Ron Howard spotlight collection
(DVD)

A Beautiful Mind was originally released as a motion picture in 2001, Apollo 13 in 1995, Cinderella Man in 2005, and Backdraft in 1991. Each volume of this set contains 2 discs, one of which contains the motion picture and a second which contains bonus features.

[A beautiful mind] Director of photography, Roger Deakins ; art director, Robert Guerra ; editors, Mike Hill, Dan Hanley ; music composer, James Horner. [Apollo 13] Director of photography, Dean Cudney ; art directors, David J. Bomba, Bruce Alan Miller ; film editors, Dan Hanley, Mike Hill ; music, James Horner. [Cinderella man] Director of photography, Salvatore Totino; art directors, Peter Grundy, Dan Yarhi ; editors, Daniel P. Hanley, Mike Hall ; music, Thomas Newman. [Backdraft] Director of photography, Mikael Salomon ; editors, Daniel Hanley, Michael Hill ; music, Hans Zimmer.

[A beautiful mind] Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly, Paul Bettany, Adam Goldberg, Judd Hirsch, Josh Lucas, Anthony Rapp, Christopher Plummer. [Apollo 13] Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan, Mary Kate Schellhardt, Emily Ann Lloyd, Miko Hughes. [Cinderella man] Russell Crowe, Renée Zellweger, Paul Giamatti, Craig Bierko, Paddy Considine, Bruce McGill, David Huband. [Backdraft] Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, Scott Glenn, Robert DeNiro, Donald Sutherland, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rebecca DeMornay.

Volume 1: [A Beautiful Mind] Based on the true story of John Nash, a brilliant mathematician whose schizophrenia led him to believe that he had become entangled in a mysterious conspiracy. After overcoming his illness Nash went on years later to win the Nobel Prize. Volume 2: [Apollo 13] 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. Volume 3: [Cinderella Man] Based on the true story of down-and-out Depression-era boxer James J. Braddock who rose through the boxing ranks to challenge legendary heavyweight Max Baer for the championship. Volume 4: [Backdraft] Two feuding brothers carrying on a heroic family tradition in the Chicago fire department resolve their differences as they fight to solve a series of arson attacks, each of which was ignited by explosive phenomena known as backdrafts.

MPAA rating: PG (Apollo 13), PG-13 (A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man), R (Backdraft).

DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby surround.

English, French or Spanish dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles.