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or you can get all of History Daily plus other fantastic history podcasts at into History.com. It's December 1st, 1977 at a movie theater in London, England.

Cameras flash as John Carpenter and Deborah Hill make their way

through a crowd of elegantly dressed actors, producers, and critics. No one pays

attention to the two young Americans. John is tall and rail thin,

with a dark bushy mustache and long unruly hair.

Deborah is shorter with frizzy blonde hair.

They're holding hands, clinging to each other

and the excited mass of unfamiliar faces.

The London Film Festival is underway and everyone around seems to be toasting successes

and making new friends.

But John and Deborah feel out of place, even though they're about to walk into the

premiere of their own movie. Arriving at the theater doors they walk past the poster for

assault on precinctinct 13.

It shows a group of armed men climbing through a shattered window.

At the bottom are the words written and directed by John Carpenter.

It's a thrill for John and Deborah to see those words, but if anything, it undersell

how much work they put into the movie. John didn't just write and direct the film. He also scored it and edited it with Deborah's help

Entering the lobby John and Deborah finally see a familiar face

Erwin Yublons the movie's distributor

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