Moustapha Akkad(1930-2005)

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Director

The creativity of Moustapha Akkad came in such movies as Lion of the Desert (1980) and The Message (1976), where he directed and showed some really creative amazing view on the history of Islam. As an Arabic Muslim it was really hard for him to make it in Hollywood but no one could deny his talent as a director and a producer.

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Anthony Quinn, Moustapha Akkad, and H.A.L. Craig in The Message (1976)

John Carpenter, P.J. Soles, and Moustapha Akkad in Halloween: 25 Years of Terror (2006)

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The Message

8.1

Producer

1976

Halloween: Resurrection

3.9

Producer

2002

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

5.1

Producer(uncredited)

1982

Halloween H20: 20 Years Later

5.8

Producer

1998

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Halloween: Resurrection - WebCam Special
- executive producer
- Video
- 2002
Halloween: Resurrection
- executive producer
- 2002
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
- executive producer
- 1998
Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers
- executive producer
- 1995
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
- executive producer
- 1989
Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers
- executive producer
- 1988
Free Ride
- executive producer
- 1986
Appointment with Fear
- executive producer
- 1985
Halloween III: Season of the Witch
- executive producer (uncredited)
- 1982
Halloween II
- executive producer (uncredited)
- 1981
Lion of the Desert
- producer
- 1980
Halloween
- executive producer (uncredited)
- 1978
The Message
- producer
- 1976
The Message
- producer
- 1976

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Born
- July 1, 1930
- Aleppo, Syria
Died
- November 11, 2005
- Amman, Jordan(injuries sustained in terrorist bombing following a severe heart attack)
Spouses
Children
- Malek Akkad
Publicity listings
- 1 Portrayal
- 4 Articles

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Trivia
Moustafa was killed when a suicide bomber targeted a hotel in Jordan. His daughter was also killed.

Quotes
[about The Message (1976)] I did the film because it is a personal thing for me. Besides its production values as a film, it has its story, its intrigue, its drama. Beside all this I think there was something personal, being Muslim myself who lived in the West I felt that it was my obligation, my duty, to tell the truth about Islam. It is a religion that has a 700-million following, yet it's so little known about it, which surprised me. I thought I should tell the story that will bring this bridge, this gap to the West.