Back To The Future
Science Fiction
Universal Studios  (1985) 117 mins PG

8.3 (156,597 votes) Top 250: #103
Dr. Emmett Brown: Then tell me, "future boy," who is president in the United States in 1985?
Marty McFly: Ronald Reagan.
Dr. Brown: Ronald Reagan? The actor?! Who's vice president? Jerry Lewis?

Filmmaker Robert Zemeckis topped his breakaway hit Romancing the Stone with this joyous comedy with a dazzling hook: what would it be like to meet your parents in their youth? Billed as a special-effects comedy, the imaginative film (the top box-office smash of 1985) has staying power because of the heart behind Zemeckis and Bob Gale's script. High schooler Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox, during the height of his TV success) is catapulted back to the '50s where he sees his parents in their teens, and accidentally changes the history of how Mom and Dad met. Filled with the humorous ideology of the '50s, filtered through the knowledge of the '80s (actor Ronald Reagan is presid...


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Cast and Crew
Michael J. Fox  ......  Marty McFly
Christopher Lloyd  ......  Dr. Emmett Brown
Lea Thompson  ......  Lorraine Baines McFly
Crispin Glover  ......  George McFly
Thomas F. Wilson  ......  Biff Tannen
Claudia Wells  ......  Jennifer Parker
Director  .....  Robert Zemeckis
Producer  .....  Neil Canton; Bob Gale
Writer  .....  Robert Zemeckis; Bob Gale
Notes
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the opening scene, if you watch the clocks carefully, you can tell that not only are some of them not synchronized properly, but some are not even running. (more)

Trivia:
Christopher Lloyd based his performance as Doc Brown on a combination of physicist Albert Einstein and conductor Leopold Stokowski. (more)

Filming Locations:
1711 Bushnell Avenue, South Pasadena, California, USA (more)

Quotes:
[first lines]
1985 radio announcer: October is inventory time, so right now, Statler Toyota is making the best deals of the year on all 1985 model Toyotas. You won't find a better car at a better price with better service anywhere in Hill Valley...
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 12 wins & 22 nominations (more)