In my desire to mention Mustapha Akkad, I needed to make a few clicks on Google search that confused me, because I had thought for a long time that Mustapha Akkad was the creator of Friday the 13th, based on a magazine article I read in the very early 80s. Either the writer was confused, or I misread the article. It was the “Halloween” series, not the “Friday the 13th” series, that he created, but there was another. I am sure I was right and Wiki was wrong.
According to Wikipedia, Mustapha Akkad produced and directed “Muhammad, Messenger of God,” which in some countries was shown as “The Message” in 1976, while “Halloween” was created in 1978. It is not possible because, according to the article I read, Mustapha Akkad created and produced the “Halloween” movie independently with 60,000 dollars, which was the only money he had. Surprisingly, it became a hit, netting him $6 million, and in the 60s and 70s, $6 million was a considerable amount.
He became an instant celebrity in Hollywood, which eventually led to the making of “The Message” and “The Lion of the Desert,” meaning the
Halloween movie came first. It was a flagship to get noticed.
He used the money he earned from “Halloween” to make “The
Message.”
Very ironic and
sad; he was killed along with his daughter and other guests while attending a
wedding reception at a hotel in Amman, Jordan, in 2005 by a suicide bomber.
(full movie)
Akkad was born
July 1, 1930, in Aleppo, Syria. His father, then a customs officer, gave him
$200 and a copy of the Quran before he left for the United States to study film
direction and production at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA).
§ Mohammed,
Messenger of God (1976)
§ Halloween (1978)
§ Lion of the Desert (1980)
§ Halloween II (1981)
§ Halloween
III: Season of the Witch (1982)
§ Halloween
H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
§ Halloween: Resurrection (2002)
Source: Wikipedia
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