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   Oct 15, 2018 · At least, that was the movie Irwin Yablans saw in his head. “I dreamed up Halloween on an airplane,” he told the New York Times in 1981. “I was coming back from a film festival in Milan, and ...

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   Nov 12, 2005 · Irwin Yablans, who partnered with Akkad on “The Message” and “Halloween,” said they worked well together, despite having widely different backgrounds. “Here was a Jew and an Arab, and we ...

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   Oct 6, 2018 · When Carpenter was approached by film producer Irwin Yablans with the idea to create a horror movie set on Halloween night "about babysitters stalked by this psychotic killer,” he thought back ...

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   Oct 25, 2023 · Yablans then suggested Donald Pleasence, who agreed to star because his daughter Lucy, a guitarist, had enjoyed Assault on Precinct 13 for Carpenter’s score. Jamie Lee Curtis was a relative ...

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   Oct 31, 2022 · This is the story of how a crew of veritable teenagers working with bubble gum and duct tape created the definitive spooky season movie and fundamentally changed the horror film genre forever. 1975: HALLOWEEN producer, Irwin Yablans speaking on a telephone while sitting at a desk with his foot propped up (Photo by Brian Hamill/Getty Images ...

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   Oct 30, 2023 · Irwin Yablans and his two grandsons attend the premiere of "Halloween" on October 17, 2018. Kevin Winter/Getty Images According to his autobiography " The Man Who Created Halloween ," Yablans may not have pushed for the creation of the holiday staple if it weren't for the interference of his younger brother, Frank.

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   Did Irwin Yablans push for Halloween?

   • Irwin Yablans and his two grandsons attend the premiere of "Halloween" on October 17, 2018. Kevin Winter/Getty Images According to his autobiography " The Man Who Created Halloween ," Yablans may not have pushed for the creation of the holiday staple if it weren't for the interference of his younger brother, Frank.

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   Did Akkad and Irwin Yablans work together?

   • Irwin Yablans, who partnered with Akkad on “The Message” and “Halloween,” said they worked well together, despite having widely different backgrounds. “Here was a Jew and an Arab, and we had tremendous success,” Yablans said. Akkad was steeped in Middle Eastern history but was not involved in politics or deeply religious, Yablans and others said.

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   Did Irwin Yablans Dream Up Halloween on an airplane?

   • Not too shabby for a bunch of hippies making an exploitation movie about a babysitter killer. At least, that was the movie Irwin Yablans saw in his head. “I dreamed up Halloween on an airplane,” he told the New York Times in 1981.

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   Who were Yablans' investors?

   • Yablans chosen investor was Moustapha Akkad, an experienced film investor to whom Yablans had sold 51% of his company. Akkad was painfully uninterested in the whole project, already tied up shooting a historic epic in Morocco starring Rod Steiger.

   Making HALLOWEEN (1978): The Film That Changed Horror

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   Why did Yablans and Akkad finance Halloween?

   • Yablans and Akkad had financed Halloween in the hopes of a “negative pick-up” — put simply, a major studio/distributor would buy the film from them outright to market and release, while the producers would immediately recoup their investment. And it seemed, to them, a highly commercial product.

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   How much did Yablans make in 1979?

   • In March of 1979, five months after its bow, Yablans was in Variety predicting a $20 million gross and prepping for a “major drive-in burst for July through August.” (In what must’ve been a juicy bit of reconsideration for the producer, Warner Brothers eventually picked up the film for European distribution.)

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9. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Compass_International_PicturesCompass International Pictures - Wikipedia

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   Website. CompassPics.com. Compass International Pictures was an independent American film production and distribution company founded by producers Irwin Yablans and Joseph Wolf in 1977, best known for their involvement in the production of numerous horror films between 1977 and 1981. Their first, and most notable film release was Halloween in ...