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  • Birth Name: John Howard Carpenter
  • Birth Place: Carthage, NY
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 01/16/1948, Capricorn
  • Profession: Director; screenwriter; composer; producer
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VIDEO: Cowboy Nation - The New Americas Team

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Cowboy Nation - The New Americas Team
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Length: 01:16:00
Posted: 2/2/2010

This product includes a video which features the collegiate highlights of several of the incoming new players, rookies and superstars on the team, such as OLB DeMarcus Ware, SS Gerald Sensabaugh, RB Marion Barber III, WR Roy Williams, DE Marcus Spears, Rookie FS Michael Hamlin, RB Tashard Choice, NT Jay Ratliff, FB Deon Anderson, KR Felix Jones, Rookie TE John Phillips, Undrafted Free Agent QB Rudy Carpenter, OLB Bobby Carpenter, and OLB Anthony Spencer. As a bonus, this title also includes the collegiate highlights of current and future Hall of Fame Cowboys such as QB Troy Aikman, RB Emmitt Smith, WR Michael Irvin, RB Tony Dorsett, and CB Deion Sanders; truly a must have for any serious collector of Cowboy memorabilia watch

VIDEO: Escape From L.A. [HD]

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Escape From L.A. [HD]
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Length: 01:41:00
Posted: 2/2/2010

The man with the patch is back. Call him Snake. Kurt Russell rejoins filmmakers John Carpenter and Debra Hill to do to the Big Orange what they did to the Big Apple in Escape From New York ??? with even more futuristic thrills and slam-bang action! Into the 9.6-quaked Los Angeles of 2013 comes Snake Plissken (Russell). His job: wade through L.A.'s ruined landmarks to retrieve a doomsday device. Don't miss the excitement as Snake surfs Wilshire Blvd., shoots hoops at the Coliseum, dive bombs the Happy Kingdom theme park, and mixes it up with a wild assortment of friends, fiends and foes (Stacy Keach, Steve Buscemi, Peter Fonda, George Corraface, Cliff Robertson, Pam Grier and more). Escape From L.A. is a "go-for-broke action extravaganza!" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). watch

VIDEO: Fantastic Flesh

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Fantastic Flesh
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Length: 58:20
Posted: 2/2/2010

From classic creatures to modern gore, special effects make-up has always been the dark heart of movie magic. In this Starz Inside documentary, meet the masters of the craft and discover its incredible history, complete with rare behind-the-scenes photos and footage, revealing interviews with Quentin Tarantino, George Romero, Josh Brolin, Greg Nicotero, Howard Berger, John Carpenter, Simon Pegg, Eli Roth, Rob Bottin, Robert Rodriguez, Tom Savini, Wes Craven, John Landis, Mick Garris and Dick Smith, plus classic clips from Frankenstein, The Exorcist, Planet of the Apes, The Chronicles of Narnia, An American Werewolf in London, Sin City, Day of the Dead, Kill Bill, Total Recall, and more. watch

A contemporary and blood-chilling take on the gothic legend, horror master John Carpenter's Vampires stars James Woods as the ultimate vampire slayer on his most dangerous mission ever.
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Posted: 12/6/2007
In the blood-chilling tradition of Halloween and Village of the Damned comes John Carpenter's unique vision of the ultimate killing machines, VAMPIRES. "Forget everything you've ever heard about vampires," warns Jack Crow (James Woods), the leader of Team Crow, a relentless group of mercenary vampire slayers. When Master Vampire Valek (Thomas Ian Griffith) decimates Jack's entire team, Crow and the sole team survivor, Montoya (Daniel Baldwin), set out in pursuit. Breaking all the rules, Crow and Montoya take one of Valek's victims hostage. The beautiful but unlucky prostitute (Sheryl Lee) is their sole psychic link to Valek, and through her senses they will track down the leader of the undead. As Valek nears the climax of his 600-year search for the Berziers Cross, Jack and the new Team Crow do everything humanly possible to prevent him from possessing the only thing that can grant him and all vampires the omnipotent power to walk in the daylight.
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Length: 01:48:04
Posted: 5/1/2008
The future of mankind hangs in the balance as the Vatican secretly enlists a team of vampire-hunters led by Master-Slayer Jack Crow. Not only must he and his team hunt down and destroy vampires, they must prevent the Master Vampire from reaching his ultimate goal for the legions of undead -- the ability to walk in daylight.
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Length: 02:02
Posted: 3/16/2008
A vengeful vampire slayer must retrieve an ancient Catholic relic that, should it be acquired by vampires, will allow them to endure sunlight.
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Length: 01:49:00
Posted: 5/5/2008
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2007 Halloween Movie, Source
2007 Grand Slam TV Show Series, Appearing
2006 Going to Pieces TV Show Series, Remarks by
2005 The Fog Movie, Source
2005 Assault On Precinct 13 Movie, Source

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November 26, 2006: What Have You Done to His Eyes?

John Carpenter's entry, Cigarette Burns, was my second favorite Masters of Horror episode from season 1. (My all-time favorite MoH to date is William Malone's The Fair-Haired Child). Cigarette Burns had everything in it that makes a horror film (even a short one) great: A unique, darkly mystical story; gorgeous photography; a deep feeling of dread; extremely shocking, perfectly-placed gore; an atmospheric musical score; and Udo Kier. If you have not yet rented or purchased Cigarette Burns on DVD, I highly recommend it. The episode itself remains one of the best of the series, and the DVD contains some interesting extras, including commentary by the master himself, John Carpenter.See, I had to begin this entry by praising J.C., because I hate feeling "meh" about any of my favorite directors' work, and I don't like blogging about disappointment. Considering the title alone, Pro-Life evokes a hot-button issue, and I expected to feel at least a bit stirred up, no matter which side of th... read more

At the Movies: Brosnan's Back in Spy Mode

Hey, tough-guy Daniel Craig! Can you get the laughs? Per the Hollywood Reporter, former 007 James Bond Pierce Brosnan will star in Spy vs. Stu, a comedy about a commitment-phobe who fears losing his one true love to a debonair superspy (Brosnan).... Per Variety, Battlestar Galactica exec producer Ronald D. Moore is penning a remake of John Carpenter's The Thing.... DreamWorks has grabbed rights to Camp Creepy Time, the forthcoming children's book authored by Gina Gershon (Bound) and concerning a summer camp that's a front for an alien-run smuggling operation. read more

Halloween Scares Up a Hi-def Theatrical Run

Need you more proof that the Shape is unstoppable? John Carpenter's original Halloween haunts the big screen for the first time in 27 years on Oct. 30 and 31, when a digitally remastered, hi-definition cut of the 1978 horror classic hits 150 movie houses. This re-release will be preceded by a 20-minute featurette, including interviews with original cast members. A list of participating theaters can be found here. read more

Will Charlie Sheen's Cad Get Hitched?

Someone's getting married tonight on the season finale of CBS' Two and a Half Men, and it may or may not be Charlie Sheen's man who loves women. (The first clue should have been when Charlie Harper registered himself at Scores.) Emmanuelle Vaugier, who plays fiancée Mia, brings TVGuide.com up to speed on the nuptials that may be nope-tials. TVGuide.com: The good news is that since the last time we spoke, I have seen read more

Can a Saw II Sexpot Tame Charlie Sheen?

A ballerina dances back into Charlie's life on tonight's Two and a Half Men (9 pm/ET on CBS), when Emmanuelle Vaugier — who is seemingly everywhere these days — reprises her November 2005 role as Mia for several episodes. Will the Saw II siren be the one to finally make Charlie Sheen's player cough up the "commitment" word? TVGuide.com spoke with the actress about that, her run as Lex Luthor's honey and more.

TVGuide.com: What brings Mia back? Didn't Charlie selflessly let her go, out of deference to poor li'l Jake's crush?
Emmanuelle Vaugier:
Yes, I know! It's never really explained, but read more

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