Nickname:	John Carpenter / Rip Haight / Frank Armitage / JC
Known for:	Halloween, Escape from L.A., Escape from New York
Birth name:	John Howard Carpenter
Birthday:	16 January 1948, Carthage, New York, USA
Height:	6' (1.83 m)

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Free Image Hosting - Upload your favorite celebrity pictures. Last week I watched two classic horror movies: "The Thing" and "The Exorcist." Watching John Carpenter's "The Thing," just further reminded me of how crappy the recent prequel was. With its spoo...



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I was thoroughly disappointed last week by The Thing a supposed prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 sci-fi/horror classic. The reason I say "supposed" is that you'd be hard-pressed to know you were wa...



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AP - "The Thing," a prequel to John Carpenter's 1982 monster movie of the same name, lives up to its generic title.
To say that "The Ward" is Director John Carpenter's most notable film effort in years still isn't saying much. Meaning even though it's more slow and stylish then recent embarrassments like "Ghost...



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Some filmmakers have a career where their films slowly decline with each outing (see John Carpenter!), while others sporadically make hits and misses at will. (Classic Steven Soderbergh!) What's ...



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Reuters - Horror director John Carpenter's first movie in nine years, "The Ward," just made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
JOHN CARPENTER is bringing DRACULA back from the dead - the famed horror moviemaker has signed up to direct HILARY SWANK in a modern-day adaptatio n of BRAM STOKER’s classic vampire tale.The Halloween director has agreed to take charge of Fangland, which is based on the 2007 novel by John Marks.The plot sees Stoker’s story
When John Carpenter envisioned his horrific tale of a serial killer terrorizing his family more than 30 years ago, he likely had no idea that "Halloween" would become one of the longest-running film franchises ever.


Fans of director John Carpenter's horror movie The Thing are in for a treat - plans are afoot for a prequel.


Reuters - Nicolas Cage and director John Carpenter are in final negotiations to team up for a prison thriller titled "Scared Straight."
Happy Birthday to baseball MVP Albert Pujols (1980), R&B singer Aaliyah (1979; d. 2001), waifish model Kate Moss (1974), Nigerian born jazz/soul singer Sade (1959), "Fame" choreographer/actress Debbie Allen (1950), horror film director John Carpenter (1948), country singer Ronnie Milsap (1944) baseball player Dizzy Dean (1910; d. 1974), and actress/singer Ethel Merman (1908; d. 1984).
Devil's Rejects director Rob Zombie resurrects one of the most notorious slashers in screen history with this re-imagining of the 1978 John Carpenter classic that spawned numerous sequels and countless imitators. As a child, young Michael Myers (Daeg Faerch) committed one of the most unspeakable crimes imaginable. Continue Summary

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The eye patch has been passed on to a new generation. Variety announced yesterday that Gerald Butler (Leonidas in "300") will take over the Kurt Russell role of Snake Plissken in a remake of John Carpenter's classic futuristic thriller "Escape From New York."
Veteran director John Carpenter has defended violence in movies, arguing there is no need for the government to regulate what can be watched at the cinema. The filmmaker was speaking on Thursday at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.


Veteran director JOHN CARPENTER has defended violence in movies, arguing there is no need for the US government to regulate what can be watched at the cinema.The Halloween filmmaker was speaking on Thursday (26Apr07) at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City.He said, "Real life causes this, fake life does not cause it. The

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