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The Unsettler
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Lantanna TX
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Don Lafontaine, RIP
Movie trailers will never be the same again.
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09-02-2008, 05:45 AM
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Cars & Coffee Killer
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: State of Failure
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In a world....
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Some Porsches long ago...then a wankle... 5 liters of VVT fury now -Chris "There is freedom in risk, just as there is oppression in security." |
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09-02-2008, 06:00 AM
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Location: san jose
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He died from complications of a pneumothorax.
wow, I had two in college, and they stuck a tube in my chest to clear the air, oh and it was on my 21st birthday, no boose for me on that day. |
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09-02-2008, 08:42 AM
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Wow...what a voice he had...
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"Now, to put a water-cooled engine in the rear and to have a radiator in the front, that's not very intelligent." -Ferry Porsche (PANO, Oct. '73) (I, Paul D. have loved this quote since 1973. It will remain as long as I post here.) |
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09-02-2008, 09:31 AM
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i'm glad he did that Geico bit so the world could see him in person. a defining piece of Americana if ever there was one.
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09-02-2008, 09:42 AM
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yes, indeed I always wondered what he looked like. very entertaining commercial. |
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09-02-2008, 10:25 AM
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The guy was very well off - he made an insane amount of money for every trailer he did.
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09-02-2008, 11:41 AM
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Location: State of Failure
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IIRC, he was paid the highest hourly rate in the entertainment industry.
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Some Porsches long ago...then a wankle... 5 liters of VVT fury now -Chris "There is freedom in risk, just as there is oppression in security." |
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09-02-2008, 11:51 AM
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Too big to fail
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A YouTube bio
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09-03-2008, 06:10 AM
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I worked with him a handful of times - real nice guy, totally pro.
More than a decade ago his agent would get the days itinerary to the driver and limo that Don had perpetually hired and Don would hit three, five or maybe eight places in a day to record his V.O.'s. That went on for years. Later, Don simply built a V.O. booth with ISDN hookups in his house because he was tired of driving all over town all day long (Who could blame him. L.A. traffic is horrible). The last time I worked with him was probably in 2001. He was doing some spots for the Disney Channel and he was in and out in about four minutes - that cost the client $1200.  R.I.P. Don La. |
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09-03-2008, 10:02 PM
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R.I.P. Don
Code monkeys 
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