Al Hunter Ashton

Al Hunter Ashton

Nacimiento : 1957-06-27, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK

Muerte : 2007-04-27

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Al Hunter Ashton (1957-2007) was a Birmingham born actor and screenwriter. As an actor, he performed mainly under the name Al Ashton (to ensure he appeared high up in any alphabetical credits) and wrote as Al Hunter Ashton. His most famous work was his script for Alan Clarke's seminal football hooliganism film, The Firm.

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Al Hunter Ashton
Al Hunter Ashton

Películas

The Firm
Writer
Los Hooligans del fútbol se organizan como empresas que representan a su equipo favorito.
Sisterhood
Reggie
Catherine St.John-Burke is an independent, uptight, status obsessed, sophisticated, British woman, living alone in London's Chelsea, and doing herself no favors by having an affair with a married man. Her world is turned upside down when she comes home one day to discover an uneducated, Kiwi woman (with very hairy legs) drinking beer in her living room. Shirley Zachary claims to be Catherine's long lost half-sister and that their father, who Catherine thought died when she was a child, is still alive and trying to make claims on both of their properties following the death of their mothers! Furious and frustrated with Shirley's refusal to 'disappear', Shirley reluctantly agrees to undertake a DNA test.
Mr In-Between
Fat Dave
A terrifying love triangle. An original twist on a story of divided loyalties, the perils of love and ultimate death. A haunting tale set in a London at times beautiful and ugly, but always captivating. A story that plays with the shadows and light of an underworld occupied by the fascinating and terrible.
Desde el infierno
Stonecutter
Basada en la historia de Jack el Destripador y el cómic de Alan Moore. Amanece en Whitechapel, el barrio más sórdido de Londres, donde las drogas, la enfermedad y la miseria campan a sus anchas. Cinco chicas dedicadas a la prostitución se encuentran amenazadas por un terrible monstruo que podría robarles su única posesión: la vida. El único que se toma la molestia por protegerlas es el Inspector Fred Abberline que con la ayuda de su amigo el sargento Godley, trata de desentrañar una espeluznante conspiración. A medida que los salvajes asesinatos se suceden, los dos hombres ven obstaculizado su trabajo por unos superiores más interesados en esconder los crímenes bajo la alfombra que en encontrar al verdadero asesino, un sádico loco destinado a pasar a la historia.
The Wedding Tackle
Taxi Driver
The sexual rivalries between a group of friends cause comic chaos during a stag night celebration.
Gladiator
Rome Trainer #1
En el año 180, el Imperio Romano domina todo el mundo conocido. Tras una gran victoria sobre los bárbaros del norte, el anciano emperador Marco Aurelio decide transferir el poder a Máximo, bravo general de sus ejércitos y hombre de inquebrantable lealtad al imperio. Pero su hijo Cómodo, que aspiraba al trono, no lo acepta y trata de asesinar a Máximo.
La isla del tesoro
George Merry
Adaptación de la célebre novela de aventuras de Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), que fue publicada en 1883. Jim Hawkins es un muchacho que trabaja en la posada de sus padres. Un día aparece por allí Bill Brown, un viejo marinero que huye de sus antiguos camaradas. Tiene una cicatriz en el rostro y un viejo cofre que contiene el plano de un tesoro. Al morir, se lo entrega a Jim.
Por Siempre Jamás: Una Historia de Cenicienta
Cargomaster
Durante la Edad Media, la pequeña Danielle, huérfana de madre, ha encontrado en los libros y en el amor de su padre el refugio ideal, pero tras trágica muerte se convierte siendo una niña en la criada de su nueva madrastra. Por si fuera poco, sus dos hermanastras son realmente crueles con ella. Pero con el tiempo Danielle crece y se convierte en una damisela cuyo destino se cruzará fortuitamente con el príncipe Henry.
White Goods
Chris
Ian Deegan and Charlie Collins are best friends who team up to appear on TV in a popular snooker based game show. But, when they hit their jackpot, their friendship comes under tremendous strain as they find that they cannot agree on how best to split their winnings.
White Goods
Director
Ian Deegan and Charlie Collins are best friends who team up to appear on TV in a popular snooker based game show. But, when they hit their jackpot, their friendship comes under tremendous strain as they find that they cannot agree on how best to split their winnings.
White Goods
Writer
Ian Deegan and Charlie Collins are best friends who team up to appear on TV in a popular snooker based game show. But, when they hit their jackpot, their friendship comes under tremendous strain as they find that they cannot agree on how best to split their winnings.
The Bullion Boys
Barnstable
Based on a true story. In 1940, Britain's gold reserves were transferred for safety to Liverpool because of the threat of a German invasion. The top-secret operation was known only to a handful of security men and senior bank officials... and a group of Liverpool dockers who handle the move. Billy Mac, the dockers' leader, hatches an ingenious plan to steal some of the gold bars from under the noses of the guards.
Safe
Writer
Antonia Bird's first feature length film; "Safe" from 1993, focused on the plight of the homeless in London.
Alive and Kicking
Writer
Stevie "Smudger" Smith and his wife Marie are both addicted to drugs; he's also a dealer. The day he 'deals with' another dealer, she gives birth to a baby. The baby appears to be addicted too and Marie decides to give up the habit. Because Stevie doesn't want to give up using and dealing drugs, they take Marie and the baby away from him. The new, tough, social worker Liam Kane tries to get Stevie in his group sessions, by using his violent approach and by telling him it's the only way he'll ever see Marie and the baby back. So there seems to be hope to get Stevie clean, if only he wants to himself. That things aren't that easy is shown by the drugs addicted hooker Gail, who's satisfied with the life she leads.
Alive and Kicking
Sgt. Tocknell
Stevie "Smudger" Smith and his wife Marie are both addicted to drugs; he's also a dealer. The day he 'deals with' another dealer, she gives birth to a baby. The baby appears to be addicted too and Marie decides to give up the habit. Because Stevie doesn't want to give up using and dealing drugs, they take Marie and the baby away from him. The new, tough, social worker Liam Kane tries to get Stevie in his group sessions, by using his violent approach and by telling him it's the only way he'll ever see Marie and the baby back. So there seems to be hope to get Stevie clean, if only he wants to himself. That things aren't that easy is shown by the drugs addicted hooker Gail, who's satisfied with the life she leads.
The Widowmaker
Mr Wilding
The Widowmaker is a 1990 made for television film starring Annabelle Apsion, Alun Armstrong, David Morrissey and Kenneth Welsh. The film deals with a woman whose husband has been arrested after going on a killing rampage and the reaction of her local community. It was produced In the United Kingdom by Central Independent Television for the ITV Network and aired on 29 December 1990. It received a nomination for Best Single Drama at the 1991 BAFTA Awards.
The Firm
Writer
A seemingly respectable estate agent leads a double life as the head of a vicious, well-organised gang of football hooligans.
Un pez llamado Wanda
Warder
Un grupo de delincuentes organizan un plan para robar una valiosa colección de diamantes en la joyería Hatton Gardens de Londres. Entre ellas se encuentra la encantadora Wanda, que va a intentar un doble juego para quedarse ella con el botín. Lo malo es que sólo George, el jefe de la banda, sabe dónde están escondidas las joyas, pero ha sido encarcelado.
Agent on Ice
Thug
Now an insurance adjuster, former C.I.A. agent John Pope becomes the target of both Mafia and C.I.A. hitmen. Pope is the last of the secret agents who can ruin a money laundering collaboration between a corrupt agency leader (Kirkpatrick) and a Mafia boss (Matera).
Arthur's Hallowed Ground
Billy
Arthur is the groundsman. He's a perfectionist who has lovingly tended the cricket pitch for 45 years. Now he is given a new assistant.
Remembrance
John
A group of Devonport-based Royal Navy ratings, due to sail to America for a six-month NATO exercise, go out on the town on their last night in port, hitting Plymouth's notorious Union Street district, with violent results.