Robert Zemeckis
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BirthDate BirthPlace |
05/13/1952
Chicago, IL |
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ROLE CALL: Spielberg's Wild About Harry Potter?
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 17, 2000 -- Steven Spielberg reportedly has won the race to bring Harry Potter to the big screen. The Times of London says Spielberg will direct and produce "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," based on the hit children's book series about a schoolboy wizard. Robert Zemeckis, Jonathan Demme and Mike Newell were among the directors Spielberg beat out for the movie, according to the paper. Warner Bros., which owns the Harry Potter screen rights, dictated that Spie
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ROLE CALL: Clooney Rings 'Ocean's Eleven'
March 19, 2001 11:50am ESTSANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 10, 2000 -- George Clooney impersonating Sinatra in Vegas? Almost. According to Daily Variety, the ex-"ER" do-gooder has inked a deal to star in the remake of "Ocean's Eleven," the 1960 Las Vegas heist flick that starred Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack brethren (Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop). The original film pitted the Rats as war buddies who scammed to knock-off Vegas Strip casinos at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day. During pro
