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I Wanna Hold Your Hand was the first of several Zemeckis films to incorporate historic figures and celebrities into his movies; he used archival footage and doubles to simulate the presence of the Beatles.
Jun 21, 2024 · Zemeckis’s first major directing success was the action-adventure comedy Romancing the Stone (1984), starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.
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Usually working with writing partner Bob Gale, Robert's earlier films show he has a talent for zany comedy ( Romancing the Stone (1984) , 1941 (1979)) and special effect vehicles ( Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and Back to the Future (1985) ).
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Oct 15, 2023 · The first movie was all about going back to the past, but Back to the Future Part II shakes things up by spending time in the future and the past (well, the then-future of 2015,...
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- BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985) Screenwriters: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale. Starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson. “Back to the Future” was the biggest box office hit of 1985 and spawned two equally successful sequels.
- FORREST GUMP (1994) Screenwriters: Eric Roth. Starring Tom Hanks, Sally Field, Gary Sinise. “Forrest Gump” became a national sensation in 1994 for its heartfelt story of an intellectually disabled boy who has a knack for inserting himself into great moments in American history.
- WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988) Screenwriters: Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman. Starring Bob Hoskins, Kathleen Turner, Christopher Lloyd. Zemeckis scored a remarkable technical achievement with this film that has cartoon character’s interacting with live human actors.
- CAST AWAY (2000) Screenwriter: William Broyles Jr. Starring Tom Hanks, Helen Hunt, Nan Martin. Zemeckis teamed with Tom Hanks to create this film about a man who is the sole survivor of a plane crash on a remote island.
Zemeckis first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of the comedic time-travel Back to the Future film series, as well as the Academy Award-winning live-action/animation epic Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), though in the 1990s he diversified into more dramatic fare, including 1994's Forrest Gump, for which he won an Academy ...
Jun 25, 2024 · In his upcoming film Here, director Robert Zemeckis puts a new spin on that idea, exploring what would happen if these walls could see. Here takes place entirely from one fixed point of view. The...
