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Feb 22, 2022 · This was also a key factor in the events that led to Zemeckis being fired from "Cocoon," prior to shooting a single frame of footage. Someone at Fox had it out for the movie 20th Century Studios
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Mar 30, 2019 · “What happened was for some reason, the guy who was the head of physical production at Fox at the time, he had it out for our movie,” said Zemeckis.
The action-adventure comedy was a surprise hit for 20th Century Fox, who had such grave doubts about the film that after seeing a rough cut, Zemeckis was actually fired as director from another film, Cocoon, which was then under development.
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Jan 20, 2010 · To solve the legitimate concern of his leading man, Robert Zemeckis came up with an enterprising plan which involved the cooperation of both 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks.
Robert Zemeckis. Robert Lee Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952) [3] is an American filmmaker. He first came to public attention as the director of the action-adventure romantic comedy Romancing the Stone (1984), the science-fiction comedy Back to the Future trilogy (1985–1990), and the live-action/animated comedy Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).
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Mar 30, 1984 · Romancing the Stone: Directed by Robert Zemeckis. With Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Zack Norman. A mousy romance novelist sets off for Colombia to ransom her kidnapped sister, and soon finds herself in the middle of a dangerous adventure hunting for treasure with a mercenary rogue.
The 1984 television special Used Cars was based on the 1980 screenplay by Zemeckis and Gale. The television episode"Go to the Head of the Class," directed by Zemeckis and first broadcast in the series Amazing Stories, was included in the video Amazing Stories: Book Two, 1992.
