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Wanna’ See Keri Tate’s Driver’s License from Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later?

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As Halloween fans, we love minutia, from the fine print on John Tate’s screen-used permission slip for Hillcrest Academy’s Yosemite outing as seen in 1998’s Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later (you can see that here), to the same’s screen-used 17th  birthday card and envelope (we took a peek at those here). Today we bring you a look at another piece of production art from the film: Keri “Laurie Strode” Tate’s driver’s license!

With her address listed as “1313 Hillcrest Lane” (a partial nod to the street number of the Munsters mansion, perhaps?), it seems H20’s art department had a bit of a sense of humor.

As for a peek at the location which stood in for Hillcrest Academy, we took at look at that recently as well here.

John Tate’s Permission Slip from Halloween H20 Revealed

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Josh Hartnett & Michelle William’s in Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later

In director Steve Miner’s 1998 film Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later, Keri “Laurie Strode” Tate initially expressed great trepidation in signing her son John’s fall field trip permission slip for Hillcrest Academy’s student body outing to Yosemite National Park. Was it due to her, as John puts it, “overprotection and paranoia (which was) inhibiting (his) growth process,” or something more malevolent?

According to the fine print seen in the screen-used permission slip pictured below (currently in the hands of a private collector), it apparently stemmed from the fact that in signing it she would not only be shelling out $1,200.00 for the trip, but would also be voluntarily waiving the “school’s liability for the students if they were attacked by bears, mountain lions, snakes, or psychopathic killers with knives and/or are carried off by bald eagles.”

It seems that the film’s art department had a bit of a sense of humor!

What screen-used Halloween props do you own? Sound off in the comments below.

‘DEEP CUT’ TRIVIA: ‘What’s the name of Laurie Strode’s Ex-Husband?’

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Following the events of Halloween and Halloween II, director Steve Miner’s 1998 film Halloween H20: Twenty Years Later finds those films’ heroine Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) with a different name, living under the assumed identity of ‘Keri Tate,’ the “head mistress of a very posh, secluded private school in Northern California,” with her seventeen year-old son John (actor Josh Hartnett).

But who’s John’s father? We’ve done some digging, and according to the screen-used birthday card and envelope as opened by Hartnett in the film (recently acquired by a private collector – photos below), the character’s dead-beat dad and Laurie’s “abusive, chain smoking, methadone addict ex-husband” is one ‘Robert Tate,’ who resides at 6323 1st Street in Ptrunk, Illinois.

According to Google, Ptrunk, Illinois doesn’t exist, and neither does Summer Glen, California, but ah, movie magic, and you’ve gotta’ appreciate that art department’s dedication to minutia!

Check out the scene below.