the forest to meet her friend Jack (Tom Cruise), a forest dweller who teaches her the languages of animals before showing her the unicorns. Against Jack's pleas, Lili approaches the stallion before the unicorn is hit by a poisoned dart from Blix's blowpipe. The unicorns bolt, and Lily makes light of Jack's fears and sets him a challenge by throwing her ring into a pond, declaring that she will marry whoever finds it, and Jack at once dives into the pond. As the stallion dies from the poison with the goblins taking his horn, the forest and the pond freeze, with Lily running off in terror before Jack can break free. Taking refuge in a frozen cottage, Lily overhears the goblins ordered to hunt down the mare.
The French Lieutenant's Woman, 2h4
Directed by Karel Reisz
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about films
Actors Meryl Streep, Jeremy Irons, David Warner, Peter Vaughan, Hilton McRae, Liz Smith
Roles Production Design
Rating68% 3.446323.446323.446323.446323.44632
The film intercuts the stories of two affairs: one a Victorian period drama involving the gentleman palaeontologist Charles Smithson and the complex and troubled Sarah Woodruff, "The French Lieutenant's Woman"; the other between the actors "Mike" and "Anna", playing the lead roles in a modern filming of the story. In both segments, Jeremy Irons and Meryl Streep play the lead roles, but in line with John Fowles' source novel having multiple endings, the two otherwise parallel stories have different outcomes.
The Pied Piper, 1h26
Directed by Jacques Demy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Musical
Actors Jack Wild, Donald Pleasence, Diana Dors, Donovan, John Hurt, Roy Kinnear
Roles Production Design
Rating63% 3.190923.190923.190923.190923.19092
En 1349, alors que la peste noire ravage l'Allemagne, un mystérieux pèlerin se joint à une troupe de comédiens ambulants qui se rend dans la cité de Hamelin encore épargnée par l'épidémie.
Get Carter
Get Carter (1971)
, 1h52
Directed by Mike Hodges
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, John Osborne, Britt Ekland, Bryan Mosley, Wolfgang Suschitzky
Roles Production Design
Rating72% 3.6478253.6478253.6478253.6478253.647825
Newcastle-born gangster Jack Carter has lived in London for years in the employ of organised crime bosses Gerald and Sid Fletcher. Jack is sleeping with Gerald's girlfriend Anna and plans to escape with her to South America. But first he must return to Newcastle and Gateshead to attend the funeral of his brother Frank, who died in a purported drunk-driving accident. Unsatisfied with the official explanation, Jack investigates for himself. At the funeral Jack meets with his teenage niece Doreen and Frank's evasive mistress Margaret. It is later implied that Doreen might actually be Jack's daughter.
The Magic Christian, 1h32
Directed by Joseph McGrath
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, John Cleese, Raquel Welch, Christopher Lee, Caroline Blakiston
Roles Production Design
Rating58% 2.900222.900222.900222.900222.90022
Sir Guy Grand (Peter Sellers), an eccentric billionaire, together with his newly adopted heir (formerly a homeless derelict), Youngman Grand (Ringo Starr), start playing elaborate practical jokes on people. A big spender, Grand does not mind handing out large sums of money to various people, bribing them to fulfill his whims, or shocking them by bringing down what they hold dear. Their misadventures are designed as a display of father Grand to his adoptive charge that "everyone has their price"—it just depends on the amount one is prepared to pay. They start from rather minor spoofs, like bribing a Shakespearean actor (Laurence Harvey) to strip during a stage performance of Hamlet, and convincing a traffic warden (Spike Milligan) to take back a parking ticket and eat it (delighted by the size of the bribe, he eats its plastic cover too) and proceed with increasingly elaborate stunts involving higher social strata and wider audiences. As their conversation reveals, Grand sees his plots as 'educational' ("Well, you know, Youngman, sometimes it's not enough merely to teach. One has to punish as well").
The Bed Sitting Room, 1h30
Directed by Richard Lester
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Théâtre, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Political films, Films based on plays, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Rita Tushingham, Dudley Moore, Ralph Richardson, Harry Secombe, Michael Hordern, Arthur Lowe
Roles Production Design
Rating60% 3.048543.048543.048543.048543.04854
The film is set in London on the third or fourth anniversary of a nuclear war which lasted two minutes and twenty-eight seconds, including signing the peace treaty. Three (or possibly four) years after the nuclear holocaust, the survivors wander amidst the debris. Penelope is 17 months pregnant and lives with her lover, Alan, and her parents in a tube train on the (still functioning) Circle Line.
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom, 1h33
Directed by Joseph McGrath
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Richard Attenborough, James Booth, Freddie Jones, John Bluthal, Bob Monkhouse
Roles Production Design
Rating56% 2.8095052.8095052.8095052.8095052.809505
Robert Blossom is a workaholic brassiere manufacturer. When his wife Harriet's sewing machine breaks down, he sends his bumbling employee Ambrose Tuttle to repair it. Mrs. Blossom seduces him, then hides him in the attic, instructing him to sneak out in the middle of the night. Ambrose, however, is enchanted by the woman and decides to settle in to serve as her secret paramour. When he's reported missing, Det. Sgt. Dylan from Scotland Yard is assigned to the case, one he doggedly pursues for years. The mysterious noises Robert frequently hears overhead finally lead to his nervous breakdown, but Ambrose saves the day by passing along stock tips that turn his employer into a millionaire. The grateful Mr. Blossom not only allows Ambrose to remain with his wife, but presents the couple with his factory as a wedding present.