Beowulf

So what makes it unique? Zemeckis, who has pioneered this immersive technology with such films as The Polar Express and Beowulf, says this film manifests some of the more surreal descriptions from Dickens' prose. This version of the 1843...

In this article: Charles Dickens, Jim Carrey, Robert Zemeckis, Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol, John Leech, London, Ghost of Christmas Present, and Ghost of Christmas Past

...the full impact of Dickens' surreal images. As he made "Beowulf," Zemeckis realized he now had the tools to bring "A Christmas Carol" to the screen the way he imagined it on the page. "It was the idea of being able to actually...

In this article: Peter Jackson, Charles Dickens, Sherlock Holmes, Ebenezer Scrooge, James Cameron, Robert Downey Jr., London, and Jim Carrey

...of Christmas Present. The three main episodes of haunting provide Mr. Zemeckis with an opportunity to push ahead with the experiment he has sustained through "The Polar Express" and "Beowulf," and they show mixed results. There is real...

In this article: Ebenezer Scrooge, Robert Zemeckis, Jim Carrey, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, Gary Oldman, The Polar Express, A Christmas Carol, London, and Disney

...motion capture film in history. Producers Steve Starkey and Jack Rapke have worked on a number of films with Robert from Beowulf to Forrest Gump and as a trio they are one of the most successful teams in Film. This latest outing sees the...

In this article: A Christmas Carol, Robert Zemeckis, London, Forrest Gump, Colin Firth, Bob Hoskins, and Jim Carrey

...waxy, reanimated corpses. Which is precisely what I wrote in my review of Zemeckis's 2007 adaptation of Beowulf (a review titled, thanks to the great Annie Wagner, Waxy Waxy Anglo-Saxy): I guess old-fangled human actors are...

In this article: Robert Zemeckis, Jim Carrey, A Christmas Carol, Tiny Tim, Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, Coal, Bob Cratchit, and Jesus Christ

...and Christmas Yet To Come. Zemeckis' version of "A Christmas Carol" was filmed using "performance capture," the same technique the director used to bring "Beowulf" and "Polar Express" into movie theaters. Performance capture allows...

In this article: Ebenezer Scrooge, Robert Zemeckis, Jim Carrey, E mail, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens, Ghost of Christmas Past, and Oscar