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In a world, RIP
Sort by kottke (Free subscription) - 09/03/2008
Don LaFontaine, the voice of countless movie trailers, is dead at 68 . I liked this tribute from the Washington Post: In a world of people who all have some sort of private omniscient voice-over running things inside their heads, sometimes God, sometimes Mom, and sometimes Don LaFontaine... In a world where marketing is far more important than content...came one man...with a Voice. Check out a brief...
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Don LaFontaine, "King of Voiceovers", Dies at 68
Sort by Cinematical (Free subscription) - 09/02/2008
In a world where one man used his distinctive voice to lend gravitas and then some to trailer after feature after episode, it really is a shame to see Don LaFontaine pass away at the age of 68. According to ET Online , LaFontaine died due to complications from a collapsed lung. This video above pretty much summarizes what an impact this man had on modern moviegoing, and it helps to be reminded that...
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Don LaFontaine, Farewell To The Voice of Movie Trailers
Sort by Laughing Squid (Free subscription) - 09/02/2008
Don LaFontaine, who’s familiar voiceover work was featured in over 5,000 movie trailers and 750,000 television spots, died at age 68 on August 22, 2008. Don LaFontaine was famous for his movie trailer intros which started with the phrase “In a world…” as parodied in this GEICO ad. Related PostsThe Simpsons MovieNorthern Voice 2007 PhotosVoice Talkers, [...] ShareThis
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Sad Passing of a Hollywood Icon
Sort by Stop the ACLU (Free subscription) - 09/02/2008
-By Warner Todd Huston On Monday, voice artist Don LaFontaine died. You may not know his name but you absolutely have heard his work. Think of yourself settling into a movie. The theater goes dark. The trailers begin. Dramatic music fills the room and the mellifluous sound of a baritone voice emerges to coo: “In a [...]
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Movie trailers lose their most famous voice
Sort by adfreak (Free subscription) - 09/02/2008
Gravel-voiced Don LaFontaine turned the coming-attractions voiceover into an pop-culture art form.
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Don LaFontaine RIP
Sort by Shakespeare's Sister (Free subscription) - 09/02/2008
You probably don't know his name, but you know his voice .
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R.I.P. Don LaFontaine
Sort by The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) - 09/02/2008
You may not know the name, but you know his voice. Today we mourn the loss of the man who, for decades, has been the voice of movie trailers. Don LaFontaine died yesterday in Los Angeles. He was 68. Thirty years ago, LaFontaine was working as a recording engineer on the promo for Dr. Strangelove, one of the [...]
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Don LaFontaine, the “In A World” guy, died
Sort by Cele|bitchy (Free subscription) - 09/02/2008
Deep-voiced legend Don LaFontaine, best known for his trademark “In a World” voiceovers on movie trailers, has passed away at the relatively young age of 68. He was perhaps the most prolific and well known voice actor, and was featured on hundreds of thousands of commercials and movie trailers. He passed away yesterday at Cedars-Sinai [...]
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Movie Voice Guy Don LaFontaine Has Died
Sort by FirstShowing.net (Free subscription) - 09/02/2008
The legendary movie voice guy known as Don LaFontaine passed away on Monday at the age of 68. Entertainment Tonight is reporting that LaFontaine passed away of complications from Pneumothorax, a condition that is the result of a collapsed lung. Why am I writing this tribute to Don? Because even though you might not know it, Don is the voice that you recognize from nearly every last movie trailer and...
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Don LaFontaine Dead at 68
Sort by Say Anything (Free subscription) - 09/03/2008
That "movie trailer guy" has passed away.
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Don LaFontaine, Movie Trailer 'Voice of God,' Dead at 68
Sort by Switched (Free subscription) - 09/03/2008
Filed under: Audio/Video , TV In a world of cliche movie trailers, one man created more cliches than any other. That man was Don LaFontaine , whose gravely voice accompanied seemingly every trailer in theaters (and more than a few self-parodying commercials). Sadly, he passed away earlier this week with complications from a collapsed lung., after having contributed over 5,000 movie trailers and something...
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A Farewell to Voiceover Legend Don LaFontaine
Sort by YesButNoButYes (Free subscription) - 09/02/2008
You may not know his name, but you know his voice. Don LaFontaine voiced more than 5,000 movie trailers and 300,000 television and radio commercials. He sadly passed away today at the age of 68. Cause of death has not...
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Movie Voice Over Guy Dead
Sort by The J-Walk Blog (Free subscription) - 09/02/2008
You've heard him many, many times: 'In a world' voiceover master dies at 68 . Don LaFontaine, the voiceover king whose "In a world ..." phrase on movie trailers was much copied -- and much parodied -- has died, according to media reports. He was 68. LaFontaine died Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California, according to ETOnline, "Entertainment Tonight's" Web site. He died from...
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Farewell to Don LaFontaine, Voiceover Master
Sort by Sound of the City (Free subscription) - 09/04/2008
Can any New Yorker still remember a time before Regal Cinemas' Twenty (now called First Look ), the infomercial assault that the theater chain euphemistically refers to as pre-feature advertising ? It has been decades since theatergoers could purchase a movie ticket and then sit peacefully in the theater, staring ahead with vacant intensity at a blank screen, while over the sound system nothing more...
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The Care and Feeding of Warriors: The Great Divide part 1
Sort by WOW Insider (Free subscription) - 09/05/2008
Filed under: Warrior , Patches , Analysis / Opinion , Expansions , (Warrior) The Care and Feeding of Warriors , Wrath of the Lich King Warriors, at the heart of it, only do one thing. They hit things. And that's it. Everything warriors do is in terms of hitting things, ultimately. An argument could be made that some warriors spend an awful lot of time trying to make it so things that hit them don't...