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Ron Howard is looking to direct the comedy set in New York in the months before and following September 11, 2001. Variety reports it centers around three Brown University students, raised in upper-crust surroundings and expected to do something important; they hit 30 and struggle to fulfill that promise.
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When Ron Howard entered the world, these stories made the front page of the nation's newspapers: President Eisenhower calls Sen. Joseph McCarthy a "plague" to the Republican Party. The Atomic Energy Commission awards the city of Pittsburgh a contract to construct the first nuclear plant to produce more than 60,000 kilowatts. In other news, the Soviet government offered to join NATO if Western nations joined the Soviet European security treaty. In London, the British government begins trade talks with Hungary.
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Ron Howard first appeared in the role of Opie Taylor in the television series The Andy Griffith Show, portraying the son of the local sherrif in Mayberry NC. The credits referred to him as Ronnie Howard.
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In 1991, Howard directed Backdraft, another high-budget film that featured a popular cast, including Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Donald Sutherland, Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason-Leigh, Rebecca De Mornay, Jason Gedrick, and Robert de Niro. The film became an immediate hit for its insights into the lives of firefighters and enjoys its own attraction at Universal Studios in Hollywood.
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Howard's adaptation of Dan Brown's blockbuster was to open the Cannes Film Festival later Wednesday at a glitzy black-tie premiere. Beforehand, he answered questions about "Da Vinci" protests around the world—and ... in Cannes, where a Roman Catholic nun wearing a brown habit kneeled in prayer at the base of the red carpet.
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In the June 2006 issue of Vanity Fair magazine, Ron Howard was asked, "What do you consider your greatest achievement?" He replied, "Forty-eight consecutive years of steady employment in television and film, while preserving a rich family life."
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