Halloween (1978 film)
Film by John Carpenter
Summary
Halloween is a 1978 American independent slasher film directed and scored by John Carpenter, who co-wrote it with producer Debra Hill. It stars Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, P. J. Soles, and Nancy Loomis. The film follows escaped mental patient Michael Myers, who was committed to a mental institution for murdering his teenage sister on Halloween in the fictional Illinois town of Haddonfield; 15 years later, he returns to Haddonfield, where he stalks teenage babysitter Laurie Strode and her friends while his psychiatrist Dr. Samuel Loomis pursues him.
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Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1343301747|1343301747]] by [[Special:Contributions/Rcarter555|Rcarter555]] ([[User talk:Rcarter555|talk]]) https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/56347 "However, a 10 Nov 1978 HR article noted that Warner Bros. acquired the distribution rights for Italy, Germany, and France following the picture's early successes in the US."
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