Cotton Candy (film)

Cotton Candy

Genre	Drama
Written by	Ron Howard Clint Howard
Directed by	Ron Howard
Starring	Charles Martin Smith Clint Howard Leslie King Kevin Lee Miller
Music by	Joe Renzetti
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	John Thomas Lenox
Cinematography	Robert Jessup
Editor(s)	Robert J. Kern Jr.
Running time	97 minutes
Production company(s)	Major H Productions Ron Howard Productions
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	October 26, 1978 (1978-10-26)

Cotton Candy is a 1978 American made-for-television drama film directed by Ron Howard and broadcast on NBC.^[1] It is also known as Ron Howard's Cotton Candy.^[2]

Plot

George Smalley is a high school senior trying to find direction in life. His attempt to land a spot on the varsity football team fails when he is cut from the team. A songwriter in his spare time, he and his pal, Corky Macpherson recruit other local teens to form a rock band to ultimately perform in the town's Battle of the Bands competition.

Filming locations

Filming took place in Dallas, Texas, at Lake Highlands High School and at the Town East Mall for the Battle of the Bands event.

Cast

Charles Martin Smith as George Smalley
Clint Howard as Corky Macpherson
Leslie King as Brenda Matthews
Manual Padilla Jr. as Julio Sanchez
Kevin Lee Miller as Barry Bates
Dean Scofield as Bart Bates
Rance Howard as Mr. Bremmercamp
Mark Wheeler as Torbin Bequette
Alvy Moore as Mr. Smalley
Joan Crosby as Mrs. Smalley

References

↑ SPIN Media LLC (June 2005). SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. pp. 54–. ISSN 0886-3032.
↑ Martin Charles Strong; Brendon Griffin (2008). Lights, camera, sound tracks. Canongate. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-84767-003-8.

External links

Cotton Candy on IMDb

Films directed by Ron Howard

Grand Theft Auto (1977)
Cotton Candy (1978)
Skyward (1980)
Night Shift (1982)
Splash (1984)
Cocoon (1985)
Gung Ho (1986)
Willow (1988)
Parenthood (1989)
Backdraft (1991)
Far and Away (1992)
The Paper (1994)
Apollo 13 (1995)
Ransom (1996)
EDtv (1999)
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
The Missing (2003)
Cinderella Man (2005)
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
Frost/Nixon (2008)
Angels & Demons (2009)
The Dilemma (2011)
Rush (2013)
Made in America (2013)
In the Heart of the Sea (2015)
The Beatles: Eight Days a Week (2016)
Inferno (2016)
Untitled Han Solo film (2018)

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