Robert Zemeckis

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IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000709/

Date of Birth:14 May 1952, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Height:6' (1.83 m)

Trademarks:Frequently casts Tom Hanks, Christopher Lloyd and Robin Wright. Generally finds a role for Wendie Jo Sperber and/or Marc McClure. [Citation] Likes to cite/imitate famous movies/commercial spots [Celebrities] Frequently includes actual celebrities as characters, generally through the use of archival footage or look-alikes (Forrest Gump (1994)). [State-of-the-art] Often produces movies at the fore-front of technology (Back to the Future (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Forrest Gump (1994), Contact (1997), The Polar Express (2004)). [Opening long-take] Often utilizes long, complicated opening shots (Back to the Future (1985), Forrest Gump (1994), Contact (1997)). Almost never makes a fixed shot, his camera always moves [Music] Often uses Alan Silvestri for his pictures Often uses a scene in a restaurant/bar, with the main character starting a fight and then fleeing out into the street, where a complicated chase ensues (Back to the Future (1985), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Back to the Future Part II (1989), Back to the Future Part III (1990)). During scenes in his films which are shot at night, and outside, he has all cement fixtures and streets soaked with water, for dramatic effect A main protagonist that unwittingly inspire real-life people, events and things (Back to the Future (1985), Back to the Future Part III (1990), Forrest Gump (1994)). Uses 90-degree angle shots, looking straight up at subjects from below the floor level. [officer names] Frequently has police officers named Foley and/or Reese in his movies. See _Back To The Future II (1989)_ and The Walk (2015) as examples.

Source:https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000709/

Allied

7.2 / 20952 votes

UK Cinema Release Date

Friday 25th November 2016
Allied poster
Contains strong language, violence, sex and drug misuse. Suitable for 15 years and over.
Current Status:released

Next Showing:

None. Last shown in UK cinemas on 31st May 2017.
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Genres:

Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller, War

Language:

English

Runtime:

2 hours 4 minutes (approx.)

Movie Synopsis:

In the middle of World War II, in turbulent 1942, a plane flies over Morocco and drops a Royal Canadian Air Force paratrooper who comes in to land on a drop zone, somewhere in the desert dunes outside Casablanca. Just in time before anyone notices him, the fearless Wing Commander Max Vatan gets in a car and heads to the town with orders to meet Parisian Marianne Beauséjour, a skillful member of the French Resistance. On a mission to assassinate the German Ambassador in Casablanca, the two operatives must convince every one of their true feelings as a married couple, while in the background, they need to make the necessary preparations for the critical soirée. Without delay, after the success of this suicide mission, Max and Marianne flee together to England with plans on marrying and making a family, regardless of the war. Instead, heavy clouds of distrust and suspicion threaten their relationship, when Max receives a call from the Secret Service Division to inform him that his.

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UK Cinema Release Date

Tuesday 1st January 2019
Welcome to Marwen poster
Contains moderate violence, injury detail, sex and drug references, discrimination. Suitable for 12 years and over.
Current Status:released

Next Showing:

None. Last shown in UK cinemas on 7th March 2019.
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Genres:

Biography, Drama

Language:

English

Runtime:

1 hour 55 minutes (approx.)

Movie Synopsis:

A victim of a brutal attack finds a unique and beautiful therapeutic outlet to help him through his recovery process.

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Back to the Future

8.5 / 1018870 votes

UK Cinema Release Date

Friday 29th May 2020
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Contains mild language and violence. Suitable for 8 years and over.
Current Status:released

Next Showing:

None. Last shown in UK cinemas on 10th January 2024.
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Genres:

Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi

Language:

English

Runtime:

1 hour 56 minutes (approx.)

Movie Synopsis:

Marty McFly, a typical American teenager of the Eighties, is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a plutonium-powered DeLorean "time machine" invented by a slightly mad scientist. During his often hysterical, always amazing trip back in time, Marty must make certain his teenage parents-to-be meet and fall in love - so he can get back to the future.

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The Witches

Unrated

UK Cinema Release Date

Friday 16th October 2020
The Witches poster
Age rating / classification to be confirmed.
Current Status:released

Next Showing:

None. Last shown in UK cinemas on 31st October 2022.
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Genres:

Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery

Language:

English

Runtime:

Unknown

Movie Synopsis:

Tells the darkly humorous and heartwarming tale of a young orphaned boy who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. The boy and his grandmother come across some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, so Grandma wisely whisks our young hero away to an opulent seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world's Grand High Witch has gathered her fellow cronies from around the globe - undercover - to carry out her nefarious plans.

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