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  1. 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.

  2. Oct 19, 2018 · The majority of the financing came from Moustapha Akkad, Looper reports, whose name graces the main film title. The film went onto make anywhere from $40 million to $70 million. This might ...

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  3. Nov 12, 2005 · Akkad, who was born in Syria, came to Los Angeles in 1954 with only a few hundred dollars in his pocket. ... “Moustapha did a great thing for me when I was a young man with just two features to ...

  4. Oct 18, 2020 · Akkad’s late father, Moustapha Akkad, executed all of the Halloween movies from the first one to Halloween: Resurrection in 2002. “Thirdly, it was bringing Michael Myers back,” he added.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Jan 1, 2006 · 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 ...

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  8. Mar 13, 2024 · “The Lion of the Desert” and “The Message” drew inspiration from David Lean’s “Lawrence of Arabia” — the cinematography of the desert, the jump cuts in the editing; Akkad even hired Anthony Quinn to play leading roles in the English language versions of both films — but unlike “Lawrence,” Akkad’s films centered, developed and fleshed out Arab characters.