Slideshow: Oscar-Winning Chicago Director Robert Zemeckis For ‘A Christmas Carol’

Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on October 24, 2009 - 7:51pm

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Academy Award-winning Chicago director Robert Zemeckis for A Christmas Carol.

CHICAGO – This three-image slideshow contains our ribbon-cutting photography for Disney’s “A Christmas Carol” train tour at Chicago’s Union Station with Oscar-winning Chicago director Robert Zemeckis.

Robert Zemeckis has directed “Romancing the Stone,” “Back to the Future,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “Back to the Future Part II,” “Back to the Future Part III,” “Death Becomes Her,” “Forrest Gump,” “Contact,” “What Lies Beneath,” “Cast Away,” “The Polar Express,” “Beowulf” and “A Christmas Carol”.

“A Christmas Carol” opens everywhere on Nov. 6, 2009. You can click “Next” and “Previous” to scan through this slideshow or jump directly to individual photos with the captioned links below. All photos are credited to Joe Arce of Starstruck Foto and HollywoodChicago.com. All rights reserved.

robertzemeckis1: Chicago’s own Academy Award-winning director Robert Zemeckis smiles for the HollywoodChicago.com lens at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Disney’s “A Christmas Carol” train tour at Chicago’s Union Station on July 24, 2009.

robertzemeckis2: Former Walt Disney Studios Chairman Dick Cook strikes a casual pose for the HollywoodChicago.com camera at the ribbon-cutting ceremony for Disney’s “A Christmas Carol” train tour at Chicago’s Union Station on July 24, 2009.

robertzemeckis3: Left to right: Amtrak chief marketing officer David Lim, “A Christmas Carol” director Robert Zemeckis and former Walt Disney Studios Chairman Dick Cook cut the ribbon to officialy open Disney’s “A Christmas Carol” train tour to the public at Chicago’s Union Station on July 24, 2009.