Ron Howard
Author
Language
English
Description
By turns confessional, nostalgic, heartwarming and harrowing, the award-winning filmmaker and his brother, an audience-favorite actor, share their unusual family story of navigating and surviving life as sibling child actors.
"With the perspective of time and success--Ron as a filmmaker, producer, and Hollywood A-lister, Clint as a busy character actor--the Howard brothers delve deep into an upbringing that seemed normal to them yet was anything...
2) Pavarotti
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
From Oscar®-winning director Ron Howard comes this intimate portrait of legendary opera singer Luciano Pavarotti that combines epic performances with never-before-seen footage.
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
On June 12, 1970, Dock Ellis threw a no-hitter for the Pittsburgh Pirates -- while high on LSD. Dock was often embroiled in controversy on and off the field. Coming up in the 1960s, while professional baseball hadn't fully embraced racial equality, he was an outspoken leader who lived the expression “Black is Beautiful!” His fearlessness enabled him to become one of the most intimidating pitchers of the 70s and a trailblazer for a new wave of...
4) Far and away
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A poor but proud Irish tenant farmer accompanies the spoiled and headstrong daughter of a wealthy landlord to America in a quest for land.
5) The Missing
Publisher
Revolution Studios
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
From the Academy Award winning director and producer of A Beautiful Mind comes the suspense thriller THE MISSING. In the film, Maggie Gilkeson (Cate Blanchett), a young woman alone in an isolated and lawless wilderness, must re-unite with her long estranged father (Tommy Lee Jones) to track the mystical, psychopathic killer known as Chidin (Eric Schweig). Chidin, together with his brutal pack of army deserters, has kidnapped a collection of teenage...
7) Willow
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
p2013
Language
English
Description
Willow Ufgood leaves his village to carry a special baby to safety. Aided by a swashbuckling warrior, Willow's quest is plagued by danger as the Powers of Darkness scheme to destroy the child-- a child destined to bring everlasting peace and freedom to the land.
Publisher
Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Mark Wexler uses a blend of biography and autobiography centering on his relationship with his father, legendary cinematographer and filmmaker Haskell Wexler. Film includes interviews with George Lucas, Julia Roberts, Jane Fonda, Ron Howard and more.
9) Gung Ho
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1986.
Language
English
Description
Ron Howard directs and Michael Keaton stars in this classic comedy. Keaton plays wheeler-dealer Hunt Stevenson, who hopes to save a failing Pennsylvania automobile-assembly factory from having to close its doors. Thinking he has found a solution, Hunt persuades a Japanese auto firm to reopen the factory, retrain its staff, and streamline the operation. But it isn't long before the American-born workers grow to resent the disciplinary demands of their...
11) Willow
Publisher
LucasFilm
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A timeless fantasy tale where heroes come in all sizes. While Willow Ufgood finds an abandoned baby girl, he learns she is destined to end the reign of wicked Queen Bavmorda. Willow teams up with a rogue swordsman to protect the child against the darkness. Filled with magic and danger, this is the ultimate story of good versus evil.
13) Cinderella Man
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When a nation was on its knees, a courageous underdog brought them to their feet, overcoming incredible odds to become a legendary champion and an American hero. The inspiring true story of boxer Jim Braddock.
14) Restless
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Coming-of-age love story between a young man who has given up on life and a beautiful, charming young girl who possesses a deep-felt love of life and the natural world. When these two outsiders chance to meet at a funeral, they find an unexpected common ground in their unique experiences of the world.
15) The music man
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©1999
Language
English
Description
Silver-tongued con artist Harold Hill hoodwinks the stubborn townsfolk of River City, Iowa into buying instruments and uniforms for a boy's band, but his game ultimately and romantically backfires.
16) Frost/Nixon
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Richard Nixon is the disgraced president with a legacy to save. David Frost is a jet-setting television personality with a name to make. This is the legendary battle between the two men and the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after resigning from office, Nixon remained silent. But in the summer of 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions...
17) Inferno
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When Robert Langdon wakes up in an Italian hospital with amnesia, he teams up with Sienna Brooks, a doctor he hopes will help him recover his memories. Together, they race across Europe and against the clock to stop a madman from unleashing a global virus that would wipe out half of the world's population.
18) A beautiful mind
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2011
Language
English
Description
The true story of a troubled Princeton mathematician who is able to overcome years of suffering from schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize.
19) Apollo 13
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
A true story. Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly, flight director Gene Kranz and a heroic ground crew race against time, and the odds, to bring them home.
20) Splash
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The story of a workaholic who thinks he will never find love and the mermaid who comes ashore to find him and prove him wrong.