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   Moustapha Akkad. Moustapha al Akkad (Arabic: مصطفى العقاد, romanized:Muṣṭafā al-ʿAqqād; July 1, 1930 – November 11, 2005) was a Syrian-American film producer and director, best known for producing the original series of Halloween films and directing The Message and Lion of the Desert.

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   Moustapha Akkad(1930-2005) Producer. Additional Crew. Director. IMDbProStarmeterSee rank. Syrian-American Moustapha Akkad produced a series of "Halloween" movies but it was The Lion of the Desert (1980) and The Message (1976), on the history of Islam, into which he poured his heart. It was reportedly difficult for him to make it in Hollywood ...

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1
   • Birth Place: Aleppo, Syria

   • Death Date: January 1, 1
   • Death Place: Amman, Jordan

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4. www.nytimes.com › 2005/11/12 › obituariesMoustapha Akkad, 75, Who Produced Religious and Horror Films ...

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   Nov 12, 2005 · Moustapha Akkad, the Syrian-born filmmaker who produced the ''Halloween'' horror movie franchise, died Friday of wounds sustained in the triple hotel bombings in Jordan. He was 75, according to ...

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   Jan 1, 2006 · But Moustapha Akkad made Muslim movies and violent movies, and ne'er the twain did meet. His mentor was a master of the latter, Sam Peckinpah. In the late 1950s the director had in mind a film on ...

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   Aug 7, 2016 · The Message, directed by Moustapha Akkad, was released in 1976 in both English and Arabic versions.The film was difficult to make and faced a backlash in part of the Muslim world. It is currently ...

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   Nov 11, 2005 · By. Shafika Mattar. AMMAN, Jordan – Moustapha Akkad, the Syrian-born filmmaker and producer of the “Halloween” horror movie franchise, died Friday from wounds sustained in the triple hotel ...

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   Who is Moustapha Akkad?

   • Producer: The Message. Syrian-American Moustapha Akkad produced a series of "Halloween" movies but it was The Lion of the Desert (1980) and The Message (1976), on the history of Islam, into which he poured his heart. It was reportedly difficult for him to make it in Hollywood but no one could deny his talent as a director and producer.

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   Why was Moustapha Akkad not hailed in Hollywood?

   • Moustapha Akkad was never hailed or honored in Hollywood, probably because of his Syrian descent and for not being a prolific director and producer. Over his thirty-year career he produced the timeless Halloween movies, The Messenger, and Lion of the Desert. Only the Halloween movies were hits in the United States.

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   Where did Moustapha Akkad die?

   • Mourners carry the coffin of filmmaker Moustapha Akkad in Aleppo, Syria, on Nov. 13, 2005. Akkad and his daughter Rima were killed in a suicide bombing in Jordan. "He was confounded by the controversy that exploded around the movie," says Abou El Fadl. "It was banned all over. Banned in Saudi Arabia, in Kuwait. Banned in Egypt."

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   How much money did Moustapha Akkad make?

   • Moustapha Akkad made two kinds of movies. As a producer he delivered slashers to the teen market with an efficiency that made him very wealthy: the original Halloween cost $300,000 in 1978 and grossed $47 million.

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   Did Moustapha Akkad meet Sam Peckinpah?

   • But Moustapha Akkad made Muslim movies and violent movies, and ne'er the twain did meet. His mentor was a master of the latter, Sam Peckinpah. In the late 1950s the director had in mind a film on the Algerian revolution, and asked UCLA to find him someone who knew the turf. The only graduate from that neck of the woods was Akkad.

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   Did Moustapha Akkad encounter terrorism?

   • The "duality" of Moustapha Akkad finally came together in one freakish finale at the Amman Radisson. But he'd encountered terrorism once before, nearly thirty years earlier. Many Muslim scholars were outraged by The Message —or, as it was then called, Mohammed, Messenger of God.

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    Akkad, Moustapha (1930–2005) Moustapha Akkad (also Mustafa) was one of the few Syrians to reach international stardom as a producer and director in Hollywood from the 1970s until his death in a terrorist bombing in Amman, Jordan in 2005. He produced two classics; one on the early years of Islam under the Prophet Mohammad, and the other a ...