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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 |
Willow
Willow was a great adventure and a welcome introduction to fantasy movies, for me a great precursor to A Princess Bride.
Which Ron Howard film means the most to you and why?
How the Grinch Stole Christmas - My daughter and I had the best time watching this film. She would like to watch it over and over and just laugh.
Meaningful Ron Howard Film
I have to say that my most meaningful Ron Howard film is ‘Willow’! My brother and I LOVED that movie growing up! We would play and act out characters all the time. We had a lot of memorable fun from that movie - thank you Ron!
P.S. The very first DVD I owned was ‘A Beautiful Mind’ - so there’s some special connection to that movie too!!
Ron Howard
A beautiful mind was amazing..Even if someone is crippled with illness, they can be brilliant!
Ron Howard Tribute
Hi,
I really enjoyed “Far and Away.” I thought it had an interesting plot and wonderful scenery. There was definite chemistry between the very young Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise.
da vinci code
definitely da vinci code…the best conspiracy fiction movie ever made
A Beautiful Mind
Ron Howard gets the best from an excellent cast, in a real life story of a difficult subject.
Apollo 13
I had a ton of VHS tapes as a kid, but the ones that I would always keep in circulation were Toy Story, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Apollo 13. NASA in the mid-1900s was a melting pot of the greatest scientists and engineers to have ever walked this earth, or any other satellite planet. Watching a movie like that brings hope that this generation, or any other future generation of science-minded young people could aspire to be as great as them.
And look at me now; I’m going to be a junior at engineering school this coming fall, and I hope to end up in the film industry as well.
He also brought me Arrested Development, and that show brought me through a very tough time in my life with laughter and joy. I cannot thank him enough for that.
Parenthood
My favorite Ron Howard movie was sweet,funny and all too real for me.
Willow
I loved Val Kilmer from “Real Genius” and have always been a fan of movies in the sci fi/fantasy genre.
To combine my two favorite things into one move was wonderful! It has always been one of my top favorites, that brings back that instant feeling of happiness and youth, and the memories that go with them.