Robert Zemeckis has risen to the forefront of American filmmaking with a string of successes: Romancing the Stone, Back to the Future I, II, & III, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Forrest Gump, and Castaway. Herein, Norman Kagan unlocks themind behind the making of these diverse and groundbreaking hits—appraising each work&’s public and critical appeal while placing the films in the context of Zemeckis&’s career.