Shepperton Studios (1979), David Lynch's "The Elephant Man" (1980), Attenborough's "Gandhi" (1982) and David Lean's "A Passage to India" (1984). Rock band The Who filmed live concert scenes at Shepperton especially for their documentary "The Kids Are Alright" (1979). It would wind up being the band's final live performance with drummer Keith Moon, who died later that year. In 1984, Shepperton Studios changed hands coming under the control of brothers John and Benny Lee, who renovated the studios but soon lost control as a result of the "Black Monday" of 1987, the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike and internal issues within
Shepperton Studios 1955, a new company, British Lion Films Ltd, was formed and Roy and John Boulting took over at Shepperton Studios. Their comedies, such as "I'm All Right Jack" (1959), were produced there, as were dramas from other film-makers such as J. Lee Thompson's "The Guns of Navarone" (1961). The studio's other projects from the same decade include Stanley Kubrick's "Dr Strangelove" (1964) and the musical "Oliver!" (1968), which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Despite the financial ups and downs of British Lion and the changing of hands, the studios remained active until the early 1970s. In 1969, the