Back to the Future - Why don't you make like a tree and... get outta here?

[Mr. Agree]

[B]Back to the Future[/B]

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[B]What is it? (You have no film taste if you've never seen this)[/B]

Back to the Future is a 1985 American science-fiction comedy film. It was directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale, produced by Steven Spielberg, and starred Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, and Crispin Glover. The film tells the story of Marty McFly, a teenager who is accidentally sent back in time from 1985 to 1955. He meets his parents in high school, accidentally attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by causing his parents to fall in love, and with the help of scientist Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown, he must find a way to return to 1985.

Zemeckis and Gale wrote the script after Gale mused upon whether he would have befriended his father if they attended school together. Various film studios rejected the script until the financial success of Zemeckis' Romancing the Stone, after which the project was set up at Universal Pictures with Spielberg as an executive producer. Eric Stoltz was originally cast as Marty McFly when Michael J. Fox was busy filming the TV series Family Ties. However, during filming, Stoltz and the filmmakers decided that Stoltz was miscast, so Fox was approached again and he managed to work out a timetable in which he could give enough time and commitment to both; the subsequent recasting meant the crew had to race through reshoots and post-production to complete the film for its July 3, 1985 release date.

When released, Back to the Future became the most successful film of the year, grossing more than $380 million worldwide and receiving critical acclaim. It won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film, as well as Academy Awards, and Golden Globe nominations among others. Ronald Reagan even quoted the film in his 1986 State of the Union Address. In 2007, the Library of Congress selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry, and in June 2008 the American Film Institute's special AFI's 10 Top 10 acknowledged the film as the 10th-best film in the science fiction genre. The film marked the beginning of a franchise, with sequels Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part III released in 1989 and 1990, as well as an animated series, theme park ride, and video game.

[B]Casting[/B]

[B][I]Marty McFly[/B][/I]
Michael J. Fox was the first choice to play Marty McFly, but he was committed to the show Family Ties. Family Ties producer Gary David Goldberg felt that Fox was essential to the show's success, particularly with co-star Meredith Baxter on maternity leave, and refused to allow him time off to work on a film. Back to the Future was originally scheduled for a May 1985 release and it was late 1984 when it was learned that Fox would be unable to star in the film. Zemeckis' next two choices were C. Thomas Howell and Eric Stoltz, the latter of whom impressed the producers enough with his portrayal of Roy L. Dennis in Mask – which had yet to be released – that they selected him to play Marty McFly. Because of the difficult casting process, the start date was pushed back twice.

Four weeks into filming, Zemeckis decided Stoltz was miscast. Although he and Spielberg realized reshooting the film would add $3 million to the $14 million budget, they decided to recast. Spielberg explained Zemeckis felt Stoltz was too humorless and gave a "terrifically dramatic performance." Gale further explained they felt Stoltz was simply acting out the role, whereas Fox himself had a personality like Marty McFly. He felt Stoltz was uncomfortable riding a skateboard, whereas Fox was not. Stoltz confessed to director Peter Bogdanovich during a phone call, two weeks into the shoot, that he was unsure of Zemeckis' and Gale's direction, and concurred that he was wrong for the role

[B][I]Doc Brown[/B][/I]
Christopher Lloyd was cast as Doc Brown after the first choice, John Lithgow, became unavailable. Having worked with Lloyd on The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai (1984), producer Neil Canton suggested him for the part. Lloyd originally turned down the role, but changed his mind after reading the script and at the persistence of his wife. He improvised some of his scenes, taking inspiration from Albert Einstein and conductor Leopold Stokowski. Brown pronounces gigawatts as "jigowatts", which was the manner a physicist said the word when he met with Zemeckis and Gale as they researched the script.

[B]Awards[/B]
Back to the Future won the Academy Award for Sound Editing, while "The Power of Love", the sound designers, and Zemeckis and Gale (Original Screenplay), were nominated. The film won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film. Michael J. Fox and the visual effects designers won categories at the Saturn Awards. Zemeckis, composer Alan Silvestri, the costume design and supporting actors Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover and Thomas F. Wilson were also nominated. The film was successful at the 39th British Academy Film Awards, where it was nominated for Best Film, original screenplay, visual effects, production design and editing. At the 43rd Golden Globe Awards, Back to the Future was nominated for Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy), original song (for "The Power of Love"), Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy (Fox) and Best Screenplay for Zemeckis and Gale.

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[B]Back to the Future Part 2[/B]

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[B]What is it? [/B]

Back to the Future Part II is a 1989 American science fiction comedy film and the second installment of the Back to the Future trilogy. It was directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale, and starred Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Thomas F. Wilson and Lea Thompson. Part II and the third installment of the trilogy, Back to the Future Part III, were filmed back-to-back, with some of the scenes of Part II and Part III filmed concurrently, and released six months apart. Although released in 1989 and 1990, both films continued to portray 1985 as the present, due to them directly following the events of the first film.

Continuing where Back to the Future left off, Marty McFly and Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown use the DeLorean time machine to travel to 2015. While there, Biff Tannen steals the Delorean to travel back to give his teenage self a sports almanac, creating an alternative, dystopian 1985. McFly and Doc are forced to travel to 1955 to repair the timeline. The film has a cliffhanger ending that is resolved in Part III. Back to the Future Part II was released in the United States on November 22, 1989. The film was a commercial success, earning $331.95 million at the international box office, which (unadjusted) at the time was the 12th highest grossing film worldwide, and it received mixed to positive reviews from film critics.

[B]Development[/B]

Zemeckis states that initially Back to the Future was not destined to have a sequel, but its huge box office success led to the conception of a second installment. At first Part II was to take place in 1967. "Mr. Fusion" was to be destroyed, and Marty and Doc Brown would have to fly the DeLorean over a canyon.[1]

A major stumbling block arose when negotiating Crispin Glover's fee for reprising the role of George McFly. When it became clear that he would not be returning, the role was rewritten so that he is dead when the action takes place in the alternative version of 1985.

The greatest challenge was the creation of the futuristic vision of Marty's home town in the year 2015. Production Designer Rick Carter wanted to create a very detailed image with a different tone than the movie Blade Runner, saying he wanted to get past the smoke and chrome. Rick Carter and his most talented men spent months plotting, planning and preparing Hill Valley's transformation into a city of the future.

When writing the script for Part II, writer and producer Bob Gale wanted to push the ideas of the first film further for humorous effect. Zemeckis admits he was somewhat concerned about portraying the future because of the risk of making wildly inaccurate predictions.

[B]Awards[/B]

The film won the Saturn Award for Best Special Effects for Ken Ralston (the special effects supervisor), a BAFTA Film Award for Ken Ralston, an internet-voted 2003 AOL Movies DVD Premiere Award for the trilogy DVDs, a Golden Screen, a Young Artist Award, and the Favorite Movie Actor (Fox) and Favorite Movie Actress (Thompson) at the 1990 Kids' Choice Awards. It was nominated in 1990 for an Academy Award for Visual Effects.

Most visual effects nominations were due to the development of a new computer-controlled camera system, called VistaGlide, which was invented specifically for this movie — it enables one actor to play two or even three characters in the same scene while the boundary between the sections of the split screen and the camera itself can be moving.

Back to the Future Part II ranks 498 on Empire magazine's 2008 list of the 500 greatest movies of all time

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[B]Back to the Future Part 3[/B]

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[B]What is it?[/B]

Back to the Future Part III is a 1990 American science fiction comedy Western film. It is the third and final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy. The film was directed by Robert Zemeckis and starred Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F. Wilson and Lea Thompson. The film takes place immediately after the events of Back to the Future Part II. Marty McFly must rescue Doc Brown, who is stranded in 1885, from being killed by Buford Tannen.

Filming took place in both California and Arizona, and the film was released in the United States on May 25, 1990. The film was a commercial success and achieved $244.53 million at the international box office, making it the 6th highest grossing film of 1990. Fan reaction to the film was more positive than to the first sequel, with many stating that this entry to the series reflected the original better than Part II. Critics also gave Part III better reviews than Part II, which had been met with mostly mixed to positive reactions.

[B]Production[/B]

Michael J. Fox was asked by Zemeckis, during filming for the original, about what time period he would like to see and responded saying he wanted to visit the old west and meet cowboys, Zemeckis and Gale were intrigued by the idea, but held it off until Part III. Filming actually began during production for Part II, but only one scene was filmed during that time. Filming was halted when Michael J. Fox's father died and when his son was born. Mary Steenburgen was cast in mind, while her children persuaded her to star in the film. Also, George Lucas paid a visit to the production crew on the set at Red Hills Ranch. Gale and Zemeckis have stated that Lucas is a fan of the trilogy

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[B]Back to the Future: The Game (Part 4)[/B]

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[B]What is it?[/B]

Back to the Future: The Game is a graphic adventure video game based on the Back to the Future film franchise. The game is being developed by Telltale Games as part of a licensing deal with Universal Pictures. Bob Gale, who was involved with the creation of the film trilogy, is assisting Telltale in writing the game's story, while both the original actors Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd have allowed the developers to use their likenesses in the game for the lead characters Marty McFly and Doc Brown, respectively. Lloyd will also be providing the voice for Doc, while new talent AJ LoCascio will play the role of Marty. The game will be split up into five episodes available on multiple gaming platforms, the first episode released for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X on December 22, 2010, with PlayStation 3 and iPad versions following shortly thereafter.

[B]Gameplay[/B]

Back to the Future: The Game is a graphic adventure game; the player controls Marty to explore the 3D environments using either the keyboard or mouse to move around. The player can have Marty examine objects, talk to non-player characters (initiating dialog through conversation trees), and perform specific actions in order to solve puzzles and progress the game. Some items can be picked up and stored in Marty's inventory, and then can be used later to interact with other characters or objects. The game provides a list of current goals for the player to complete to advance the game. The player can access a hint system, revealing one clue at a time from a number of cryptic clues for how to solve a specific puzzle.

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[B]TO BE CONTINUED..[/B] (as in the thread being updated, not the franchise)

[Pascall]

This is the movie that made me fall in love with Michael J. Fox.

One of my favorite actors.

[Moby-]

Great movies.

[Maurice]

It's [I]leave[/I], you idiot! Make like a tree, and leave. You sound like a damn fool when you say it wrong.

Damn good movies.
But what I always wondered:
In BTTF 2, old biff goes to 1955 and fucks shit up. Marty and Doc then go back to 1985 but it's actually 1985A because biff changed the timeline.
But then how did biff return from 1955 to 2015 and not 2015A? It make no sense. Did 2015 magically change into 2015A? Clearly you would've seen that [I]something[/I] had changed outside.

[GodKing]

[QUOTE=Maurice;27564009]It's [I]leave[/I], you idiot! Make like a tree, and leave. You sound like a damn fool when you say it wrong.

Damn good movies.
But what I always wondered:
In BTTF 2, old biff goes to 1955 and fucks shit up. Marty and Doc then go back to 1985 but it's actually 1985A because biff changed the timeline.
But then how did biff return from 1955 to 2015 and not 2015A? It make no sense. Did 2015 magically change into 2015A? Clearly you would've seen that [I]something[/I] had changed outside.[/QUOTE]

It's just a movie.

[Tricky D]

If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88mph, you're gonna see some serious shit.

[Pavarotti]

[QUOTE=Maurice;27564009]It's [I]leave[/I], you idiot! Make like a tree, and leave. You sound like a damn fool when you say it wrong.

Damn good movies.
But what I always wondered:
In BTTF 2, old biff goes to 1955 and fucks shit up. Marty and Doc then go back to 1985 but it's actually 1985A because biff changed the timeline.
But then how did biff return from 1955 to 2015 and not 2015A? It make no sense. Did 2015 magically change into 2015A? Clearly you would've seen that [I]something[/I] had changed outside.[/QUOTE]

When old Biff gets out of the Time Machine, he breaks his cane because he's starting to go all see-though and disappear like Marty did in the first film.

[icemaz]

My favourite film series of all time.

[SEKCobra]

Movies were great, especially the sons gesture, game was ok but honestly the episode was quite short.

[One Ear Ninja]

One of my favorite movies of all time.
Didn't like the third though.

[Sokrates]

Great scott!

[Hazardous Melon]

back to the future part 3 is awesome.

[Wootman]

Is it bad that I haven't ever seen the movie?

[z0nk3d]

I've never seen the movies entirely

[R3mix]

Favourite films of all time. Love these movies.

[SEKCobra]

[QUOTE=Wootman;27565532]Is it bad that I haven't ever seen the movie?[/QUOTE]

Yes

[QUOTE=z0nk3d;27565550]I've never seen the movies entirely[/QUOTE]

Bad

[z0nk3d]

[QUOTE=SEKCobra;27565643]Yes

Bad[/QUOTE]

Well tbh I really would like to watch them all in a row but I can't bring myself to illegally download these movies and I can't find them anywhere on the market.

[Pretiacruento]

[QUOTE=Wootman;27565532]Is it bad that I haven't ever seen the movie?[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=z0nk3d;27565550]I've never seen the movies entirely[/QUOTE]
[B]YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES.[/B] :colbert:

[SEKCobra]

[QUOTE=z0nk3d;27565698]Well tbh I really would like to watch them all in a row but I can't bring myself to illegally download these movies and I can't find them anywhere on the market.[/QUOTE]

A series of tubes [url]http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Back+to+the+Future&x=0&y=0[/url]

[z0nk3d]

[QUOTE=SEKCobra;27565727]A series of tubes [url]http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Back+to+the+Future&x=0&y=0[/url][/QUOTE]

Now I gotta convince my dad to buy this piece of awesomeness in blu ray.

[SEKCobra]

Make sure to print out a quote like this and put it on the package:

"Mah favorite movehz - Facepunch 10"

[Cl0cK]

This is my favourite series about time travel.

[mrryanchisholm]

Have never seen the third one.

[Wootman]

[QUOTE=Pretiacruento;27565703][B]YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES.[/B] :colbert:[/QUOTE]

I know :frown:

I wonder if the PSN store sells it.

[Source]

I was thinking to myself the What is it section in OP shouldn't be needed as if you haven't seen this trilogy then you shouldn't be watching movies until you do full stop!

[-Ben_Wolfe-]

This has got to be one of my all-time favorite movies. If not the most favorite.

[thereisno131]

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Just throwing this out there.

Amazing film. This was basically my childhood.

[stealth_camo]

have the series on blu-ray

fantastic films

[SEKCobra]

People with the original VHS are winners.

[mrryanchisholm]

[QUOTE=SEKCobra;27566862]People with the original VHS are winners.[/QUOTE]

I've got the 2nd one on VHS.