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post #1 of 34
6/14/05 at 4:47am
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DIRECTOR FILMOGRAPHY - The Films of ROBERT ZEMECKIS

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ROBERT ZEMECKIS

Yellow Submarine (2012)

A Christmas Carol (2009)
Beowulf (2007)
The Polar Express (2004)
Cast Away (2000)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
The 20th Century: The Pursuit of Happiness (1999) (TV)
Contact (1997)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Two-Fisted Tales (1991) (TV) (segment "Yellow")
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Back to the Future (1985)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Used Cars (1980)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
A Field of Honor (1973)
The Lift (1972)


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post #2 of 34
6/14/05 at 4:48am
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Ratings out of


ROBERT ZEMECKIS (1951 -     )

 

Yellow Submarine (2012)
A Christmas Carol (2009)
Beowulf (2007)
The Polar Express (2004)
Cast Away (2000)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
The 20th Century: The Pursuit of Happiness (1999)
Contact (1997)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Two-Fisted Tales (1991) (segment "Yellow")
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Back to the Future (1985)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Used Cars (1980)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
A Field of Honor (1973)
The Lift (1972)

 


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post #3 of 34
6/14/05 at 5:13am
The Polar Express (2004)
Cast Away (2000)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
The 20th Century: The Pursuit of Happiness (1999) (TV)
Contact (1997)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Two-Fisted Tales (1991) (TV) (segment "Yellow")
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Back to the Future (1985)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Used Cars (1980)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
A Field of Honor (1973)
The Lift (1972)

Bolded films I've seen.

Seen parts of many of the others.
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post #4 of 34
6/14/05 at 5:59am
ROBERT ZEMECKIS

Seen: 12
Like: 9
Own: 8

Rank order:

Back to the Future (1985)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Cast Away (2000)
The Polar Express (2004)
Contact (1997)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
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post #5 of 34
6/14/05 at 6:41am
[rant]"If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits eighty-eight miles per hour... you're gonna see some serious shit."[/rant]

The Polar Express (2004)
Cast Away (2000)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Contact (1997)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
Back to the Future (1985)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Used Cars (1980)

I've only seen four of Zemeckis films at the cinema, the Back to the Future trilogy and Roger Rabbit. And own all the above on dvd except Polar Express and Used Cars.

Rankings

1)Back to the Future
2)Who Framed Roger Rabbit
3)Back to the Future II
4)Back to the Future III
5)Contact
6)Romancing the Stone
7)Forrest Gump
8)Death Becomes Her
9)Cast Away
10)The Polar Express
11)What Lies Beneath
12)Used Cars

Average Rating 3.5 out of 5
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post #6 of 34
6/14/05 at 6:42am
Out of 4 s


Cast Away (2000)1/2
Forrest Gump (1994)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)1/2
Back to the Future (1985)
Used Cars (1980)
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post #7 of 34
6/14/05 at 7:12am
1. Back To The Future - A-
2. Romancing The Stone - B+
3. Back To The Future II - B+
4. Back To The Future III - B+
5. Who Framed Roger Rabbit - B
6. Forrest Gump - C+
7. Castaway - C

Own: 0

Always meant to see Contact and never did. May see Polar Express. The inlaws took the kids and they loved it so we'll probably end up getting the DVD.

I'm about to go out of town until the weekend, so I'll probably fall behind on these again.
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post #8 of 34
6/14/05 at 10:22am
Out of 4 stars:

Back to the Future: 1/2
Who Framed Roger Rabbit: 1/2
Forrest Gump: 1/2
Back to the Future: Part II:
Cast Away:
Back to the Future: Part III: 1/2

I've also seen Romancing the Stone and Death Becomes Her, but it's been a long time. I recently re-watched the entire BTTF trilogy and had forgotten how entertaining and refreshingly unpretentious these films were, especially the original. I plan on seeing Roger Rabbit again within the next week or two and I'm curious to see how it has held up for me after all these years.

Used Cars is one that I've been meaning to see, but have never gotten around to.
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post #9 of 34
6/14/05 at 12:20pm
Cast Away (2000) - B+
What Lies Beneath (2000) - B- - This is one of those "Bad Movies I Love", mostly because of Michelle Pfeiffer's performance. It's like everybody got to together and they all knew that they were making a silly horror movie with a lame ending, but nobody told her and she's giving this extraordinary performance in a movie that hardly deserves it, and she's the only one not in on the joke.
Contact (1997) - A
Death Becomes Her (1992) - B+
Back to the Future Part III (1990) - C
Back to the Future Part II (1989) - B
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) - B+
Back to the Future (1985) - B+
Romancing the Stone (1984) - B
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post #10 of 34
6/14/05 at 2:14pm
What Lies Beneath (2000) **
Forrest Gump (1994) **
Death Becomes Her (1992) ***
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) ***

I think DEATH BECOMES HER is highly underrated, and features a very good and different type of Bruce Willis performance.
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post #11 of 34
6/14/05 at 3:36pm

Ratings from to

A Christmas Carol (2009) (3D) (Own the Blu)  
Beowulf (2007) (IMAX 3D) (Own the Blu)
The Polar Express (2004) (Own the DVD)
Cast Away (2000)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
The 20th Century: The Pursuit of Happiness (1999) (TV)
Contact (1997) (Own the Blu)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Two-Fisted Tales (1991) (TV) (segment "Yellow")
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (Own the DVD)
Back to the Future (1985)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Used Cars (1980)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
A Field of Honor (1973)
The Lift (1972)

Seen 15
Own 5


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post #12 of 34
6/14/05 at 3:46pm
I'm with Marc, seen both Death Becomes Her and Romancing the Stone, but been too long to fairly evaluate them.

Ranking:

1. Back to the Future
2. Contact
3. Beowulf
4. Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
5. Cast Away
6. Back to the Future II
7. Back to the Future III
8. Forrest Gump
9. The Polar Express
10. A Christmas Carol
11. What Lies Beneath
Edited by Kirk Tsai - 11/28/09 at 11:23am
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post #13 of 34
6/15/05 at 9:15am
The Polar Express (2004) *
Cast Away (2000) **
What Lies Beneath (2000) ***1/2
Contact (1997) **1/2
Forrest Gump (1994) **
Back to the Future Part III (1990) **
Back to the Future Part II (1989) **
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) ***
Back to the Future (1985) ***
Romancing the Stone (1984) ***
Used Cars (1980) **
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post #14 of 34
6/15/05 at 9:23am
Zeeennnn! You must be the only person or 'persons' on this earth that prefers What Lieth Beneath to Contact and the Back to the Future trilogy, wait... Sandra does too. Zen you and Sandra must be the only two[STOP IT STEVETH!]
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post #15 of 34
6/15/05 at 10:31am
Steve, I had a lot of fun with What Lies Beneath. You, as a "Hitch" fan must of had some fun with the homage?
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post #16 of 34
6/15/05 at 10:44am
I admit there were some clever shots in the film and the bit in the bathtub would have got a thumbs up from the master, but is it better than a DeLorean Time Machine? Better than Jodie Foster saying "good to go" 433 times in Contact?

There was a one fx shot I really liked in What Lies Beneath, the car driving across the bridge and the camera zooming in from long shot to close up, nice.
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post #17 of 34
6/15/05 at 4:26pm
I just re-watched Who Framed Roger Rabbit and I've gotta say, it holds up very well for me. The film is 17 years old and no CGI was employed, yet the effects are wonderful. Bob Hoskins gives an engaging and believable performance, especially considering that he did most of his acting in front of a blue screen. It's hard to imagine that live action and animation could/can be combined more felicitously. Great fun.
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post #18 of 34
6/29/05 at 10:50am
1. Back To The Future

2. Used Cars-VERY underrated

3. Forrest Gump

4. Who Framed Roger Rabbit

5. Back To The Future Part 2

6. Back To The Future Part 3

7. Romancing The Stone

8. Death Becomes Her

9. Contact-pretentious ***CRAP***
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post #19 of 34
7/3/05 at 4:43pm
1. Back to the Future
2. Back to the Future Part II
3. Cast Away
4. Forrest Gump
5. Back to the Future Part III
6. The Polar Express

I need to see Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and Death Becomes Her again before I can decide where I'd rank them.
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post #20 of 34
7/3/05 at 11:44pm
From Most Recent to Oldest:

Cast Away (2000): ***1/2 (Own the DVD)
What Lies Beneath (2000): 1/2* (Terrible and incoherant)
Contact (1997): **** (Own the DVD)
Forrest Gump (1994): **** (Own the DVD)
Death Becomes Her (1992): ***
Back to the Future Part III (1990): *** (Own the DVD)
Back to the Future Part II (1989): *** (Own the DVD
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988): **** (Own the DVD)
Back to the Future (1985): ***1/2 (Own the DVD)
Romancing the Stone (1984): ***
Used Cars (1980): ***1/2 (Own the DVD; Highly Underrated)

Haven't seen I Wanna Hold Your Hand in a long time, so it won't be ranked here just yet. The Poler Express I haven't seen yet, but will be waiting to check it out in November.

Ranking Order:
1.Who Framed Roger Rabbit: ****
2.Forrest Gump: ****
3.Contact: ****
4.Cast Away: ***1/2
5.Back to the Future: ***1/2
6.Used Cars: ***1/2
7.Romancing the Stone: ***
8.Back to the Future Part II: ***
9.Death Becomes Her: ***
10.Back to the Future Part III: ***
11.What Lies Beneath: 1/2*
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post #21 of 34
7/26/05 at 3:58pm
out of

Back to the Future
Back to the Future Part II 1/4
Back to the Future Part III
Forrest Gump
Contact
Cast Away 3/4
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post #22 of 34
11/25/05 at 6:34am
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post #23 of 34
3/30/06 at 9:46pm
Ratings on a scale of * to *****:

1: Contact (1997) ****
2: Cast Away (2000) ***½
3: Romancing the Stone (1984) ***
4: Death Becomes Her (1992) ***
5: What Lies Beneath (2000) **½
6: Back to the Future Part II (1989) **½
7: Back to the Future Part III (1990) **½
8: Back to the Future (1985) **
9: Forrest Gump (1994) **
10: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) *

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post #24 of 34
4/21/06 at 4:54am
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Updated Master list...............................
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post #25 of 34
11/30/06 at 3:19pm

Re: FAMOUS DIRECTORS CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #110 - The Films of ROBERT ZEMEKIS

Cast Away (2000) - 7/10
Contact (1997) - 5/10
Forrest Gump (1994) - 5/10
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) - 6/10
Back to the Future (1985) - 7/10
Used Cars (1980) - 6/10
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978) - 7/10
Edited by Martin Teller - 10/10/09 at 8:06pm
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post #26 of 34
1/8/07 at 9:10pm

Re: FAMOUS DIRECTORS CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #110 - The Films of ROBERT ZEMEKIS

I own the BTF box set and Roger Rabbit. I also think Part 2 is the best of the BTF series, an opinion shared by approximately 2 people on the planet (my brother and I).

ALL RATINGS OUT OF (FIVE) STARS

Beowulf (2007)
The Polar Express (2004)
Cast Away (2000)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
The 20th Century: The Pursuit of Happiness (1999) (TV)
Contact (1997)
Forrest Gump (1994)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Two-Fisted Tales (1991) (TV) (segment "Yellow")
Back to the Future Part III (1990) (OWN)
Back to the Future Part II (1989) (OWN)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (OWN)
Back to the Future (1985) (OWN)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Used Cars (1980)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
A Field of Honor (1973)
The Lift (1972)
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post #27 of 34
2/25/07 at 9:31pm

Re: FAMOUS DIRECTORS CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #110 - The Films of ROBERT ZEMEKIS

The Polar Express (2004)
*Cast Away (2000)
*What Lies Beneath (2000)
The 20th Century: The Pursuit of Happiness (1999) (TV)
*Contact (1997)
*Forrest Gump (1994)
Death Becomes Her (1992)
Two-Fisted Tales (1991) (TV) (segment "Yellow")
*Back to the Future Part III (1990)
*Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
 *Back to the Future (1985)
Romancing the Stone (1984)
Used Cars (1980)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)
A Field of Honor (1973)
The Lift (1972)
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post #28 of 34
12/3/07 at 4:28pm

Re: FAMOUS DIRECTORS CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #110 - The Films of ROBERT ZEMEKIS

UPDATED:

Beowulf (2007) (IMAX 3D) - a must-see in stunning IMAX 3D...WOW!!

Seen 14
Own 3
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post #29 of 34
1/30/08 at 5:13am

Re: FAMOUS DIRECTORS CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #110 - The Films of ROBERT ZEMEKIS

Own:
The Polar Express (2/5)
Cast Away (3/5)
Contact (5/5)
Forrest Gump (4/5) Back to the Future Part III (3/5)
Back to the Future Part II (4/5)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (4/5)
Back to the Future (4/5)

Seen:
What Lies Beneath (1/5)
Death Becomes Her (3/5)
Romancing the Stone (3/5)
I Wanna Hold Your Hand (2/5)
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post #30 of 34
3/8/08 at 5:27am
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Re: FAMOUS DIRECTORS CHECKLIST SERIES - Volume #110 - The Films of ROBERT ZEMEKIS

Updated Master list...............................
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