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Back to the Future follows Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), a 17-year-old teenager from Hill Valley whose ordinary life takes an extraordinary turn when his eccentric scientist friend Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown (Christopher Lloyd) accidentally sends him 30 years into the past in a modified DeLorean time machine. Marty arrives in 1955, where he accidentally interferes with the first meeting of his future parents, George McFly (Crispin Glover) and Lorraine Baines (Lea Thompson). His biggest problem is now not only finding a way back to 1985, but also making sure his parents fall in love—otherwise, he may erase himself from existence. With Biff Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson) causing trouble and Doc trying to recreate the enormous electrical power needed for time travel, Marty has only a limited window to repair history.

Adventure Comedy Teen

Release Date: July 3, 1985
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Teen
Duration: 116 minutes / 1 hr 56 min
Language: English
Starring: Christopher Lloyd
Box Office: approximately $392.98 million worldwide
Where To Watch: Amazon Video , Apple TV

More details about Back to the Future (1985) and where you can watch

The DeLorean wasn’t the original time machine idea. In early versions of the screenplay, Doc Brown’s time machine was actually imagined as a refrigerator. The concept was later changed to the iconic DeLorean, which made the time machine visually distinctive and allowed Marty to drive it.

Michael J. Fox wasn’t originally the only Marty. Actor Eric Stoltz was initially cast and filmed scenes as Marty before the filmmakers decided that his performance wasn’t right for the comedic tone they wanted. Michael J. Fox was subsequently brought in, while some distant footage featuring Stoltz remained in the finished film.

The famous “1.21 gigawatts” idea became part of the movie’s identity. Doc’s exaggerated scientific terminology helped make the film’s fictional time-travel technology memorable even though the movie intentionally mixes real scientific concepts with fantasy.

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Universal executive Sid Sheinberg reportedly wanted Back to the Future renamed “Spaceman from Pluto”, believing audiences wouldn’t be interested in a movie with “future” in its title. Steven Spielberg responded with a joking memo thanking him for the suggestion, and Sheinberg ultimately allowed the original title to remain.