Halloween: A Cut Above the Rest
Using original interviews with director John Carpenter, stars Jamie Lee Curtis and P.J. Soles, and crew members, 'Halloween': A Cut Above the Rest unveils the production of the horror classic and how the ingenuity of Carpenter and his team, coupled with the shoestring budget of $325,000, drove the filmmakers to create one of the most influential horror films of all time.
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Top Cast
Rino Romano
Self / Narrator
Moustapha Akkad
Self
John Carpenter
Self
Nick Castle
Self / The Shape
Dean Cundey
Self
Jamie Lee Curtis
Self / Laurie Strode
Charles Cyphers
Self / Leigh Brackett
Debra Hill
Self
Donald Pleasence
Self / Dr. Samuel 'Sam' Loomis (archive footage)
P. J. Soles
Self / Lynda Van der Klok
Anthony Timpone
Self
Tommy Lee Wallace
Self
Joseph Wolf
Self
Irwin Yablans
Self
Richard Benjamin
Peter Martin (archive footage) (uncredited)
William Shatner
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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