Janeane Garofalo used to have a bit in her standup routine where she’d say, “Here’s every movie trailer ever made…” then, in a booming voice, “In a world…” It was funny because every trailer not only seems to begin with that voiceover phrase, but they all seemed to share the same deep voice. That voice belonged to Don LaFontaine, who died yesterday at 68. He made over 5,000 movie trailers, as well as hundreds of TV announcer spots and commercials — like one for Geico, below — and his authoritative rumble became so familiar that it became grist for parody, not just from comedians, but from himself as well. Cinematical has one of those, along with a nice tribute video. My favorite is the one he did for Jerry Seinfeld’s documentary Comedian, which touches on all the ways LaFontaine used to make us excited about going to the movies.
Sep 2
2008
03:29 PM ET
Remembering Don LaFontaine
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The ‘Comedian’ trailer isn’t done by LaFontaine. It stars Hal Douglas.
That clearly is not Don LaFontaine. They even call him “Jack” near the end of the clip. You need to correct this Gary Susman.
Sorry dudes, you’re both wrong. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJMGS7l0wT8&feature=related
Confirms.
Terri, they are two completely different people and two completely different voices. This tribute needs to be fixed stat.
Fact check much…? That clip is completely NOT Don LaFontaine!!!
He’s also in this promo – “5 Men in a Limo” – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAnq10BBvvs&feature=related
Oh, this is sad news.
A friend of mine once emailed Mr LaFontaine and asked if it was possible for him to get a voicemail greeting recorded. Mr LaFontaine said that he would draw a random email every so often, and that person would get a personalized recording. Lo’ and behold, the very next week he drew Jade’s name, and now Jade has the most awesomest voicemail greeting ever. I’d post his number as proof, but he’d probably punch me in the face.
Totally not Don LaFontaine in the ‘Comedian’ trailer…I just accidentally R.I.P.’d Hal on that YouTube clip and was (correctly) corrected.
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