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What happened to the Disney trailer voice ?
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:25 am
by DisneySoup
His voice was at the disney parks and on every disney trailer. Is it me or without him does it seem lacking a bit of disney magic? I just recently went to Disney world his voice use to be on the buses and theme parks ...nope nor is on trsielrs anymore
Re: What happened to the Disney trailer voice ?
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 11:52 am
by Musical Master
The actor in question, Mark Elliot, has retired recently and no one has found a good replacement.
Re: What happened to the Disney trailer voice ?
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 12:13 pm
by Disneyphile
I still miss the classic "In a world..." movie trailer guy (sadly deceased).
Re: What happened to the Disney trailer voice ?
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 12:44 pm
by Semaj
I take it it's this guy?
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Re: What happened to the Disney trailer voice ?
Posted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 12:59 pm
by Musical Master
Yep that's the "Disney voice" that the OP mentioned, the talented Mark Elliot.
Re: What happened to the Disney trailer voice ?
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 5:43 am
by MeerkatKombat
I love his voice. I agree the Disney trailers lack magic without him. They don't hold nearly the same appeal.
I wish him a very happy retirement. Myself and many Disney fans will miss you.
Re: What happened to the Disney trailer voice ?
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:27 am
by Vlad
I used to love watching the various promos, previews and trailers on my VHS copies of Disney films, and now, seeing them on YouTube, it brings back so many great memories. Now, I noticed that Disney does trailers without narration, only with music and the big words on the screen. They're great in their own way, but you really can't beat the '90s trailers.
Re: What happened to the Disney trailer voice ?
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 3:50 pm
by Kyle
Disneyphile wrote:I still miss the classic "In a world..." movie trailer guy (sadly deceased).
Yeah, Don Lafontaine was my favorite hands down.
I just found out we lost another great trailer voice last week, Hal Douglas.
http://youtu.be/O8Yi93AFBJM
Re: What happened to the Disney trailer voice ?
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 4:02 pm
by Walter
I thought the way this guy said "Rated G", made it sound kind of cool. And enough to want to go see the movie in theaters.
Re: What happened to the Disney trailer voice ?
Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 3:44 pm
by 2Disney4Ever
So this guy is gone too? No wonder I don't enjoy Disney anymore.
Re: What happened to the Disney trailer voice ?
Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 4:48 pm
by jazzflower92
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Elliot_(Disney)
From the looks of it he also did other movie trailers beside Disney one of them being the Swan Princess.
Re: What happened to the Disney trailer voice ?
Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 8:58 pm
by Elladorine
Re: What happened to the Disney trailer voice ?
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 7:32 pm
by Matt
It's so funny, I was going to ask this same question a couple of years back! He hasn't voiced a promo for a up coming Blu-ray or DVD for a while now. He even made the sequels worth watching and magical lol. The new guy doesn't have much as appeal as Mark.
Re: What happened to the Disney trailer voice ?
Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2014 2:12 pm
by HarryCanyon
Only a couple of Disney movies didn't use his voice like say Black cauldron trailer in 1985.