Night Shift Script

Script by:Lowell Ganz (Writer), Babaloo Mandel (Writer)
Directed by:Ron Howard
Year:1982

Plot:A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbour complains about the loss of her pimp. His partner, upon hearing the situation, suggests that they fill that opening themselves using the morgue at night .
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Gung Ho Script

Script by:Edwin Blum (Story), Lowell Ganz (Screenplay), Babaloo Mandel (Screenplay)
Directed by:Ron Howard
Year:1986

Plot:When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two clashing corporate cultures. At one end is the Japanese plant manager and the sycophant who is angling for his position. At the other, a number of disgruntled long-time union members struggle with the new exigencies of Japanese quality control.
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How The Grinch Stole Christmas Script

Script by:Jeffrey Price (Screenplay), Peter S. Seaman (Screenplay), Bob Camp (Storyboard)
Directed by:Ron Howard
Year:2000

Plot:Inside a snowflake exists the magical land of Whoville. In Whoville, live the Whos, an almost mutated sort of Munchkin-like people. All the Whos love Christmas, yet just outside of their beloved Whoville lives the Grinch. The Grinch is a nasty creature that hates Christmas, and plots to steal it away from the Whos, whom he equally abhors. Yet a small child, Cindy Lou Who, decides to try befriending the Grinch.
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The Missing Script

Script by:Ken Kaufman (Screenplay)
Directed by:Ron Howard
Year:2003

Plot:When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel, in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two must learn to reconcile the past and work together if they are going to have any hope of getting Lily back before she is taken over the border and forced to become a prostitute.
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The Dilemma Script

Script by:Allan Loeb (Writer)
Directed by:Ron Howard
Year:2011

Plot:Longtime friends Ronny and Nick are partners in an auto-design firm. They are hard at work on a presentation for a dream project that would really launch their company. Then Ronny spots Nick's wife out with another man, and in the process of investigating the possible affair, he learns that Nick has a few secrets of his own. As the presentation nears, Ronny agonizes over what might happen if the truth gets out.
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Rush Script

Script by:Peter Morgan (Screenplay)
Directed by:Ron Howard
Year:2013

Plot:A biographical drama centered on the rivalry between Formula 1 drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula One motor-racing season.
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In the Heart of the Sea Script

Script by:Charles Leavitt (Screenplay), Charles Leavitt (Story), Rick Jaffa (Story), Amanda Silver (Story), Nathaniel Philbrick (Novel)
Directed by:Ron Howard
Year:2015

Plot:In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex is assaulted by something no one could believe—a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance.
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Hillbilly Elegy Script

Script by:Vanessa Taylor (Writer), J.D. Vance (Book)
Directed by:Ron Howard
Year:2020

Plot:An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
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Grand Theft Auto Script

Script by:Ron Howard (Writer), Rance Howard (Writer)
Directed by:Ron Howard
Year:1977

Plot:A rich girl steals her dad's Rolls Royce and heads off to Las Vegas to get married. However, her angry parents, a jealous suitor, and a bunch of reward seekers are determined to stop her.
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Angels & Demons Script

Script by:Akiva Goldsman (Screenplay), Dan Brown (Novel), David Koepp (Screenplay)
Directed by:Ron Howard
Year:2009

Plot:Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is recruited by the Vatican to investigate the apparent return of the Illuminati - a secret, underground organization - after four cardinals are kidnapped on the night of the papal conclave.
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