In a world where movie trailers can last as long as some movies but make their pitch in a single melodramatic sentence, this is the voice you hear. (Soundbite of movie trailer) Mr. DON LAFONTAINE ...

Don LaFontaine is the guy that everyone thinks of when they think about “In a world” and movie trailers. Don passed in 2008, ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Don LaFontaine, the man who popularized the now loved-catch phrase, "in a world where…" and lent his voice to thousands of movie previews, has died. He was 68.LaFontaine ...

In a world where movie trailers would not be movie trailers without melodramatic voiceovers, no man could touch the "king of the voiceovers," Don LaFontaine. Seducing moviegoers into theaters for more ...

Gary Owens remembers his friend Don LaFontaine, the king of the voiceover artists. He's the guy who began the "In a world..." craze. Gary Owens remembers his friend Don LaFontaine, the king of the ...

Old-school movie trailers were accompanied by voiceover narration. These voiceovers typically began with the phrase, “In a world...” before explaining the dramatic circumstances that make that ...

Don LaFontaine straight-up taught me how to do movie trailers and voice acting in general. Only problem was that I was 18 ...

Decades before Hollywood fame as a voiceover artist, Don LaFontaine showed his ability to display dramatic scenes with his childhood antics in Duluth. LaFontaine, who did narration for nearly 5,000 ...

LaFontaine’s agent Vanessa Gilbert says the voiceover artist died Monday as a result of complications from the treatment of an ongoing illness at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. LaFontaine ...

The “King of Voiceovers" died Monday in Los Angeles at age 68. Don LaFontaine, whose voice was on nearly 5,000 movie trailers, died Monday afternoon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. As the originator ...