Vernon Messenger

参加作品

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films
Self
A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.
Cannon Fodder: The Making of Lifeforce
Himself
Extensive documentary on the making of Tobe Hooper's infamous 1985 science fiction flop LIFEFORCE. Features interviews with Hooper, producer Michael J. Kagan, editor John Grover, actors Aubrey Morris and Nicholas Ball, makeup artist Sandra Exelby, screenwriter Michael Armstrong, sound designer Vernon Messenger, artistic designers Tom Adams and Roger Stewart and effects artist John Schoonraad.
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery
Sound Supervisor
Genoan navigator Christopher Columbus has a dream to find an alternative route to sail to the Indies, by traveling west instead of east, across the unchartered Ocean sea. After failing to find backing from the Portugese, he goes to the Spanish court to ask Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand for help. After surviving a grilling from the Head of the Spanish Inquisition Tomas de Torquemada, he eventually gets the blessing from Queen Isabella and sets sail in three ships to travel into the unknown. Along the way he must deal with sabotage from Portugese spies and mutiny from a rebellious crew.
007/消されたライセンス
Sound Editor
親友であるCIAのフェリックス・ライターの結婚式に向かう途中、「サンチェスが現れた」とDEA(麻薬取締局)の連絡を受け、ボンドとライターは現場に向かう。サンチェスはDEAが長年追っている麻薬王だったが、自身の人脈で固めた地元を離れてアメリカ領内に姿を見せたということは、二度とない捕獲のチャンスだった。 ボンドとライターは、サンチェスが逃走に使ったセスナをヘリコプターで釣り上げ捕らえ、スカイダイビングで花嫁デラが待つ教会に降り立った。 しかし、サンチェスは買収した捜査官キリファーの手助けで護送車から逃亡。新婚初夜のライター夫妻を襲い、デラを殺した上ライターを拉致してサメに足を食べさせてしまった。 帰国しようとしていたボンドは、空港でサンチェスの逃亡を知りライター宅に急いだが、そこで無残なライター夫妻の姿を発見する。ボンドは報復を誓うが、任務を逸脱した行為に対してMが自ら訪米、別件の任務を指示する。ボンドは辞職を示し、その場から逃走。単身、サンチェスの元へ乗り込む。
Oxford Blues
Sound Editor
A young American hustler in Las Vegas spots a rich English Lady. Smitten, he pursues her to England, where his only chance of getting together with her is to enroll in Oxford and join the rowing team.
Hennessy
Sound Editor
Former Irish Republican Army member Niall Hennessy lives in Belfast, Ireland, with his wife and daughter amid the ongoing Irish-British conflict. Though he still knows people in the IRA, including fugitive leader Tobin, Niall has given up his violent ways. One day his family is caught in a chaotic street shootout and killed by British forces. Overwhelmed with rage and hunted by a Scotland Yard inspector, Niall heads to London to exact his deadly revenge.
Shatter
Sound Editor
Shatter, an international contract killer, has been assigned to assassinate the President of a small African country and collect his fee from a bank in the Far East. On arrival in Hong Kong his life is threatened and when the bank denies all knowledge of payment arrangements, he realises he has been drawn into a dangerous game where there are no rules. Amongst the players are the Mafia and several foreign intelligence services and the stakes being played for are deadly.
ウィッカーマン
Sound Editor
行方不明の少女を探すためにスコットランド本土からサマーアイル島へやって来た警官。だが人々は少女の存在を否定し、何かを隠しているような素振りを見せる。警官はやがてこの島を支配している異様な古代宗教に行き当たるが……。因習深い地に足を踏み入れた余所者が次第に取り込まれていく恐怖を描いたスリラー。
女ガンマン 皆殺しのメロディ
Sound Editor
銀行を襲ったクレメンズ三兄弟は、逃亡用の馬を盗むために、町外れの牧場に向う。兄弟は、地主のクローデルを殺し、その妻ハニー(ラクエル・ウェルチ)をレイプし、家に火をつけて、去った。何もかも失った彼女は復讐を誓い、賞金稼ぎのプライスから射撃を習い、2人はクレメンズたちを追い詰めて行くが...
Zeppelin
Sound Editor
The outbreak of World War I places Scots officer Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in an uncomfortable position. Although his allegiance is to Britain, his mother was from an aristocratic Bavarian family, and he spent his summers in Germany as a child. When Geoffrey is approached by a German spy who offers him a chance to defect, he reports the incident to his superiors, but instead of arresting the spy they suggest that he accept her offer--and become an Allied agent. In Germany, among old friends, Geoffrey discovers that loyalty is more complicated than he expected, especially when he finds himself aboard the maiden voyage of a powerful new prototype Zeppelin, headed for Scotland on a secret mission that could decide the outcome of the war.
A Walk with Love and Death
Sound Editor
Attempting to evade the turmoil of France's Hundred Years' War, Parisian student Heron of Foix decides to journey to the sea. En route, he meets the pretty aristocrat Lady Claudia, and the couple begin a romance amid the intense conflict. As the struggle between peasants and noblemen rages on, Heron and Claudia take shelter at a monastery -- but even their newfound love can't completely keep the horrors of war at bay.
She
Sound Editor
The lost city of Kuma is ruled by the cruel, arrogant, beautiful queen, Ayesha, gifted with eternal life. She lures Leo Vincey into her world, seeing in him the reincarnation of the lover she long ago murdered in a fit of violent jealousy. Against all advice Leo is determined to stay and Ayesha persuades him to bathe in the flame of eternal youth... with disastrous consequences.
Loser Takes All
Sound Editor
Bertrand, an accountant employed by a large London firm, is called to the office of the Managing Director, Dreuther, to explain a mistake in the accounts. Dreuther is highly impressed by the young accountant's skilful explanation of the error and, hearing that Bertrand is soon to marry his spirited young fiancée, tells him to spend the honeymoon not in Bournemouth, but Monte Carlo at the company s expense! However, events in the fabulous Mediterranean paradise do not work out quite as Bertrand had envisaged...
Melba
First Assistant Editor
Rural Australian Nellie Melba becomes an opera star in 1900s Europe and the United States.