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John Jympson is a Editor British born on 16 september 1930

John Jympson

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Birth name John Arthur Jympson
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 16 september 1930
Death 3 june 2003 (at 72 years)

John Jympson (16 September 1930 – 3 June 2003) was a British film editor. He edited films such as Zulu (1964), A Hard Day's Night (1964), Kaleidoscope (1966), Frenzy (1972) and A Fish Called Wanda (1988).

Biography

Au cinéma, John Jympson débute comme assistant monteur sur Noblesse oblige de Robert Hamer (1949). Il contribue au même poste à plusieurs autres films des années 1950, jusqu'à Soudain l'été dernier de Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1959).

Ses deux premiers films comme monteur sortent en 1960, dont A French Mistress de John et Roy Boulting. Suivent notamment Zoulou de Cy Endfield (1964), De l'or pour les braves de Brian G. Hutton (1970), Frenzy d'Alfred Hitchcock (1972), Un poisson nommé Wanda de Charles Crichton (1988) et In and Out de Frank Oz (son avant-dernier film, 1997).

Le dernier des quarante-cinq films (majoritairement britanniques ou en coproduction) qu'il monte sort en 1999, quatre ans avant sa mort (en 2003) dans sa ville natale, des suites d'un diabète, à 72 ans.

À la télévision britannique, il est monteur sur deux mini-séries (1980-1984) et deux téléfilms (1985-1990).

Un poisson nommé Wanda précité lui vaut une nomination au British Academy Film Award du meilleur montage (qu'il ne gagne pas).

Best films

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
(Editor)
In & Out (1997)
(Editor)
Where Eagles Dare (1968)
(Editor)
Frenzy (1972)
(Editor)

Usually with

Stanley Baker
Stanley Baker
(5 films)
John Barry
John Barry
(4 films)
Cy Endfield
Cy Endfield
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of John Jympson (43 films)

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Editor

In & Out
In & Out (1997)
, 1h32
Directed by Frank Oz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about education, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, Coming out, LGBT-related film
Actors Kevin Kline, Joan Cusack, Tom Selleck, Matt Dillon, Debbie Reynolds, Wilford Brimley
Roles Editor
Rating64% 3.2006653.2006653.2006653.2006653.200665
Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline) is a well-liked English literature teacher, living a quiet life in the fictional town of Greenleaf, Indiana, with his fiancée and fellow teacher Emily Montgomery (Joan Cusack), who recently lost 75 pounds. The town is filled with anticipation over the nomination of Cameron Drake (Matt Dillon), Howard's former student, in the Best Actor category at the Academy Awards for his portrayal of a gay soldier in To Serve and Protect. Cameron does indeed win the award and, in his acceptance speech, thanks Howard, adding, "…and he's gay."
Haunted
Haunted (1995)
, 1h48
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Themes Ghost films
Actors Aidan Quinn, Kate Beckinsale, Anthony Andrews, John Gielgud, Anna Massey, Geraldine Somerville
Roles Editor
Rating61% 3.098923.098923.098923.098923.09892
David Ash (Aidan Quinn), an American professor, has entered into the field of parapsychology and has spent a majority of his life disproving the existence of ghosts. He was motivated by the untimely death of his twin sister, Juliet, for which he blames himself. In 1928, he receives an invitation from the Mariell family to investigate the alleged hauntings at their home, Edbrook House. At the train station, he is met and is immediately smitten by the beautiful Christina Mariell (Kate Beckinsale), who informs him that she and her brothers actually hired him to try to calm the fears of their ageing nanny. Christina believes that due to her declining mental health since their mother's death, Nanny Tess (Anna Massey) has convinced herself that Mrs. Mariell's ghost returns every evening to haunt Edbrook House.
Circle of Friends, 1h43
Directed by Pat O'Connor
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Chris O'Donnell, Minnie Driver, Saffron Burrows, Alan Cumming, Colin Firth, Aidan Gillen
Roles Editor
Rating65% 3.2978153.2978153.2978153.2978153.297815
Set in 1950s Ireland, the film focuses on the experiences of Bernadette "Benny" Hogan and her two friends, Eve Malone and Nan Mahon. They are characterised early on in childhood, during their First Communion: Benny is the beloved and well-fed only child, Eve the orphan raised by nuns and Nan is destined to be defined by her beauty. The three girls grow up in the small town of Knockglen. Skip to eight years later: Nan has moved on to Dublin years earlier, and Benny and Eve have graduated from the local convent school and are heading to Dublin to attend university.
Splitting Heirs, 1h27
Directed by Robert Young, Roger Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Eric Idle, Rick Moranis, Barbara Hershey, Catherine Zeta-Jones, John Cleese, Sadie Frost
Roles Editor
Rating54% 2.74912.74912.74912.74912.7491
The movie centres on the aristocratic family of the Dukes of Bournemouth (England), upon which misfortune has befallen throughout history, leading it to believe itself cursed. The most recent heir, Thomas Henry Butterfly Rainbow Peace, was left in a restaurant as an infant in the 1960s, by the time his parents remembered him, he had disappeared. Meanwhile, in the 1990s, Tommy Patel (Eric Idle) has grown up in an Asian/Indian family in Southall, never doubting his ethnicity despite being taller than anyone else in the house, fair-haired, blue-eyed, light-skinned - and not liking curry. From the family corner-shop he commutes to the City, where he works for the Bournemouth family's stockbroking firm, handling multimillion-pound deals.
Housesitter, 1h37
Directed by Frank Oz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Steve Martin, Goldie Hawn, Dana Delany, Julie Harris, Suzanne Whang, Donald Moffat
Roles Editor
Rating61% 3.099193.099193.099193.099193.09919
Newton Davis (Steve Martin) is a struggling architect. After building his dream house for himself and his longtime girlfriend Becky (Dana Delany) in his hometown, he is crushed when she refuses to marry him. He is unable to bring himself to live in the house, and leaves it abandoned and with a debt he cannot afford. Some time later, Newton meets a waitress named Gwen (Goldie Hawn) at a Hungarian restaurant. Believing that she cannot speak English, he spills out his sob story about Becky and the abandoned house. After the restaurant closes for the night, Newton learns she merely pretended to be Hungarian, and can speak English. He walks her home, which turns out to be a few steps away. They end up sleeping together.
King Ralph
King Ralph (1991)
, 1h37
Directed by David S. Ward
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors John Goodman, Peter O'Toole, John Hurt, Camille Coduri, Richard Griffiths, Leslie Phillips
Roles Editor
Rating53% 2.6995752.6995752.6995752.6995752.699575
The entire House of Wyndham (based on the House of Windsor), the ruling family of the United Kingdom in the film, is electrocuted in a freak accident while posing for a family photograph, after a cable becomes wet during a storm. The British government immediately begins a search led by courtier and royal private secretary Sir Cedric Willingham to look for any surviving heirs to whom to pass the crown. A researcher finally locates a living heir named Ralph Jones, an American rock and roll musician.
The Mighty Quinn, 1h38
Directed by Carl Schenkel
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Denzel Washington, James Fox, Mimi Rogers, M. Emmet Walsh, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Robert Townsend
Roles Editor
Rating60% 3.0016253.0016253.0016253.0016253.001625
Xavier Quinn (Denzel Washington) is the chief of police on a small, unnamed Caribbean island (the novel was set on the fictional island of St. Caro). When Donald Pater, the millionaire owner of a luxury resort hotel, is found murdered, everyone assumes that the culprit is Maubee (Robert Townsend), a petty crook who also happens to be Quinn's best friend. Quinn doesn't believe it and clashes with the local bureaucracy: Thomas Elgin (James Fox), an arrogant political fixer, and the island's underqualified governor (Norman Beaton). Quinn's worries over the murder exacerbate his troubles at home; he is estranged from his wife, Lola (Sheryl Lee Ralph), and rarely has time to see his son.
A Fish Called Wanda, 1h48
Directed by John Cleese, Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Mise en scène d'un poisson, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Maria Aitken, Tom Georgeson
Roles Editor
Rating74% 3.7478953.7478953.7478953.7478953.747895
London-based gangster George Thomason and his right-hand man, Ken Pile, an animal lover with a bad stutter, plan a jewel heist. They bring in two Americans to help: con artist Wanda Gershwitz and "weapons man" Otto West, a loud-mouthed Anglophobe who fancies himself an intellectual and hates being (correctly) called stupid. Wanda and Otto are lovers, but they hide this from George and Ken, pretending to be brother and sister, so Wanda can work her charms on them. The robbery goes well, and the thieves get away with a large sum in diamonds. However, they are briefly spotted during their getaway by Mrs. Coady, an elderly lady walking her three dogs. The group then hide the loot in a safe in an old workshop. Soon after, Wanda and Otto betray George to the police and he is arrested. They return to collect the loot, with Wanda planning to double-cross Otto as well, only to find that George has moved it. Wanda decides to seduce George's barrister, Archie Leach, so that he can persuade George to plead guilty and give up the location of the diamonds. Unhappily married, Leach is brow-beaten by his vindictive wife, Wendy, and spoiled daughter, Portia, and he quickly comes under the spell of Wanda's charms.
Little Shop of Horrors, 1h34
Directed by Frank Oz
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Musical theatre, Horror, Musical, Comic science fiction
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Comedy science fiction films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Comedy horror films, Mise en scène d'une plante
Actors Rick Moranis, Ellen Greene, Vincent Gardenia, Steve Martin, James Belushi, Levi Stubbs
Roles Editor
Rating70% 3.5483053.5483053.5483053.5483053.548305
In September 1963, Seymour Krelborn (Rick Moranis) and his colleague, Audrey (Ellen Greene), work at Mushnik's Flower Shop, lamenting they cannot escape the slums of New York City, living in a run-down, beat up neighborhood referred to as "Skid Row." Struggling from a lack of customers, Mr. Mushnik (Vincent Gardenia) prompts to close the store, only for Audrey to suggest displaying an unusual plant Seymour owns. Immediately attracting a customer, Seymour explains he bought the plant, which he dubbed "Audrey II", from a Chinese flower shop during a solar eclipse. Attracting business to Mushnik's shop, the plant soon starts dying, worrying Seymour. Accidentally pricking his finger, he then discovers Audrey II needs human blood to thrive.
Bad Medicine, 1h38
Directed by Harvey Miller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Steve Guttenberg, Alan Arkin, Julie Hagerty, Curtis Armstrong, Bill Macy, Robert Romanus
Rating47% 2.3614252.3614252.3614252.3614252.361425
Below-average pre-medical student Jeffrey Marx (Guttenberg), after being rejected by prestigious medical schools, is sent by his father (Bill Macy) to a seemingly sub-standard medical school in Central America. Jeffrey eventually discovers the plight of local villagers in need of medical assistance. With the help of fellow students (including romantic interest Hagerty), he illegally provides medical services to the villagers. Eventually, the school's authoritarian dean (Arkin) discovers the students' activities and decides to prosecute. However, the dean dismisses the charges at the urging of the villagers.
High Road to China, 1h45
Directed by Brian G. Hutton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Tom Selleck, Bess Armstrong, Jack Weston, Wilford Brimley, Robert Morley, Cassandra Gava
Roles Editor
Rating59% 2.9988852.9988852.9988852.9988852.998885
Eve Tozer (Bess Armstrong) is a society heiress and flapper living the high-life in 1920s Istanbul. She needs to find her father (Wilford Brimley) before he is officially declared dead or risk losing her inheritance to his scheming business partner Bentik (Robert Morley). She hires WWI ace-pilot Patrick O'Malley (Tom Selleck) and his planes to locate her father. O'Malley is eager to take the job as he needs to leave town rather urgently himself. However, Eve, also an accomplished pilot, is determined to accompany him in his other aircraft, which causes the first of many arguments between Istanbul and China.
Green Ice
Green Ice (1981)

Origin United-kingdom
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Ryan O'Neal, Omar Sharif, Anne Archer, John Larroquette, Philip Stone, Michael Sheard
Roles Editor
Rating55% 2.7544552.7544552.7544552.7544552.754455
A down on his luck engineer gets involved in an adventure with a mysterious woman and an emerald magnate.
Meetings with Remarkable Men, 1h48
Directed by Peter Brook
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about music and musicians, Philosophie, Musiques du monde, Musical films
Actors Dragan Maksimović, Terence Stamp, Martin Benson, Athol Fugard, Colin Blakely, Warren Mitchell
Roles Editor
Rating71% 3.591033.591033.591033.591033.59103
La vie de Georges Gurdjieff, de sa jeunesse jusqu'à ses voyages initiatiques à la recherche de la Sagesse. On suit sa quête spirituelle en Asie centrale, notamment à Boukhara, et dans le désert de Gobi, où il découvre différentes disciplines comme la musique et la danse lui permettant encore de progresser.
A Little Night Music, 2h4
Directed by Harold Prince
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Films about virginity
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Rigg, Len Cariou, Lesley-Anne Down, Hermione Gingold, Laurence Guittard
Roles Editor
Rating54% 2.708992.708992.708992.708992.70899
Fredrik Egerman (Len Cariou) is very happy in his marriage to an 18-year-old virgin, Anne (Lesley-Anne Down). However, Anne has nervously protected her virginity for the whole eleven months of marriage, and being a bit restless, Fredrik goes to see an old flame, the famous actress, Desirée Armfeldt (Elizabeth Taylor). Desirée, who is getting tired of her life, is thinking of settling down, and sets her sights on Fredrik, despite his marriage, and her own married lover Count Carl-Magnus Mittelheim (Laurence Guittard). She gets her mother to invite the Egermans to her country estate for the weekend. But when Carl-Magnus and his wife, Charlotte (Diana Rigg), appear, too, things begin to get farcical, and the night must smile for the third time before all the lovers are united.