Halloween II
1981
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Donald Pleasence. Actor: Halloween II. Balding, quietly spoken, of slight build and possessed of piercing blue eyes -- often peering out from behind round, steel-rimmed glasses -- Donald Pleasence had the essential physical attributes which make a great screen villain.
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Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE, was an English actor who gained more than 200 screen credits during his long career. Although he often found himself typecast as villainous and/or psychopathic characters, Pleasence is possibly best known for his work in two of cinema's most enduringly successful franchises: the James Bond and Halloween series - the lat...
Donald Pleasence confessed to John Carpenter that the main reason why he took the part of Loomis was because his daughter Angela loved Carpenter's Assault on Precinct 13 (1976).
John Carpenter was quite intimidated by Donald Pleasence, of whom he was a big fan and who was easily the oldest and most experienced person on set. Although Pleasance asked Carpenter difficult questions about his character, Pleasance turned out to be a good-humored, big-hearted individual and the two became great friends, going on to work with him again on Escape from New York and Prince of Darkness (which also featured him as a character named Loomis fighting an unstoppable evil).
Donald Pleasence did all of his scenes in only five days of shooting. The total duration of his scenes in the final edit is just over 18 minutes. His salary was $20,000.
Originally, the script had Dr. Loomis having a surprised reaction to the disappearance of Michael Myers's body from the lawn at the end of the film. Pleasence suggested his character's reaction should instead be an "I knew this would happen" look on his face. They shot it both ways and ended up using Pleasance's idea.
Just prior to Halloween II's release, Pleasence shot additional and alternate scenes for the 1981 televised release of the first film.
When Moustapha Akkad asked Pleasence how many more Halloween films he was planning to make, he replied, "I stop at twenty-two!"
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Donald Pleasence on the Internet Movie Database
Halloween: Directed by John Carpenter. With Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Nancy Kyes, P.J. Soles. Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.
- John Carpenter
- 3 min
Loomis : I-I-I watched him for fifteen years, sitting in a room, staring at a wall; not seeing the wall, looking past the wall; looking at this night, inhumanly patient, waiting for some secret, silent alarm to trigger him off. Death has come to your little town, Sheriff.
Halloween (advertised as John Carpenter's Halloween) is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed, co-written, and scored by John Carpenter. Starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis (in her film debut), with P. J. Soles and Nancy Loomis in supporting roles, the film is set mostly in the fictional town of Haddonfield, Illinois.
- John Carpenter
- October 25, 1978
- Debra Hill
Oct 16, 2018 · For 17 years, Donald Pleasence would remain a steadfast fixture of the Halloween franchise as the unwavering Dr. Sam Loomis, longtime adversary of Michael Myers. Where there was Michael...
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