R.I.P. Paul Newman 26/01/1925 – 26/08/2008

Screen legend Paul Newman passed away today after a long battle with Cancer. He was truly one of the great screen actors of all time and if you haven’t explored his career you really should – he provided legendary performances in many classsic films and will always be remembered as one of the greats. In fact, I’ll let his performances do the talking, do “Cool Hand Luke”, “The Sting”, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “Towering Inferno” ring any bells? He was also on Richard Nixon’s list of enemies! What more could you want?

“In The Fall of Gravity” Update.

Just an update to say the very awesome looking “In The Fall of Gravity” is having its premiere at the “NYIIFVF” New York film festival, on the 24th of September at 8.00 AM – you have to book in advance but if you are around the area I am sure it will be worth it. Looks like a really awesome and innovative project! Good luck to Ron Cole the creator, I hope it goes well. Check out my previous post for a little bit more infomation on the project.

R.I.P. Don LaFontaine 26/07/1940 – 01/08/2008

You may not know his name but you know his voice – the king of trailer voiceover has passed away. Don LaFontaine IS that awesome husky voice on the trailers, he came in to the industry completely by chance and effectively changed the way trailers were made by becoming the first in a long line of “deep authorative voiceovers” that are now the staple of most big budget trailers. If you want to be reminded of some of his classic trailers just youtube him, and if you want to find out a little bit about the man behind the voice check out this video. He may be gone but his voice will not be forgotten.