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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
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| John Carpetner's 'Halloween' is one of the most popular slasher films ever made, How many SEQUELS were made INCLUDING the newest one 'Halloween: The Homecoming'? | John Carpenter
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seven. Over the years the following sequels were released: 'Halloween II', 'Halloween III: Season of the Witch', 'Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers', 'Halloween 5', 'Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers', 'Halloween H20: 20 Years Later', 'Halloween: The Homecoming'.
| How many of the sequels to 'Halloween' have been directed by Carpenter? | John Carpenter
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none. 'Halloween II' and 'Halloween: The Homecoming' were both directed by Rick Rosenthal. 'Halloween III: Season of the Witch' was directed by Tommy Lee Wallace. 'Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers' was directed by Dwight H. Little. 'Halloween 5' was directed by Dominique Othenin-Girard. 'Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers' was directed by Joe Chappelle. 'Halloween H20: 20 Years Later' was directed by Steve Miner.
'Dark Star'. 'Dark Star' was released in 1973.
| As of June 2001 which actress has never been in a movie directed by Carpenter? | John Carpenter
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Danielle Harris. Karen Allen was in 'Starman'. Jamie Lee Curtis was in 'Halloween'. Janet Leigh was in 'The Fog'.
| True or False: besides being a talented director, Carpenter has also wrote scores and screeplays for film and television? | John Carpenter
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| How many movies directed by Carpenter has Kurt Russell been in? | John Carpenter
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five. Kurt Russell and Carpenter have worked together on the following movies: 'Escape from L.A.', 'Escape from New York', 'The Thing', 'Big Trouble in Little China' and 'Elvis' (TV).
United States of America. Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York.
| John Carpenter's most famous regular collaborator is Kurt Russell. What was their first film together? | John Carpenter
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Elvis: The Movie. Starting in 1978, Kurt Russell did indeed star as The King himself in "Elvis: The Movie", followed by "Escape From New York", "The Thing", "Big Trouble In Little China" and "Escape From L.A."
| The screenwriter of John Carpenter's "The Thing" was the son of which Hollywood legend? | John Carpenter
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Burt Lancaster. The screenplay for "The Thing" was written by Bill Lancaster, son of Burt. He sadly passed away in 1997.
| John Carpenter worked on his first film, "Dark Star", with Dan O'Bannon, who went on to write the script for which classic sci-fi picture? | John Carpenter
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Alien. Dan O' Bannon co-wrote and starred in "Dark Star", which started off as John Carpenter's graduation film, but was expanded to become his debut film.
| As seems requisite with every horror film director, John Carpenter made a Stephen King film in the early eighties. Which? | John Carpenter
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Christine. "Christine" was released in 1983. Carpenter has never been happy with the film, claiming it is "impossible to make a Plymouth Fury car scary!"
| Who directed the original "The Thing" that Carpenter remade thirty years later? | John Carpenter
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Christian Nyby. The film was CREDITED as being directed by Christain Nyby, and only PRODUCED by Carpenter's hero, Howard Hawks. It is however thought that Hawks directed the majority of the film, as it bears many of his trademarks, Christian Nyby had up until that point been Hawks' editor! But it is believed that Hawks could not be seen to have directed a sci-fi monster movie.
| How many of John Carpenter's films did the late Donald Pleasance appear in? | John Carpenter
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3. The legendary character actor, famous for playing Blofeld in "You Only Live Twice", and going blind in "The Great Escape", first appeared in "Halloween" as Dr. Loomis. He subsequently played the President of the United States in "Escape From New York" and a priest in "Prince of Darkness".
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