Sad, sad news today. Don LaFontaine, king of the voiceover and famous for his movie trailer voiceovers that often started with the phrase “in a world…”, died today at age 68.
Here’s a YouTube clip featuring Don. He was so good one of his trailers could convince me to give a movie I wouldn’t normally watch the benefit of the doubt. He was truly a voice master and things will not be the same with him gone. Every time I hear or see a movie trailer without his voice, I am going to think “man, it’s just not the same” no matter how good the new guy is.
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