Ron Howard Spotlight Collection: 4-Film DVD Box Set (Nov 25)

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On November 25, Universal Studios will release a deluxe box set featuring four major films directed by Academy Award®-winner Ron Howard.

Presented on nine discs, the $39.95 RON HOWARD SPOTLIGHT COLLECTION offers these four movies (and numerous bonus features) -

Backdraft (1991)

Apollo 13 (1995)
-both Theatrical & IMAX/dts versions

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

Cinderella Man (2005)

All films are mastered in their original widescreen ratio. You can read the synopsis for each further below. Bonus Features for the 9-disc DVD Box Set are as follows:

DISC 1: Backdraft
* Ron Howard Introduction
* Deleted Scenes
DISC 2: Backdraft features:
* Deleted Scenes
* Igniting the Story
* Bringing Together the Team
* Explosive Stunts
* Creating the Villain: The Fire
* Real-Life Firemen, Real-Life Stories

DISC 3: Apollo 13
(Theatrical version + features)
* Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
* Feature Commentary with director Ron Howard
* Feature Commentary with Jim and Marilyn Lovell
* Production Notes
* Theatrical Trailer
DISC 4: Apollo 13
(The IMAX Experience + features)
* DTS 5.1 Surround Sound
* Conquering Space: The Moon and Beyond
* Lucky 13: The Astronaut's Story

DISC 5: A Beautiful Mind
(+ features)
* Feature Commentary with director Ron Howard
* Feature Commentary with screenwriter Akiva Goldsman
* Deleted Scenes with Director's Commentary
* DVD-ROM Features including Total Axess
* Production Notes
* Cast and Filmmakers
DISC 6: A Beautiful Mind
(MORE bonus features)
* A Beautiful Partnership: Ron Howard & Brian Grazer
* Development of the Screenplay
* Meeting John Nash
* Accepting the Nobel Prize in Economics
* Casting Russell Crowe & Jennifer Connelly
* The Process of Age Progression
* Storyboard Comparisons
* Creation of the Special Effects
* Scoring the Film
* Inside A Beautiful Mind
* Academy Awards
* Theatrical Trailer
* A Beautiful Mind Soundtrack
* Now Showing

DISC 7: Cinderella Man (+ features)
* Feature Commentary with director Ron Howard
* Feature Commentary with writer Akiva Goldsman
* Feature Commentary with writer Cliff Hollingsworth
DISC 8: Cinderella Man
(extra bonus features #1)
* Deleted Scenes wth Commentary by director Ron Howard
* The Fight Card: Casting Cinderella Man
* The Man, The Movie, The Legend: A Filmmaking Journey
* For the Record: A History in Boxing
Ringside Seats
* Jim Braddock: The Friends & Family Behind the Legend
* Kodak Partner Spot Or Photo Montage
* DVD-ROM Features
DISC 9: Cinderella Man
(extra bonus features #2)
* Additional Deleted Scenes with Commentary by director Ron Howard
* Russell Crowe's Personal Journey: Becoming Jim Braddock
* Focus on Script
* Creating the Reality
* Russell's Transformation
* Inflatable People
* Lights, Camera, Action: The Fight from Every Angle
* Braddock vs. Baer Fight Footage
* Photo Montage
* The Sound of the Bell
* Cinderella Man Music Featurette
* The Human Face of Depression

Synopsis for each film:
BACKDRAFT
Ron Howard directs an all-star cast in this exciting action-thriller that shows you the mystery, drama and devastation of fire as you've never seen it before! Kurt Russell and William Baldwin star as two feuding siblings carrying on an heroic family tradition as Chicago Firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these explosive crimes. Scott Glenn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca DeMornay, Donald Sutherland and Robert DeNiro also star in this acclaimed suspense story filled with some of the most awe-inspiring fire sequences ever filmed.

APOLLO 13
It had been less than a year since man first walked on the moon, but as far as the American public was concerned, Apollo 13 was just another "routine" space flight- until these words pierced the immense void of space: "Houston, we have a problem." Ron Howard directs Academy Award-winner Ton Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, and Ed Harris in a riveting suspense-thriller from Imagine Entertainment.

Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingly, flight director Gene Kranz and a heroic ground crew race against time--and the odds--to bring them home.

It's a breathtaking adventure that tells a story of courage, faith and ingenuity that is all the more remarkable because it is true!

A BEAUTIFUL MIND
Winner of 4 Academy Awards® including Best Picture, A Beautiful Mind is directed by Academy Award®-winner Ron Howard and produced by his long-time partner, Academy Award®-winner Brian Grazer. The film stars Russell Crowe in an astonishing performance as brilliant mathematician John Nash, on the brink of international acclaim when he becomes entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. Now, only his devoted wife (Academy Award®-winner Jennifer Connelly) can help him in this powerful story of courage, passion and triumph.

CINDERELLA MAN
Academy Award®-winners Russell Crowe and Renée Zellweger star in this triumphant, powerfully inspiring true story. In a time when America needed a champion, an unlikely hero would arise, proving how hard a man would fight to win a second chance for his family and himself. Suddenly thrust into the national spotlight, boxer Jim Braddock would defy the odds against him and stun the world with one of the greatest comebacks in history. Driven by love for his family, he willed an impossible dream to come true.

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