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Movie Release: 2002 DVD Release: 03/23/2004 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 0 mins Studio: Image Entertainment Members Wishing: 2 Genres: Film, TV & Radio, Biography, Film & Television History

Filmmaker John Carpenter helped redefine the American horror film in 1978 with Halloween, a low-budget thriller which became a major box office success. Since then, Carpenter has devoted his career to bringing a fresh perspective to genre filmmaking, striving to maintain the freedom of an independent while working within the studio system. (Carpenter not only writes and directs his own projects, but often also serves as producer and composer as well.) John Carpenter: Fear Is Just the Beginning...The Man and His Movies is a documentary about this two-fisted maverick auteur, which offers a look at the making of such favorites as Escape From New York, The Thing, The Fog, and many more. The documentary includes interviews with Jamie Lee Curtis, Kurt Russell, Adrienne Barbeau, Debra Hill, and other friends and colleagues. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

John Carpenter

Over the past several decades, filmmaker John Carpenter has been an influential force in the world of cinema. The documentary featured on this DVD provides a retrospective look at Carpenter's life and career, looking at such classic films as Halloween, The Thing, and Escape from New York. With interviews with such Carpenter collaborators as Jamie Lee Curtis, Kurt Russell, and Peter Fonda, the disc presents the film in widescreen with the audio mastered in Dolby Digital Stereo. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide