claim: Trouble with the Curve was directed by Ron Howard.
evidence: Rotarit -LRB- or Rotharit -RRB- -LRB- died Turin , 702 -RRB- was a Lombard duke , the last Duke of Bergamo .. Turin. Turin. Lombard. Lombards. duke. Duke ( Lombard ). Duke of Bergamo. Duke of Bergamo. Bergamo. Bergamo. In 700 , fighting broke out over the succession of the just disappeared king , Cunipert -LRB- to which was faithful -RRB- , Rotarit stood in favor of his son , Liutpert , who was still underage , and his tutor Ansprand .. Cunipert. Cunipert. Liutpert. Liutpert. Ansprand. Ansprand. Opposing him was the Duke of Turin Raginpert , the son of Godepert and therefore an exponent of the ruling Bavarian dynasty .. Turin. Turin. Raginpert. Raginpert. Godepert. Godepert. Bavarian dynasty. Bavarian dynasty. The fighting ended with a battle fought at Novara in early 701 , during which Rotarit and his ally Ansprand succumbed .. Ansprand. Ansprand. Novara. Novara. Raginpert , supported by the Lombards of Neustria -LRB- the Northwest region of the kingdom -RRB- ascended to the throne and immediately associated his son , the future Aripert II .. Raginpert. Raginpert. Neustria. Neustria ( Lombard ). Aripert II. Aripert II. With the death of Raginpert , which occurred a few months after the battle of Novara , Rotarit and Ansprand imprisoned Aripert II and restored Liutpert to the throne .. Liutpert. Liutpert. Ansprand. Ansprand. Raginpert. Raginpert. Novara. Novara. Aripert II. Aripert II. Aripert II , however , managed to escape and the following year -LRB- 702 -RRB- defeated the protectors of Liutpert at Pavia , deposed and imprisoned the young king , and crowned himself in his place .. Liutpert. Liutpert. Aripert II. Aripert II. Rotarit , back in Bergamo , proclaimed himself king but was defeated after a bloody siege by Aripert .. Bergamo. Bergamo. After forcing Rotarit to shave his beard and his head as a sign of great dishonor , Aripert moved him to Turin where he killed him in 702 .. Turin. Turin