Jordan hotel blast kills producer- director Akkad.(Moustapha Akkad)

From: Daily Variety | Date: November 14, 2005| Author: Dore, Shalini; Thomas, Archie | Copyright information

Moustapha Akkad, the exec producer of all eight "Halloween" films, died Friday from injuries he suffered in the Jordan hotel bomb blasts.

Akkad directed three pies, including $17 million film "The Message" (aka "Muhammad, Messenger of God"), about the birth of Islam. Creation of the English-language film, starring Anthony Quinn as the prophet's uncle Hamza, was complicated by its adherence to Islam's ban on showing images of Muhammad.

Irwin Yablans, Akkad's p...

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