Back to the Future

Back to the Future Movie Details:

Back to the Future Movie Cast & Characters:

• Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly
• Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Emmett Brown
• Lea Thompson as Lorraine Baines
• Crispin Glover as George McFly
• Tom Wilson as Biff Tannen
• Claudia Wells as Jennifer Parker
• Marc McClure as Dave McFly
• Wendie Jo Sperber as Linda McFly
• George DiCenzo as Sam Baines
• Frances Lee McCain as Stella Baines
• James Tolkan as Mr. Strickland
• J.J. Cohen as Skinhead
• Casey Siemaszko as 3-D
• Billy Zane as Match
• Harry Waters Jr. as Marvin Berry
• Donald Fullilove as Goldie Wilson
• Lisa Freeman as Babs
• Cristen Kauffman as Betty
• Elsa Raven as Clocktower Lady
• Will Hare as Pa Peabody
• Ivy Bethune as Ma Peabody
• Jason Marin as Sherman Peabody
• Katherine Britton as Peabody Daughter
• Jason Hervey as Milton Baines
• Maia Brewton as Sally Baines
• Courtney Gains as Dixon
• Richard L. Duran as Terrorist
• Jeff O’Haco as Terrorist Van Driver
• Johnny Green as Scooter Kid #1
• Jamie Abbott as Scooter Kid #2
• Norman Alden as Lou
• Read Morgan as Cop
• Sachi Parker as Bystander #1
• Robert Krantz as Bystander #2
• Gary Riley as Guy #1
• Karen Petrasek as Girl #1
• George ‘Buck’ Flower as Red the Bum
• Tommy Thomas as Starlighter
• Granville ‘Danny’ Young as Starlighter
• David Harold Brown as Starlighter
• Lloyd L. Tolbert as Starlighter
• Paul Hanson as Pinhead
• Lee Brownfield as Pinhead
• Robert DeLapp as Pinhead

Storyline:

Marty McFly, a typical American teenager of the Eighties, is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a plutonium-powered DeLorean “time machine” invented by a slightly mad scientist. During his often hysterical, always amazing trip back in time, Marty must make certain his teenage parents-to-be meet and fall in love – so he can get back to the future.

About Back to the Future Movie:

Back to the Future is an American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, and Thomas F. Wilson.

Gale and Zemeckis conceived the idea for Back to the Future in 1980. They were desperate for a successful film after numerous collaborative failures, but the project was rejected more than forty times by various studios because it was not considered raunchy enough to compete with the successful comedies of the era.

A development deal was secured with Universal Pictures following Zemeckis’s success directing Romancing the Stone (1984). Fox was the first choice to portray Marty but was unavailable; Eric Stoltz was cast instead.

Shortly after principal photography began in November 1984, Zemeckis determined Stoltz was not right for the part and made the concessions necessary to hire Fox, including re-filming scenes already shot with Stoltz and adding $4 million to the budget. Back to the Future was filmed in and around California and on sets at Universal Studios, and concluded the following April.

After highly successful test screenings, the release date was brought forward to July 3, 1985, giving the film more time in theaters during the busiest period of the theatrical year. The change resulted in a rushed post-production schedule and some incomplete special effects. Back to the Future was a critical and commercial success, earning $381.1 million to become the highest-grossing film of 1985 worldwide. Critics praised the story, humor, and the cast, particularly Fox, Lloyd, Thompson, and Glover.

It received multiple award nominations and won an Academy Award, three Saturn Awards, and a Hugo Award. Its theme song, “The Power of Love” by Huey Lewis and the News, was also a success.

Back to the Future has since grown in esteem and is now considered by critics and audiences to be one of the greatest science-fiction films and among the best films ever made. In 2007, the United States Library of Congress selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.

The film was followed by two sequels, Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Back to the Future Part III (1990). Spurred by the film’s dedicated fan following and effect on popular culture, Universal Studios launched a multimedia franchise, which now includes video games, theme park rides, an animated television series, and a stage musical. Its enduring popularity has prompted numerous books about its production, documentaries, and commercials.

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