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Hugh Scaife is a Set Dresser British born on 12 april 1930 at Hampshire (United-kingdom)
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.
(1985)
(Set Dresser)
(1973)
(Set Dresser)
(1984)
(Set Decoration)
(1980)
(Set Decoration)
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Hugh Scaife
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 12 april 1930 at Hampshire (United-kingdom)
Death 25 june 2009 (at 79 years) at Wilmington (USA)
Birth 12 april 1930 at Hampshire (United-kingdom)
Death 25 june 2009 (at 79 years) at Wilmington (USA)
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(1985)(Set Dresser)
(1973)(Set Dresser)
(1984)(Set Decoration)
(1980)(Set Decoration)
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The Exorcist III (1990)
, 1h50Directed by William Peter Blatty
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about children, Films about religion, Demons in film, Serial killer films
Actors George C. Scott, Ed Flanders, Jason Miller, Scott Wilson, Brad Dourif, Nicol Williamson
Roles Set Decoration
Rating64%
The film begins with the point of view of someone wandering through the streets of Georgetown, a voice informing us "I have dreams... of a rose... and of falling down a long flight of stairs." The point of view shows a warning of evil about to arrive later that night at a church. Demonic growls are heard. Leaves and other street trash suddenly come flying into the church as a crucifix comes to life. It then cuts to Lieutenant William F. Kinderman (George C. Scott) at a crime scene, where a 12-year-old boy named Thomas Kintry has been murdered.
Casualties of War (1989)
, 1h53Directed by Brian De Palma, Brian W. Cook
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Politique, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Political films
Actors Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, John C. Reilly, John Leguizamo, Dale Dye, Thuy Thu Le
Roles Set Decoration
Rating70%
The story is presented as a flashback of Max Eriksson, a Vietnam veteran. In November 1966, a squad of American soldiers is on patrol when they are suddenly attacked by the Viet Cong. The ground cracks under Eriksson while he walks above a Viet Cong tunnel. Sergeant Tony Meserve pulls Eriksson out of the hole and eventually, the Americans stave off the attack.
King Kong Lives (1986)
, 1h45Directed by Matt Earl Beesley, Brian W. Cook, John Guillermin
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Pregnancy films, Films about magic and magicians, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Films about apes, King Kong films, Giant monster films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Disaster films
Actors Linda Hamilton, Brian Kerwin, John Ashton, Peter Elliott, Peter Michael Goetz, Mike Starr
Roles Set Decoration
Rating39%
King Kong, after being shot down from the World Trade Center, is kept alive in a coma for about 10 years at the Atlanta Institute, under the care of surgeon Dr. Amy Franklin (Linda Hamilton). In order to save Kong's life, Dr. Franklin must perform a heart transplant and give Kong a computer-monitored artificial heart. However, he lost so much blood that a transfusion is badly needed, and to complicate matters, Franklin says there no species of ape or other animal whose blood type matches Kong's. Enter adventurer Hank "Mitch" Mitchell (Brian Kerwin), who captures a giant female gorilla, who is dubbed "Lady Kong"; in Borneo (Mitchell theorizes that Borneo and the island from the first movie were once part of the same landmass), bringing her to the Institute so her blood can be used for Kong's operation. The transfusion and the heart transplant are a success, but Kong escapes along with the female.
Spies Like Us (1985)
, 1h42Directed by John Landis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films, Buddy films
Actors Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Steve Forrest, Donna Dixon, Bruce Davison, James Daughton
Roles Set Dresser
Rating63%
Austin Millbarge is a geekish, basement-dwelling codebreaker for The Pentagon who aspires to escape his under-respected job to become a secret agent. Emmett Fitz-Hume, a wisecracking, pencil-pushing son of an envoy, takes the foreign service exam under peer pressure. Millbarge and Fitz-Hume meet during the test, on which Fitz-Hume openly attempts to cheat after an attempt to seduce his immediate supervisor in exchange for the answers backfires. Millbarge, however, was forced to take the test, having had only one day to prepare after his supervisor gives him a notice that was two weeks old.
A Passage to India (1984)
, 2h43Directed by David Lean
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films about racism, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft, James Fox, Alec Guinness, Nigel Havers
Roles Set Decoration
Rating72%
The film is set in the 1920s during the period of growing influence of the Indian independence movement in the British Raj. Adela Quested (Judy Davis) and Mrs Moore (Peggy Ashcroft) sail from England to India, where Ronny Heaslop (Nigel Havers), the older woman's son and younger woman's fiancé, is the magistrate in the provincial town of Chandrapore. Through school superintendent Richard Fielding (James Fox), the two visitors meet eccentric elderly Brahmin scholar Professor Godbole (Alec Guinness), and they befriend Dr Aziz Ahmed (Victor Banerjee), an impoverished widower who initially meets Mrs Moore in a moonlit mosque overlooking the Ganges River. Their sensitivity and unprejudiced attitude toward native Indians endears them to him. When Mrs Moore and Adela express an interest in seeing the "real" India, as opposed to the Anglicised environment of cricket, polo, and afternoon tea the British expatriates created for themselves, Aziz offers to host an excursion to the remote Marabar Caves.
Eye of the Needle (1981)
, 1h52Directed by Richard Marquand
Origin German
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Romance
Themes Spy films, Radio, Political films
Actors Donald Sutherland, Kate Nelligan, Christopher Cazenove, Ian Bannen, Philip Martin Brown, George Belbin
Roles Set Decoration
Rating70%
A man calling himself Henry Faber is actually a German spy nicknamed "the Needle" because of his preferred method of assassination, the stiletto. He is a coldly calculating sociopath, emotionlessly focused on the task at hand, whether the task is to signal a U-boat or to gut a witness to avoid exposure.
The Elephant Man (1980)
, 2h4Directed by David Lynch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Horror, Historical
Themes Circus films, Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities
Actors Anthony Hopkins, John Hurt, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Freddie Jones
Roles Set Decoration
Rating81%
London Hospital surgeon Frederick Treves finds John Merrick in a Victorian freak show in London's East End, where he is kept by Mr. Bytes. His head is always hooded, and his "owner," who views him as retarded, is paid by Treves to bring him to the hospital for exams. He shows Merrick to his colleagues and highlights his monstrous skull, which forces him to sleep with his head on his knees, since if he were to lie down, he would asphyxiate. On Merrick’s return he is beaten so hard by Bytes that an apprentice calls Treves to bring him back to hospital. When Bytes accuses Treves of likewise exploiting Merrick for his own ends, he vows to do what he can to help Merrick.
, 1h50Directed by Michael Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down, Alan Webb, Pamela Salem, Malcolm Terris
Roles Set Dresser
Rating68%
In 1854, Edward Pierce (Sean Connery), to all appearances a charismatic and well-established member of London's high society, is secretly an opportunistic and cynical master thief. He plans to steal a shipment of gold (sent monthly to finance the Crimean War) travelling from London to Folkestone. The bank has taken strict precautions, including locking the gold in two heavy Chubb safes, each of which has two locks, requiring a total of four keys to open them. When a test robbery (using a hired stooge to test the security measures) goes awry, Pierce recruits his old acquaintance Robert Agar (Donald Sutherland), a pickpocket and screwsman. Pierce's mistress Miriam (Lesley-Anne Down), a beautiful actress, and his driver Barlow (George Downing) join the plot, and the guard to the safe car, Burgess (Michael Elphick), is also bribed into participation. Pierce plans the robbery in exquisite detail, and procures information on the security measures and locations of the keys. The executives of the bank who store the gold and arrange its transport, Mr. Henry Fowler and Mr. Edgar Trent, each possess a key; the other two are locked in a cabinet at the offices of the South Eastern Railway at the London Bridge train station. The keys are not to be stolen, but wax impressions are to be made of them in order to hide the robbers' intentions.
, 1h40Directed by Robert Stevenson, Art Stevens, Wolfgang Reitherman, John Lounsbery
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Spy films, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Children's films
Actors Peter Ustinov, Helen Hayes, Clive Revill, Derek Nimmo, Percy Herbert, Hugh Burden
Roles Set Dresser
Rating58%
Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese spies.
Papillon (1973)
, 2h5Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films, Évasion
Actors Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory, Don Gordon, Bill Mumy, George Coulouris
Roles Set Dresser
Rating79%
1930's France. Henri Charrière (Steve McQueen), a safecracker nicknamed Papillon because of the butterfly tattoo on his chest, is wrongly convicted of murdering a pimp, he is being framed for the crime. He is sentenced to life imprisonment within the penal system in French Guiana. En route, he meets a fellow convict, Louis Dega (Dustin Hoffman), a forger and embezzler who is convinced that his wife will secure his release. Dega hires Papillon as his bodyguard, but the two eventually develop a friendship.
See No Evil (1971)
, 1h29Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Mia Farrow, Dorothy Alison, Robin Bailey, Norman Eshley, Paul Nicholas, Michael Elphick
Roles Set Decoration
Rating65%
After being blinded in a horse riding accident, Sarah (Mia Farrow) visits her uncle's home. Out on a date with her boyfriend Steve (Norman Eshley), she escapes the fate of her relatives (Dorothy Alison, Robin Bailey, and Diane Grayson), who are murdered at their home by a psychotic killer. Sarah returns from her date and spends the night in the house, unaware that three of her family members' corpses are strewn about the house.
A Severed Head (1971)
, 1h38Directed by Dick Clement
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Lee Remick, Richard Attenborough, Ian Holm, Claire Bloom, Jennie Linden, Clive Revill
Roles Set Dresser
Rating53%
Antonia is the pampered wife of an upper class wine merchant, Martin Lynch-Gibbon. She tells her husband that she is in love with their best friend, psychiatrist Palmer Anderson. Palmer and Antonia wish to deal with the situation in a civilized manner by remaining friends with Martin.
Perfect Friday (1970)
, 1h35Directed by Peter Hall
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Ursula Andress, Stanley Baker, David Warner, T.P. McKenna, Joan Benham, Julian Orchard
Roles Set Dresser
Rating63%
The story revolves around three people -- Lord Nicholas Dorset and his wife Britt, for whom luxury is a necessity, and their bank manager Mr. Graham. Over the years, Mr. Graham has devised a plan to rob his own bank. His clients' desperate financial straits make them ideal accomplices in his eyes, but to ensure their loyalty he makes love to Britt after sending her husband away, then bribes Nick with a retainer.