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Ron Howard discusses The Dilemma and the challenges of comedy

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Channel: BlackTree TV · 2011 · Film & Animation

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BlackTree TV sits down with Academy Award Winning director Ron Howard, to talk about his newest picture, The Dilemma staring Vince Vaughn and Kevin James.

VINCE VAUGHN (Couples Retreat, Wedding
Crashers) and KEVIN JAMES (Paul Blart: Mall
Cop, Grown Ups) headline The Dilemma, an all-star
comedy from the hit filmmaking team of director
RON HOWARD (Frost/Nixon, The Da Vinci Code)
and producer BRIAN GRAZER (A Beautiful Mind,
American Gangster) about a man who finds out that
what you don't say to a friend is just as important as
what you do.


VINCE VAUGHN (Couples Retreat, Wedding
Crashers) and KEVIN JAMES (Paul Blart: Mall
Cop, Grown Ups) headline The Dilemma, an all-star
comedy from the hit filmmaking team of director
RON HOWARD (Frost/Nixon, The Da Vinci Code)
and producer BRIAN GRAZER (A Beautiful Mind,
American Gangster) about a man who finds out that
what you don't say to a friend is just as important as
what you do.

Academy Award ® -winning f ilmmaker RON
HOWARD (Directed by/ Pro-
duced by) is one of this gener-
ation's most popular directors.
From the critically acclaimed
dramas A Beautiful Mind and
Apollo 13 to the hit comedies
Parenthood and Splash, he has
created some of Hollywood's
most memorable films.
Howard directed and pro-
duced Cinderella Man, starring Oscar® winner Russell
Crowe, with whom he previously collaborated on A
Beautiful Mind, for which Howard earned an Oscar® for
Best Director and which also won awards for Best
Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting
Actress. The film garnered four Golden Globes as well,
including the award for Best Motion Picture—Drama.
Additionally, Howard won Outstanding Directorial
Achievement in Feature Film from the Directors Guild
of America (DGA). Howard and producer Brian Grazer

received the first annual Awareness Award from the
National Mental Health Awareness Campaign for their
work on the film.
Howard's skill as a director has long been recog-
nized. In 1995, he received his first Outstanding
Directorial Achievement in Feature Film Award from
the DGA for Apollo 13. The true-life drama also gar-
nered nine Academy Award® nominations, winning
Oscars® for Best Film Editing and Best Sound. It also

received Best Ensemble Cast and Best Supporting
Actor awards from the Screen Actors Guild. Many of
Howard's past films have received nods from the
Academy, including the popular hits Backdraft,

Harris, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise and Kathleen Quinlan
on Apollo 13, which was recently rereleased in the
IMAX format.
Howard's other films include the blockbuster Dr.
Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, starring Jim
Carrey; Parenthood, starring Steve Martin; the
fantasy epic Willow; Night Shift, starring Henry
Winkler, Michael Keaton and Shelley Long; and the
suspenseful Western, The Missing, starring Oscar®
winners Cate Blanchett and Tommy Lee Jones.
Howard has also served as an executive producer
on a number of award-winning films and television
shows, such as the HBO miniseries From the Earth to

the Moon; FOX's Emmy Award winner for Best
Comedy, Arrested Development, which he also
narrated; and NBC's breakout hit Parenthood.
Howard made his directorial debut in 1978 with
the comedy Grand Theft Auto. He began his career in
film as an actor. He first appeared in The Journey and
The Music Man, then as Opie on the long-running
television series The Andy Griffith Show. Howard
later starred in the popular series Happy Days and
drew favorable reviews for his performances in
American Graffiti and The Shootist.
Howard and long-time producing partner Brian
Grazer first collaborated on the hit comedies Night
Shift and Splash. The pair co-founded Imagine
Entertainment in 1986 to create independently
produced feature films.

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