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• last exit

  In a world… without Don LaFontaine’s movie voice

  posted by matt | 09.02.08 | permalink | 3 comments

  A voiceover master, Don LaFontaine recorded countless movie trailers, commericals, programs, files and other presentations. He was arguably the most successful voice actor of all time. Monday, September 1st, 2008, LaFontaine died at the age of 68 following complications from a collapsed lung.

  Here’s a good retrospective on his career.

  From LaFontaine’s website:

  Over the past 25 years, LaFontaine cemented his position as the “King of Voice-overs.” Aside from his continuing work in the trailer industry, he has also been the voice of NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox and UPN, in addition to TNT, TBS and the Cartoon Network. By conservative estimates, he has voiced hundreds of thousands of television and radio spots, including commercials for Chevrolet, Pontiac, Ford, Budweiser, McDonalds, Coke, and many other corporate sponsors. At last count, he has worked on nearly 5000 films, including appearances as the in-show announcer for the Screen Actors Guild and Academy Awards. Based on contracts signed, he has the distinction of being perhaps the single busiest actor in the history of SAG.

  Due to the sheer number of trailers he recorded, Don LaFontaine became known for his “In a world….” phrase. He poked fun of his cliche phrase at various events, and of course, in this great Geico commercial.

  Tags: collapsed lung, commercials, dead, dies, don lafontaine, geico, in a world, movie trailer, movie voice, previews, sag, screen actors guild, the voice, totally underwater, voice actor, voice of the movies, voiceover, voiceover king, voiceover master

• songspeak

  Army National Guard commercial with Kid Rock, in theaters now

  posted by matt | 09.01.08 | permalink | 24 comments

  Kid Rock, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and The Army National Guard are invading your cinema previews this September and October. I found this out when Kristen and I went to see Tropic Thunder this past weekend at the Garden in Greenfield, Massachusetts. With lyrics like, “Freedom ain’t so free” and “citizen soldier”, and some dramatic guitar solos… plus the fact that we were seeing a Ben Stiller movie– I actually thought it was a joke at first. But it’s not.

  Kid Rock wrote the new song, ‘Warrior’, for a national recruitment campaign directed by Academy Award winning director, James Mangold for The National Guard. The commercial will air at movie theaters across the U.S. in September and October. Lucky you,  moviegoer (and future recruit, I’m sure). To get you pumped up before basic training, why not dowload the song at NationalGuardWarrior.com

  The song can basically be summed up this way: “America! Fuck Yeah!” but… (more…)

  Tags: america fuck yeah, army, ben stiller, cinema, cineplex, citizen soldier, coming attractions, dale earnhardt jr., freedom isn't free, garden, greenfield, james mangold, kid rock, massachusetts, movie, national guard, previews, theater, theatre, trailer, tropic thunder, warrior