Biography: Ron was born in Oklahoma, into an acting family - his father had realized a boyhood dream of acting by attending the University of Oklahoma and majoring in drama, and his mother went through acting school in New York. He was in his first movie at 18 months, "The Frontier Woman (1956)", although his first real part was at the age of 4. Soon a regular on "Playhouse 90" (1956)", he was cast as Opie o ... show all Ron was born in Oklahoma, into an acting family - his father had realized a boyhood dream of acting by attending the University of Oklahoma and majoring in drama, and his mother went through acting school in New York. He was in his first movie at 18 months, "The Frontier Woman (1956)", although his first real part was at the age of 4. Soon a regular on "Playhouse 90" (1956)", he was cast as Opie on "Andy Griffith Show, The" (1960)", and later moved from a child in Mayberry to America's teenager as Richie Cunningham in "Happy Days" (1974)". The life of a child star is certainly not routine, but Ron's parents wanted his life to be as normal as possible - he attended public schools and at age 15 even took nine months off to play a basketball season. The transition from child actor to adult actor is always difficult, but for Ron the real transition was from child actor to adult director. There were some film roles, such as "Shootist (1976)" for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, but his dream and now his focus was directing. He had begun shooting films at age 15 with a Super-8 camera, and after high school spent two years in a film program at the University of Southern California, but then left, feeling he could learn more from actual experience. That first film was the hardest to finance, but he struck a deal with Roger Corman - he would star in "Eat My Dust (1976)" and Corman would produce "Grand Theft Auto (1977)" which Howard would direct (he also wrote the script and starred). It was a success, and his directorial career was jump-started. Married since 1975 to his high school sweetheart, he, in 1997, is enjoying a life of telling stories as one of Hollywood's top directors. hide |
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| As a child Brian McCafferty watched his firefighter father die. Years later he joins his brother, Steven in the force by becoming a rookie firefighter. There is a history of conflict between the two brothers that is heated up by working together. With this background, a series of suspicious fires are set, each made to kill a specific person. After becoming frightened at a fire, Brian pulls strings to get into an investigative office and finds that he is now not putting out the arsonist's fires, but trying to track him down. Search keywords
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Categories: 1991, Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, USA
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| Meet Art, Ben and Joe. Three simple, aging senior citizens who like to swim in an unguarded swimming pool next door from the old folks home they live in. So one day when they go swimming, they feel energized and "ready to take on the world!" What they don't know is that the pool was recently bought by four alien Antereans incognito as humans. Art, Ben, Joe and their friends soon discover this and offer to help the Antereans return the cocoons back to Antarea and as a reward, they offer something magnificent. Search keywords
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Categories: 1985, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, USA
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| It had been less than a year since man first walked on the Moon, but as far as the American public was concerned, Apollo 13 was just another "routine" space flight--until these words pierced the immense void of space: "Houston, we have a problem." Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell (Hanks), Fred Haise (Paxton) and Jack Swigert (Bacon) fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly (Sinise), flight director Gene Kranz (Harris) and a heroic ground crew race against time--and the odds--to bring them home. Search keywords
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Categories: 1995, Adventure, Drama, History, USA
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| Joseph Donnelly, a young Irishman facing property eviction after his father's death, decides to take revenge on Daniel Christie, his landlord. Instead of killing Christie, however, he is injured and sentenced to a duel with Christie's arrogant manager, Stephen Chase. Meanwhile, Shannon, Daniel's daughter, is growing dissatisfied with the traditional views of her parents' generation and longs to be modern. She makes her plans to leave for America, and with her help, Joseph is able to escape. Upon arriving in Boston, Mass., they find jobs and begin saving money. Joseph becomes a local barehands boxer, while Shannon works in a chicken processing plant and then as a dancer at the social club. All goes well until Joseph loses a boxing match, after which their money is taken away. Joseph and Shannon are left to starve in the winter cold. Shannon's parents, still in Ireland, face a devastating loss and decide to come to America to be with her. Chase, who joined them, has begun a campaign to find her, but his efforts are unnecessary Joseph brings Shannon to them after an accident. Joseph then heads west to work on the railroad. After many months, Joseph is confronted by his father in a dream, and is reminded of his desire to own his own land. Joseph decides to join the wagon trains and arrives in Oklahoma Territory just in time for the big land race, upon which his fate will lie. Search keywords
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Categories: 1992, Adventure, Drama, Romance, USA
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| When a murder of a physicist, Leonardo Vetra, finds a symbolist, Robert Langdon, and Mr. Vetra's daughter, Vittoria, on an adventure for a secret brotherhood, The Illuminati. Clues lead them all around the Vatican, including the four alters of science, Earth, Air, Fire and Water. An Assassin working for the Illuminati, have captured four cardinals, and murders each, painfully. Robert and Vittoria also are searching for a new very destructive weapon that could kill millions. Search keywords
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Categories: 2009, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, USA
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| A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon. Search keywords
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Categories: 2008, Drama, France, UK, USA
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| A nebbish of a servant of mortuary becomes diverted behind to the night shift where he is handcuffed with a partner of obnoxious neophyte who dreams "about a great idea" of the result. His life takes a grotesque direction when a prostitute's neighbor complains about the loss of his pimp. His partner, to hear the situation, suggests that they fill that opening they themselves using the mortuary in the night like his brothel. Against his best judgement, he is spoken in the idea, only to think that it is more than his chief who has objections to this bit of the undertaking.
Um nebbish de um criado de necrotério torna-se desviado atrás ao turno da noite onde ele é algemado com um parceiro de neófito obnóxio que sonha "com uma grande idéia" do êxito. A sua vida toma uma direção grotesca quando um vizinho de prostituta se queixa da perda do seu cafetão. O seu parceiro, para ouvir a situação, sugere que eles encham aquela abertura eles mesmos usando o necrotério à noite como o seu bordel. Contra o seu melhor juízo, ele é falado na idéia, só para encontrar que é mais do que o seu chefe que tem objeções a este bit do empreendimento. Search keywords
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Categories: 1982, Comedy, USA
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| Cynthia, producer of television, has an idea be left as it will save the station: the life of a normal person must be transmitted 24 hours in a day. "Ed's television" is born according to his eye falls in Ed Pekurny, understanding Joe Sixpack. After the first week in the air Publishers fame grows and grows, but the conflicts break down: His brother Ray publishes a very negative book on Ed, who now I Shine of dates except; the problematics of society of Ed's father is transmitted in the whole country and a very attractive and seductive model uses innocent Ed to lift his fame itself. Also, Ed's contract results to be unquittable, so that Ed Pekurny repentinamente can see the golden bars around his cage. But in a country that it lights the television set for the breakfast and of for the bedtime, almost completely it can happen - and the persons can be counted with.
Cynthia, produtor de televisão, tem uma idéia sobre como salvar a estação: a vida de uma pessoa normal deve ser transmitida 24 horas por dia. "A televisão de Ed" nasce o segundo as suas quedas de olho em Ed Pekurny, Joe Sixpack compreensivo. Depois que a primeira semana na fama de Editores aérea cresce e cresce, mas os conflitos arrombam: Seu irmão Ray publica um livro muito negativo sobre Ed, quem agora Raio de datas exceto; a problemática de sociedade de pai de Ed é transmitida em todo o país e um modelo muito atraente e sedutor usa Ed inocente para levantar a sua própria fama. Também, o contrato de Ed resulta ser unquittable, para que Ed Pekurny repentinamente possa ver as barras de ouro em volta da sua jaula. Mas em um país que acende o televisor para o café da manhã e de para a hora de dormir, quase tudo pode acontecer - e as pessoas podem ser contadas com. Search keywords
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Categories: 1999, Comedy, USA
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