Posted Jun 28, 2005 in movies & tv
It excites me much more than it should that I’ve found him after all these years: Ashton Smith. You know, the guy. The guy with the voice. The guy with the voice that narrates over almost every movie trailer, commercial, television show promo, and network news teaser that we see/hear. I didn’t think it was possible that it was all the same guy, but it is. Ashton instills solemnity and foreboding into every word he speaks. And yet, he has the tender inflection that can make us rush out to spend money anticipating the best love stories of summer films. Ashton, send me a CD of your greatest hits! Better yet, do my voicemail greeting?
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Posted June 30, 2005 at 5:47 pm
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1359338
Also related:
Don LaFontaine - king of the movie trailer voice over (below he does some funny NPR intros...)
http://www.npr.org/programs/waitwait/archrndwn/2005/may/050514.waitwait.html
-Jim