What was Ron Howard’s directorial debut?
Ron Howard’s directorial debut was Grand Theft Auto (1977).
The movie featured Marion Ross, Howard’s TV mom on “Happy Days” (ABC, 1974-84).
The first movie directed by Steven Spielberg associate Frank Marshall was Arachnophobia (1990).
The Kobayashi Maru was the name of the “no-win” test that Lieutenant Saavik (Kirstie Alley) fails at the beginning of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982).
Al Pacino wanted $7 million for appearing in The Godfather Part III (1990), but settled for $5 million and points when director Francis Ford Coppola threatened to begin the movie with the funeral of Michael Corleone.
Allison Hayes played the fifty-foot woman in Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman (1958).
Suzanne Somers played the woman in the white 1956 Thunderbird in American Graffiti (1973).
His son, Jesse James was the first Jesse James in a movie. Jr. James’s movies include: Jesse James Under the Black Flag (1921) and Jesse James as the Outlaw (1921), both silent films.