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  1. 02-Sep-2008 #1
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    Movie Trailer Voiceman, Don LaFontaine has died

    http://www.etonline.com/news/2008/09/64990/index.html

    This man has done over 5000 films, the single busiest actor in SAG history,
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    Was weird watching that Tom Cruise/Les Grossman commercial, because I read about Don's death just before watching it, and there he is doing the voice over in the trailer.
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    I just realized where the link takes you to. Normally get your news from Entertainment Tonight?
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    Damn, wasn't expecting this. I wonder who his replecement will be. Man, change sucks sometimes.
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    Quote Originally Posted by slickwilly13 View Post
    Damn, wasn't expecting this. I wonder who his replecement will be. Man, change sucks sometimes.
    I don't think he's the only voice over guy in the business.

    My own little tribute to LaFontaine. His greatest work:
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    Thats not Don Lafontaine.

    The Voice Over int he Tropic Thunder Commercial is Don LaFontaine, and he also did the Night of the Living Dead 1990 Trailer, and nearly all of Shwarzeneggers films.
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    I read that it is him....
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    Quote Originally Posted by slickwilly13 View Post
    Damn, wasn't expecting this. I wonder who his replecement will be. Man, change sucks sometimes.
    I don't think any any one can ever replace him.
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    He was sometimes referred to as the VOICE of god. He did so many voice overs, one of them being, the VO for the Clint Eastwood Spaghetti westerns. Mainly the Good The Bad and The Ugly.
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    on one hand the man was a legend.


    on the other its gonna be kind of nice not to hear that damn voice for every action movie trailer i see.

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    Methinks a bloke called Redd Pepper (who has an equally deep, gruff voice) will be getting a LOT of work now...he's a Brit, used to be a tube train driver. Obviously he puts on an American accent for his trailer voice overs.

    He's got a 'trailer voice', I'm trying to find a vid of him on YouTube...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redd_Pepper

    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1005611/
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    That dude did the voice over for Return of the Living Dead 3. not the short one, but the one on the DVD
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