buckee1

"In a World..." Will never quite be the same

Shannon Nutt

LaFontaine will be missed, but I actually prefer Hal Douglas' voice and "In a world..." trailers.

Goldberg74

As long as we have Pablo Francisco, we'll be okay.

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... but Mr. Movie Voice.

wishbone

He knew how to adjust the tone of his voice given the voice-over material he was provided -- whether it was action, drama, comedy, or movies for children. He had an amazing gift and his work will be missed.

Don LaFontaine

shaun3000

That's Hal Douglas.

My Other Self

Man, I loved that Geico commercial he did. That was hysterical.

Movie trailers won't be the same again.

dpz301

for the longest time i wanted to know who did the voice overs on trailers and then saw the geico cmmerical and it finally clicked.

he was great, too bad he died pretty young. RIP.

hotsexyboi

This came on unexpectedly! Movie trailers will never be the same ever again. R.I.P. Don..we'll miss you!!!

Superman07

My bad.

HighSpeedOnIce

Earlier, when I heard the sad news I was trying to remember this comedian.
Many thanks for posting this great clip!

nemein

Just heard about this on NPR this morning http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...oryId=94223431

JP5683

A little late, but RIP Don.

Heard he was a heavy smoker...

Dr Mabuse

In a world...

Match

Redd Pepper sounds almost like Don Lafontaine. (He did the voice over for Armageddon and Independence Day trailers.) His voice is really deep.

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tylergfoster

http://www.ashtonsmith.com/trailer.html

As much as I love Don, I'd say this guy is as much the trailer voice in my head as Don was. Clicking the link will load an audio file automatically and it might be loud, so be prepared.

Brack

don, redd, and ashton all sound pretty alike to me.

bdshort

Thanks for the thread bump. I missed this the first time around, and didn't even know he had died!

Superman07

That's just awsome!

Superman07

Very good interview with Redd on Don.

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nateman

I didn't even know Don passed away until this thread bump. "In a World..." will never be the same.

RIP Don LaFontaine