Robert Zemeckis is a legendary director and, more importantly, a Chicago native, and he is bringing his Oscar winning storytelling back to theaters this month. The movie is Here and for this project, Zemeckis is reunited with his Forrest Gump collaborators – Tom Hanks and Robin Wright – in a tale of love, loss, laughter and life. Robert graciously shared a moment with SCREEN’s Dan Patton to give you a glimpse of what awaits you in theaters this weekend.
Zemeckis was in his hometown for the Chicago International Film Festival and here is what he had to say to Dan about how this highly anticipated reunion came to fruition…
Reuniting the director, writer and stars of Forrest Gump, Here is an original film about multiple families and a special place they inhabit. The story travels through generations, capturing the most relatable of human experiences. Zemeckis (Forrest Gump, Castaway, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Contact, Back to the Future) directs from a screenplay by Eric Roth (Forrest Gump, Killers of the Flower Moon, Dune, A Star is Born) and him. Told much in the style of the acclaimed graphic novel by Richard McGuire on which it is based, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright star in a tale of love, loss, laughter and life, all of which happen right Here.
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