Back to the Future
Back to the Future is a 1985 American science fiction adventure movie directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Bob Gale. It stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Crispin Glover. It is the first movie for the Back to the Future trilogy.
| Back to the Future | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Robert Zemeckis |
| Produced by | Bob Gale Neil Canton |
| Written by | Robert Zemeckis Bob Gale |
| Starring | Michael J. Fox Christopher Lloyd Lea Thompson Crispin Glover |
| Music by | Alan Silvestri |
| Cinematography | Dean Cundey |
| Edited by | Arthur Schmidt Harry Keramidas |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | July 3, 1985 |
Running time | 116 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $19 million |
| Box office | $388.8 million |
Plot
In 1985, Doc Emmett Brown shows teenage Marty his new creation: a car which can travel through time. The heart of the time machine is "the flux capacitor," invented by Dr. Brown. The time machine needs plutonium to provide the power for the flux capacitor. Marty uses the car to escape from Islamic terrorists and accidentally goes back to the year 1955. Marty seeks out and meets Dr. Brown in 1955. The time machine is out of plutonium, and there is no plutonium available for the time machine in 1955. By chance, Marty knows the time and place of a one-time natural event (lightning strike) that can provide the power to transport the time machine and Marty back to 1985.
The situation in 1955 is complicated when Marty meets his own parents as teenagers. When he helps his father, he accidentally changes the events that lead to his parents becoming a couple. Marty's teenage mother becomes interested in Marty instead of Marty's father, George. With the help of the Doc of 1955, Marty tries to undo the damage he has done, and make his mother fall in love with his father. If he can get his parents back together, he has very little time to get back to the car to use the lightning strike to take the time machine and him (Marty) back to the future (i.e. 1985).
Cast
- Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly
- Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown
- Lea Thompson as Lorraine Baines-McFly
- Crispin Glover as George McFly
- Thomas F. Wilson as Biff Tannen
- Claudia Wells as Jennifer Parker
- James Tolkan as Mr. Strickland
- Marc McClure as Dave McFly
- Wendie Jo Sperber as Linda McFly
Back To The Future Media
Director Robert Zemeckis in 2010, who developed Back to the Future with his long-time friend Bob Gale
Steven Spielberg in 2018. He mentored Zemeckis and lent his experience and Hollywood studio clout to support the production of Back to the Future.
Eric Stoltz (pictured in 2012) was cast as Marty McFly and spent several weeks filming Back to the Future before the role was re-cast.
A house in Arleta, Los Angeles, served as the McFlys' home.
The Hill Valley town square and clock tower were a set built on the Universal Studios' backlot.
A rough cut of the film was test screened for audiences at Century 22 theater in San Jose, California, only three weeks after filming concluded.
The DeLorean time machine on display in 2021
Artist Drew Struzan in 2012. He designed the Back to the Future theatrical release poster.
The logo for Back to the Future
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