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Zaz
Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre
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2/29 12:44pm
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Best Actor/Director Teams: Now Disc. Humphrey Bogart/John Huston
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"By Stuart Levine
Robert Zemeckis-Tom Hanks
20th Century Fox
“Forrest Gump” (1994), brilliant in both its set-up and execution, marked a period that helped take both Zemeckis and Hanks into the cinematic stratosphere. Zemeckis accelerated his fascination here with the concept of digital imaging — having Forrest greet folks such as President Kennedy — and Hanks won the Oscar for the second year in a row, right on the heels of “Philadelphia.” Zemeckis also won and they would reunite six years later on “Cast Away,” which was a tour de force performance for the actor, possibly the best of his career and one which earned him his fifth nomination. In 2004, Zemeckis would reinvent how animated film are created with “The Polar Express,” and although the reviews were mixed, the film earned $179 million, which once again proved the duo’s box office resilience.
I frankly think that neither Hanks nor Zemeckis bring out the best in each other.
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Spiderfan
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Date Posted:
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RE: Best Actor/Director Teams: Now Disc. Tom Hanks & Robert Zemeckis
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Loved Forrest Gump (an all time favorite and cemented classic), not such a fan of Castaway, didn't bother seeing Polar Express.
Zemeckis best work IMO was Back to the Future. 
Hanks seems to work well no matter what director he works with. I can't decide who he is better with...Zemeckis or Speilberg. Though I am partial to his work with John Lasseter.
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JohnWesleyDowney
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RE: Best Actor/Director Teams: Now Disc. Tom Hanks & Robert Zemeckis
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I lost a lot of respect for Robert Zemeckis after Beowulf. I expected better. I was bored a lot of the time, and had no interest in the characters. I know Zemeckis has always been an effects and digital pioneer, but his obsession with technical advancement has gone totally out of control. I'd like to see him make a small film with no effects to see how sharp his directing chops are without the wizardry. Romancing the Stone was a great, fun action-romance film, and there's not a digital effect in it.
Hanks-Zemeckis, they've done some excellent work, but I somehow feel they've gotten a little lazy over the years.
I did enjoy what they accomplished in Polar Express.
There's something about Zemeckis's work that has become too clean and clinical. Calculating is another word for it. I'd like to see him do something more simple, honest and heartfelt.
I loved Contact, and it's interesting to ponder what it would have been like if Hanks had played a character in it.
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Reynar_Tedros
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This thread needs more Christopher Nolan/Christian Bale.
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Drac39
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2/29 8:50pm
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Or Deniro/Marty Scorsesse
As for Tom Hanks/Robert Zemeckis, I feel Cast Away is the best film/performance from both of these respecitve artists. I can't discredit the collaboration but since I am not a huge fan of Gump I can't truly say it is one of the best in Hollywood.
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Zaz
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Tim Burton-Johnny Depp
"Six films later, it’s difficult not to think of one without the other. Burton’s love of the dark and macabre has proven to be a perfect fit with Depp’s fondness for screwball and disenfranchised characters. What started out with the off-kilter suburban drama “Edward Scissorhands” — a film that is hard to imagine being directed by and starring anyone else — the pair have continued to give a good name to movies that resonate in their unrelenting, but quite amusing, bleakness. “Ed Wood,” “Sleepy Hollow” and the latest, “Sweeney Todd,” may be comedic and, even, worthy of a sing-along, but each blossoms in the director’s love of all things dreary. I don’t ever imagine you’d catch these two comfortable in the sunlight, sunbathing at the beach."
The two movies they didn't mention are "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "The Corpse Bride". But these two really have matching craziness.
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Drac39
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This is one I am getting a little tired of. Burton has only cast his wife and Depp in the lead roles in all of his recent films. I know Burton does enjoy casting the same group but I'd like to see some more variety.
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Drac39 posted:
This is one I am getting a little tired of. Burton has only cast his wife and Depp in the lead roles in all of his recent films. I know Burton does enjoy casting the same group but I'd like to see some more variety.
Well, Burton's always cast Depp in the lead role, and since Burton's next film is Disney's ALICE IN WONDERLAND, I don't think we'll see Johnny performing the part of the preteen Alice. 
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Zaz
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Date Posted:
3/1 10:39pm
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The Cheshire Cat?
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I think he'd be better as the Mad Hatter.
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Zaz
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Next: David Fincher-Brad Pitt
"Sure, it’s been 13 years since “Se7en” arrived but even today, the movie’s cult fave status continues to flourish. Same with “Fight Club.” Both starred Pitt as Fincher’s actor du jour, molding him from pretty boy cameos to top-listed ultra-serious dramatic fare. “Fight Club,” especially, proved that Pitt could attract guys to a theater, as well as the ladies. The two reconnect later this year for the highly anticipated “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” about a man who ages backward. For Fincher, who must feel like he’s standing on Oscar’s doorstep waiting to be asked in, “Button” seems like the movie to get him over the top. With Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton starring, and based on a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald, what’s not to like?"
I don't know why anyone would anticipate it. It's a dead-end story.
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They answered their own question of what's not to like by listing Tilda Swinton in the cast.
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“Fight Club,” especially, proved that Pitt could attract guys to a theater, as well as the ladies.
Fight Club (while a great movie) was a box office flop. But Se7en and Fight Club are both great films, and great collabaration between Pitt and Fincher. But I do believe both of those films rely on more than just Pitt (Freeman and Norton respectively).
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Drac39
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I'm allways excited to see new Fincher films. He's a director who has taken too much time between movies.
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I love both Se7en and Fight Club. I think Pitt proved some acting skills there, and that he's not just a pretty face. Not tons of range there but still good. I am interested in this next film. Not necessarily for the pairing, though. It's just that I've seen every David Fincher film.
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Zaz
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Date Posted:
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Martin Scorsese-Robert De Niro
"While De Niro’s film choices these days leave something to be desired, that wasn’t always the case. For those who can remember, there was an 18-year period (1973 to 1991) where his collaboration with Scorsese meant the movie was deemed an instant classic. “Mean Streets,” “Taxi Driver,” “Raging Bull,” “GoodFellas” are just some of the films that had cineastes licking their chops. Three of De Niro’s Oscar nominations come with Scorsese calling the shots, and while the actor has seen his cache fall in recent years, Scorsese continues to shine — this time with Leonardo DiCaprio (“Gangs of New York,” “The Aviator,” “The Departed”) as the actor who fits comfortably working with the Italian maestro."
They started to repeat themselves after awhile, so Scorsese moved on.
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