The emotional trailer of the Sony Pictures movie focuses only on a family’s living room. The camera doesn’t move from its one spot, nor does it zoom or spin.“The single perspective never changes, but everything around it does,” Zemeckis told Vanity Fair of the project. “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.”The clip takes viewers on a journey, starting with the time of dinosaurs, colonial times, through the construction of the house, and the lives of the family who resided there.With the help of computer-generated de-aging effects, Richard (Hanks) and Margaret (Wright) will appear from their 20s and 30s to their elderly years.“It only works because the performances are so good,” Zemeckis said. “Both Tom and Robin understood instantly that, ‘OK, 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.”Paul Bettany appears as Hanks’ character’s father as the movie “travels through generations, capturing the human experience in its purest form,” according to the synopsis. “It’s a tale of love, loss, laughter, and life, all of which panned right ‘Here.’ “Richard, who plans to become an artist, is overshadowed by his responsibilities as a husband and father in the 1970s and ’80s.Meanwhile, Margaret senses a ticking clock, urging Richard (her boyfriend and later husband) to break free and explore the world. “I think that the film speaks to the truth that we have to accept that everything changes,” Zemeckis explained.
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