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posted 02-09-2008 20:49
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Don LaFontaine, voice of Hollywood movie trailers has died.
Trailers will never be the same. RIP
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posted 02-09-2008 21:26
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I was trying to think of some clever pun on "In a world where...one man dares to..." but nothing comes to mind. It's just sad. He was only 68.
The movie business is going to go into a slump now.
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posted 03-09-2008 07:09
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He won't be coming back to a cinema near you.
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posted 03-09-2008 07:44
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Bloody hell, I Googled the new story and saw his picture -- I'd always just assumed that guy was black. Anything but.
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posted 03-09-2008 08:19
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Crikey, this means that trailer-makers might now have to put some thought into an original concept (plus, R.I.P. and all that).
What was his last trailer?
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posted 03-09-2008 10:08
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Sadly, this leaves the novices of the trade whose put-on 'dangerous' deep voices just sound wimpy and irritating.
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posted 03-09-2008 11:07
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What did he die of? He must surely have been on about sixty a day.
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posted 03-09-2008 13:37
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I've only read that he died from "complications in the treatment of an ongoing illness".
Article on Hollywood.com
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posted 03-09-2008 13:40
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Yeah, I read that "ongoing illness" thing too. I'm only glad it wasn't complications in the treatment of an illness from which he'd recovered; what a bummer that would have been.
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posted 03-09-2008 15:14
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Ian64 is right on, he had a lot of immitators but they all sound a bit phony. He made it sound almost natural.
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posted 03-09-2008 23:28
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Mumpo wrote:
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Crikey, this means that trailer-makers might now have to put some thought into an original concept
Alternatively, they could just hire this guy
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