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Article: Ron Howard: 50 Years in Film.(Television program review)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- December 29, 2008
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(Documentary; TCM, Mon. Dec. 29, 8 p.m. ET)
Produced by Lorac Prods. Writer-producer-director, Richard Schickel; co-producer, Doug Freeman. 90 MIN.
In a documentary well timed to coincide with the arrival of "Frost/Nixon"--among the most critically lauded movies in Ron Howard's filmography--Richard Schickel accompanies the actor-director on a nostalgic stroll through his portfolio, following in the footsteps of "Spielberg on Spielberg" and "Scorsese on Scorsese." With 19 features to his credit, Howard lacks quite the body of work of those directors, which perhaps explains why it's not "Howard on Howard" but rather a salute of the 54-year-old director ...