It’s about time.
Thirty years after “Forrest Gump,” stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright and director Robert Zemeckis have reunited for the new film “Here.” The upcoming feature – based on the graphic novel by Richard McGuire, and co-written by Zemeckis and “Forrest Gump” screenwriter Eric Roth – focuses on “multiple families and a special place they inhabit.” Continues the Sony plot description: “The story travels through generations, capturing the human experience in its purest form.”
But that only scratches the surface of this project, as evidenced by the film’s new trailer (watch below) and an interview Zemeckis gave Vanity Fair about the ambitious film. “Here” takes place in a single location and the camera remains fixed throughout the movie’s 104-minute running time.
“The single perspective never changes, but everything around it does,” Zemeckis explained to Vanity Fair. “It’s actually never been done before. There are similar scenes in very early silent movies, before the language of montage was invented. But other than that, yeah, it was a risky venture.”
As shown in the “Here” trailer, that means the action largely sticks within the lifespan of the characters played by Hanks and Wright, both of whom were digitally de-aged to play younger versions of themselves. “It only works because the performances are so good,” Zemeckis said to Vanity Fair about the technology. “Both Tom and Robin understood instantly that, ‘Okay, we have to go back and channel what we were like 50 years ago or 40 years ago, and we have to bring that energy, that kind of posture, and even raise our voices higher. That kind of thing.”
But the film also goes back even further, even placing the central location in the Jurassic era when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. (That’s not a spoiler, it’s in the teaser.)
Awards expectations are certainly high for “Here,” even if its core team hasn’t won at the Oscars since “Forrest Gump.” But that film was an awards juggernaut, winning six Oscars overall – including Best Picture, Best Actor for Hanks, Best Adapted Screenplay for Roth, and Best Director for Zemeckis. (Wright was not nominated for her performance.)
“Here” is out in theaters on November 15. Whether it premieres beforehand at any of the major festivals remains to be seen.
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