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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: $800 Value! Two Free Ultra-VIP Tickets For Ron Howard’s Awards Gala
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.
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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 |
A Beautiful Mind ...
is my favorite because it demonstrated clearly his brilliance as a film maker and showcased fantastic performances by Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly. Plus, I think it shows the complexity of the human mind in a way that hadn’t been done before.
Favorite ron howard movie`
Ransom is by far my favorite Ron Howard movie. The dialogue and the cast are outstanding. Backdraft is my 2nd favorite, “Who’s your brother Stevie?” “You are Brian”.
Apollo 13
Apollo 13 means the most to me. The film really moved me as a young boy, and inspired me pursue my passion for filmmaking.
Ron Howard
My favorite would be, “A BEAUTIFUL MIND”. We need more movies about prodigies that inspire our children to get a good education and help America continue to be a global leader……….
Apollo 13
Apollo 13 means the most to mean because it was a move my dad and I watched several times and it made me think that if this kid could grow up and be a great director then I could too.
Cocoon
Seeing Cocoon was a magical experience for me. My buddy and I had seen in the paper that there was a gap in the schedule at the McClurg Court Theatre that night so we went down thinking that there was probably a private screening. There was and we managed to get ourselves into it. We didn’t have passes but we managed. We like to sit down front so we were in the second row and the next closest people were a few rows behind us. We still didn’t know what movie we were going to see. Then WGN’s Roy Leonard came out and stood just a few feet in front of us and talked to the audience about how he’d given the passes out to people who’d promised to bring multiple generations of their family to see this film. We felt a little conspiciuous as we were alone down front and obviously about the same age. But boy, for not knowing what movie we were going to see we sure picked a winner! By turns so funny and sad but always magical. Brian Dennehy was at first intimidating and then so warm and kind. We laughed, we cried, we gushed about it for days afterward. Really a wonderful film!
Backdraft
After working with firefighters and police, that is one movie that really got it right. A firefighter’s funeral and service is probably one of the more emotional services you could attend.
Ron Howard
A Beautiful Mind - the recognition of one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth-century in popular culture was as gratifying as it was unexpected.
Favorite Ron Howard film
has got to be Willow. It was the first fantasy movie I ever saw and it pretty much made my imagination what it is today. I’m a pretty creative person and I have to give a lot of credit to Mr. Howard.
Apollo 13
I can remember lying on the floor of my best friend’s house dreaming about the love between the characters. However, I can’t leave this comment without mentioning his work on Arrested Development and how amazing that was.