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Tessa Davies is a Set Decoration and Set Dressing Artist
Tessa Davies (1940 – 1 June 1988) was an English set decorator. She carried the suffix MCSD as she was a member of the Chartered Society of Designers. She was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Yentl. She was bludgeoned to death.
(1988)
(Set Decoration)
(1976)
(Set Dressing Artist)
(1980)
(Set Dresser)
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(1988)(Set Decoration)
(1976)(Set Dressing Artist)
(1980)(Set Dresser)
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Old Gringo (1989)
, 1h59Directed by Luis Puenzo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Jane Fonda, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Smits, Luis Puenzo, Jim Metzler, Jenny Gago
Roles Set Decoration
Rating58%
American schoolteacher Harriet Winslow (Jane Fonda) goes to Mexico to work as a governess for the Miranda family, and becomes caught up in the Mexican revolution. Mexicans transporting her from Chihuahua, secretly soldiers of Pancho Villa's army, use her luggage to smuggle weapons to the servants at the Miranda hacienda. The servants in turn aid the attacking revolutionary army of General Tomas Arroyo (Jimmy Smits). During the attack, a sardonic "Old Gringo", American author Ambrose Bierce (Gregory Peck), joins the fighting on the side of the revolutionaries; he operates a railway switch that sends a railroad flatcar laden with explosives to its target.
Good Morning, Vietnam (1988)
, 2hDirected by Barry Levinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Politique, Radio, Political films
Actors Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, Bruno Kirby, J. T. Walsh, Chintara Sukapatana, Noble Willingham
Roles Set Decoration
Rating73%
In 1965, Airman Second Class Adrian Cronauer (Williams) arrives in Saigon from Crete to work as a DJ for Armed Forces Radio Service. Cronauer is greeted by Private First Class Edward Montesquieu Garlick (Whitaker). Cronauer's irreverence contrasts sharply with many staff members and soon rouses the ire of two of his superiors, Second Lieutenant Steven Hauk (Kirby) and Sergeant Major Phillip Dickerson (Walsh). Hauk adheres to strict Army guidelines in terms of humor and music programming, while Dickerson is generally abusive to all enlisted men. However, Brigadier General Taylor (Willingham) and the other DJs quickly grow to like the new man and his brand of comedy. Cronauer's show consists of unpredictable humor segments mixed with news updates (vetted by the station censors) and rock and roll records that are frowned upon by his superiors.
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
, 1h34Directed 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 Set Decoration
Rating70%
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.
The Bride (1985)
, 1h54Directed by Franc Roddam
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Sting, Jennifer Beals, Clancy Brown, Geraldine Page, Anthony Higgins, David Rappaport
Roles Set Decoration
Rating54%
The film begins with Baron Charles Frankenstein (Sting), his monster (Clancy Brown), Dr. Zalhus (Quentin Crisp), and his assistant Paulus (Timothy Spall) creating a female mate named Eva (Jennifer Beals) for the monster. Eva is physically identical to a human and lacking the deformities of the monster. As such, she is revolted by the monster and rejects him. This causes the monster to fly into a rage and destroy Frankenstein's laboratory. Frankenstein, believing himself and Eva to be the only survivors, flees with her back to Castle Frankenstein. He tells everyone, including Eva, that she was an amnesiac he found in the woods. There he decides to take Eva for himself and pursues the goal of making her a perfect human mate.
The Shining (1980)
, 1h59Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Brian W. Cook
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about writers, Films about children, Films about families, Feminist films, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about drugs, Films about domestic violence, Ghost films, Films about psychiatry, Comedy horror films
Actors Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers, Barry Nelson, Philip Stone
Roles Set Dresser
Rating82%
Jack Torrance arrives at the mountain isolated Overlook Hotel, 25 miles from the closest town, Sidewinder, Colorado, interviewing for the position of winter caretaker, planning to use the hotel's solitude to write. The hotel, built on the site of a Native American burial ground, becomes snowed-in during the winter; it is closed from October to May. Manager Stuart Ullman warns Jack that a previous caretaker, Charles Grady, developed cabin fever and killed his family and himself. In Boulder, Jack's son, Danny Torrance, while brushing his teeth, has a terrifying premonition about the hotel, viewing a cascade of blood emerging from an elevator door, before falling in trance. Jack's wife, Wendy, tells a doctor that Danny has an imaginary friend named Tony, and that Jack has given up drinking because he dislocated Danny's shoulder following a binge.
Love Among the Ruins (1975)
, 1h40Directed by George Cukor
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Laurence Olivier, Colin Blakely, Richard Pearson, Robert Harris, Joan Sims
Roles Set Dresser
Rating77%
Jessica Medlicott, grande dame du théâtre anglais, engage un des plus célèbres avocats de Londres, Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones, pour la défendre d’une action en justice menée par son amant, bien plus jeune qu'elle, pour rupture de promesse de mariage. L’avocat s’avère être un ancien prétendant toujours amoureux d’elle...
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The Omen (1976)
, 1h51Directed by Richard Donner
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about children, Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Troughton, Leo McKern
Roles Set Dressing Artist
Rating74%
In Rome, American diplomat Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) is in a hospital where his wife Katherine (Lee Remick) gives birth to a boy, whom he is told dies moments after being born. Robert is convinced by the hospital chaplain, Father Spiletto (Martin Benson), to secretly adopt an orphan whose mother died at the same time. Robert agrees, but does not reveal to his wife that the child is not theirs. They name the child Damien (Harvey Spencer Stephens).