Big day

8 Responses to Big day

1. Stevie says:

   January 31, 2009 at 3:53 pm

   Just saw a Ron Howard retrospective where he tells an anecdote about directing Miss Davis in Skyward. And I thought, “I’ve gone my whole life without hearing about that movie, and now it’s EVERYWHERE!!”
   Enjoy! xxx Stevie
2. red says:

   January 31, 2009 at 4:15 pm

   Stevie – hahahahaha Isn’t that so weird when that happens?

   What was the anecdote? Do you remember?
3. Stevie says:

   January 31, 2009 at 5:39 pm

   Ron was worried about directing such a big star as Bette Davis, but his dad, also a director, said, “The thing about big stars is that they want to deliver a good performance and want to make good movies, so they want to get direction, so long as it’s good direction. Direct her!” In early conversations preproduction, Bette called him Mister Howard. He said, “Miss Davis, please, call me Ronnie.” She said, “I’ll keep calling you Mister Howard until I decide whether I like you nor not!” So Ron was nervous the first day on set, but true to his dad’s advice, he gave her some direction, and afterward, she said, “You were right, that was better.” At the end of that first day, Ron said, “Good night, Miss Davis!” and Bette said, “Good night, Ronnie.” Awwwww.
4. red says:

   January 31, 2009 at 5:58 pm

   GULP!!!
5. Kerry says:

   January 31, 2009 at 9:14 pm

   Woohoo!!!!
6. jen w says:

   February 1, 2009 at 12:35 pm

   GILSTRAP!!! Let the watching commence!
7. red says:

   February 1, 2009 at 2:20 pm

   Jen – Feb. 7 is the day we screen it! Can’t wait!
8. nightfly says:

   February 2, 2009 at 12:09 pm

   On February 7 –

   GILSTRAP
   GOES
   SKYWARD

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