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Still Notable After All These Years

 
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Bruce
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 10:25 am    Post subject: Still Notable After All These Years Reply with quote

CBS Sunday Morning did a retrospective on Don LaFontaine this morning in observation of this being his 78th birthday.

The story, after this brief commercial message:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/almanac-don-lafontaine-the-voice-of-movie-trailers/

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 12:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks...my DVR recorded AFTER his piece.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 12:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

One of the trailers they have featured on the CBS site sound like Hal Douglas moreson Don. The trailer for Speed.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 2:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yeah, that's Hal. Too funny.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 3:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

For those new to the biz and who missed a cherished, classic bit of VO humor, here's a link to Don LaFontaine and 4 other famous trailer announcers showing off their stuff in a limo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQRtuxdfQHw

Gee, and while we're on the topic of funny trailer voice videos, here's the classic from Hal Douglas:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVDzuT0fXro


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

These vids were in constant rotation when i first got in the biz. Classics!
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 4:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ironically 5 years ago today...this was made about Hal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnvDxSNEiO8
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 9:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Love that. Thanks for sharing.
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