Don Lafontaine dies at 68

[Handy Man]

Don "in a world" LaFontaine, the voice of trailers, dies at 68

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

[gloriousmuse]

I've always wanted to know who did the voices in trailers. :(

[Adeniz19]

this is sad news

[Jessooker]

:bluesad:

[samsara]

hmm the voices that tell me what movies are coming to a theatre near me wont be the same

[eHaMpToN]

goodnight, sweet prince.

[Chris Fallon]

That is terrible. He was a great man. The movies won't be the same without his voice.

[Ailite]

What a loss...that is a shame. I'm going to miss his voice.

[WordzandDreamz]

My friend makes trailers for a living and he knew Don. Always talked about how great of a guy he was and how many awesome parties he threw.

[Kerplunk_23]

Thats sad,I always loved his voice and got a kick out of the commercial he did for Geico.

[AP_Punk]

:bluesad:

[skellorock]

this sucks, movie previews will never be the same, i mean who else is there??? that rhaspy sounding guy that did all the WB previews, the really gleeful guy that does Disney stuff(or was that Lafontaine as well) and then the more recent guy with the really really low voice that does all those horror movie ads, like the grudge and what not, okay so maybe theres a few more ppl, BUT DON WAS THE KING!!!! no pun intended lol

[theguilt engine]

We'll probably see a lot of trailers without voiceovers.

[brentkid]

I just heard about this. Really sad news. Best wishes to his family.

[Adrian Villagomez]

Tragic.

[Bob Payne]

this sucks, movie previews will never be the same, i mean who else is there??? that rhaspy sounding guy that did all the WB previews, the really gleeful guy that does Disney stuff(or was that Lafontaine as well) and then the more recent guy with the really really low voice that does all those horror movie ads, like the grudge and what not, okay so maybe theres a few more ppl, BUT DON WAS THE KING!!!! no pun intended lol

A new, popular voice over artist seems to be the older woman, best known to people as the voice of Gaia in the God Of War series. She's started branching out into films, recently.


edit: I had no idea that it was Academy Award winner Linda Hunt. Go figure.


And as for Don, RIP. Nostalgia for childhood movie experiences aren't limited to JUST the movie itself. Don's voice still resonates to me through his narrations for big 90's movies like Terminator 2 and and others. I think they're almost as important as the movies, along with the feeling of being young and completely engrossed by a film, something that its hard to do as you get older.

[googirl8907]

:bluesad: That's so sad.

[WakingTheMisery]

5000 films. Righteous dude.