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    Bob Zemeckis on 'Flight,' Motion-Capture and 'Yellow Submarine'

    Director Bob Zemeckis makes "Flight" for cheap, defends motion capture and abandons his remake of "Yellow Submarine."

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    By Kim Masters • Nov 19, 2012 • 28m Listen

    Director Bob Zemeckis makes Flight for cheap, defends motion capture and abandons his remake of Yellow Submarine. He also reflects on how hard it is to take risks and get original movie ideas made in today's Hollywood.

    Banner image: (L-R) Robert Zemeckis and Denzel Washington on the set of Flight

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      Kim Masters

      partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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