Oscar-winning superstar director Ron Howard talks to his former New World Pictures colleague Joe Dante and co-host Josh Olson about the movies that made him and continue to impress him!
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Limit Up (1989)
Grand Theft Auto (1977)
Infested (2002)
The Courtship of Eddie’s Father (1963)
Hollywood Blvd. (1976)
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Rush (2013)
Curious George (2006)
*One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) - 24:00
Amadeus (1984)
American Graffiti (1974)
12 Angry Men (1957)
The Howling (1981)
The ’Burbs (1989)
*The Graduate (1967) - 31:49
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
White Heat (1949)
The Searchers (1956)
*The Apartment (1960) - 39:26
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)
Night Shift (1982)
Splash (1984)
Parenthood (1989)
Silver Streak (1976)
Foul Play (1978)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
*As Good As It Gets (1997) - 44: 37
All The President’s Men (1976)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Network (1976)
*Schindler’s List (1993) - 49:00
Amistad (1997)
The Color Purple (1985)
Jurassic Park (1993)
Cape Fear (1991)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
*Dog Day Afternoon (1976) - 53:41
*Das Boot (1981) - 56:43
Eight Days A Week (2016)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Unforgiven (1992)
*Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) - 63:05
It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)
It Happened One Night (1934)
*A Boy And His Dog (1975) - 70:22
David and Lisa (1962)
Mad Max (1979)
The Road Warrior (1981)
Backrooms (2026)
Obsession (2026)
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Gary Sinise
Death of a Salesman play by Arthur Miller (1949)
Nathan Lane
Lee J. Cobb
Henry Fonda
Mister Roberts play by Joshua Logan (1948)
John Ford
The ’Burbs TV series (2026- )
Mike Nichols
Robert Surtees
Franco Zeffirelli
The Sopranos TV series (1999-2007)
Sidney Hickox
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French New Wave
Andy Griffith
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Charles Martin Smith
Happy Days TV series (1974-84)
Penny Marshall
Billy Crystal
Lowell Ganz
Babaloo Mandel
Thomas L. Miller
Glenn Close
James L. Brooks
Cliff Robertson
Ned Beatty
Steven Spielberg
Michael Jordan
Peter Morgan
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Ringo Starr
Paul McCartney
Meryl Streep
Gene Hackman
Clint Eastwood
James Stewart
Frank Capra
Sam Rosen
John Carradine
D.W. Griffith
Don Knotts
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