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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: $800 Value! Two Free Ultra-VIP Tickets For Ron Howard’s Awards Gala
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on June 7, 2010 - 12:39pm
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Image credit: Chicago International Film Festival
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Which Ron Howard film means the most to you and why?
© 2010 Adam Fendelman, HollywoodChicago.com LLC
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CHICAGO – This is an exclusive, $800 value! HollywoodChicago.com is one of the only places where you can get it. In our latest edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, one lucky winner (plus one guest) will win a ticket to the ultra-VIP party for Ron Howard’s upcoming awards gala!
The winners will join the 46th Chicago International Film Festival on Saturday, June 12, 2010 at the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago as the festival pays tribute to one of this generation’s most popular filmmakers with a selection of film highlights and special guests. The party will culminate in Ron Howard’s acceptance of the festival’s career achievement award.
Ron Howard has had an unmatched career as a director, producer and actor. After iconic early roles on generation-defining television shows “The Andy Griffith Show” and “Happy Days,” he earned and maintains a reputation as one of the world’s most admired directors.
He has mastered all film genres including action spectaculars, moving dramas, chilling thrillers and character-driven comedies. His films, which include “Splash,” “Cocoon,” “Parenthood,” “Backdraft,” “Apollo 13,” “A Beautiful Mind,” “The Da Vinci Code” and “Frost/Nixon,” have left an impact on film history and have changed the way we look at the movies today.
Courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, one winner and one guest will gain access to all of the evening’s festivities (an $800 value!)! This includes:
- 6:30 p.m.: Cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, open bar and silent auction.
- 7 p.m.: Red-carpet arrivals.
- 8 p.m.: Dinner and live auction.
- 9:30 p.m.: Ron Howard’s career will be celebrated with a selection of film highlights. Host: A&E Network anchor and award-winning television journalist Bill Kurtis. Career achievement award presentation.
- 10:30 p.m.: After party by the Lagoon at the South Portico and an exclusive look at the Museum of Science & Industry’s newest and most-talked-about permanent exhibit (“Science Storms”) to follow.
For your chance to win, simply submit a comment in the form below explaining which Ron Howard film means the most to you and why. The contest ends at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, June 10, 2010. The HollywoodChicago.com winner will be notified on Friday, June 11, 2010.
To secure your free tickets now, make sure you’re logged into your HollywoodChicago.com account. If you don’t yet have one, you can quickly register here. Having an account with a valid e-mail address is required. Then, simply add a new comment in the form below. In your comment, include an answer to this question:
Like all Hookups here, this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup is simple: Just submit your comment below and we will award one winner (plus one guest) randomly via e-mail for our ultra-VIP Ron Howard Hookup. Good luck!
 | By ADAM FENDELMAN |
Which Ron Howard film means the most to me & Why?
Apollo 13 - It showed me just how brave these astronauts are and the people who track every move/step they take is so crutial. They are truly heroes. It showed how brave they are just to take these steps toward mankind. The incidents that can happen and the brave faces they put on in the time of crisis and to handle and adapt to such tragic incidents along the way. The whole world plugs into their every step, especially family. Family is what helps these astronauts to what they do. Unity throughout.
Favorite Ron Howard Film
Frost/Nixon because there isn’t a better way to learn about politics and history other than films!
Cinderella Man
I think cinderella man is his most underrated film and as a result I love it the most.
“Parenthood”; it is the
“Parenthood”; it is the one film of his to which I can relate.
CONTEST FOR RON HOWARD CELEBRATION
THE BEAUTIFUL MIND IT REALLY SHOWNED YOU A PERSON TRULY OF A THINKING MIND WAS ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WITHOUT DRUGS THAT WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS TRUE WAS NOT AND WAS ABLE TO BE WITH HIS FAMILY AND COLLEGUES AND HAVE A BEAUTIFUL LIFE HAS IN OTHER MOVIES SUCH HAS THE SNAKE PIT, ONE FLEW OVER THE COO COO’S NEST WERE FAR DIFFERENT ENDS TO HUMAN BEINGS WITHOUT SEEING THE WHOLE OF THE PERSON!
Ron Howard Film
I have enjoyed so many Ron Howard Films that it is hard to pick the one that means the most. I enjoyed Cocoon because it showed that age doesn’t have to limit you and being young and enjoying life is a state of mind, and having a positive attitude effects how you live. I enjoyed Backdraft because it showcased Chicago and showed what firefighters go through. I enjoyed Parenthood because it showed what a family with all its trials and tribulations is like and that one can survive with hope and determination.
I enjoyed Far and Away because it is the story of the Irish in the New World. I enjoyed A Beautiful Mind because it told the story of a creative genius. In Apollo 13, Tom Hanks saying: “Houston, we have a problem.” has become a classic.
Overall, I think Cocoon means the most because in our society we tend to disregard senior citizens and the elderly, and forget that they have done so much and given us so much, and that age can be a state of mind. The power of Positive Thinking is incredibly powerful, and that film showed us that!
which Ron Howard Film means the most to me?
Apollo 13. Growing up in the 70s I remember space travel and watching it on tv. the movie really captured the time it was all happening.
Which Ron Howard film means the most to you and why?
“Houston we have a problem”, one great line in a great movie, Apollo 13. It gave me a better understanding of what was happening in our journey(s) in space. Thanks
Which Ron Howard film means the most to you and why?
“Houston we have a problem”, one great line in a great movie, Apollo 13. It gave me a better understanding of what was happening in our journey(s) in space. Thanks
Ron Howard
A Beautiful Mind ….Superbly done! (Also, grew up near Princeton, NJ and enjoyed the setting of the film).