Back to the Future starring Michael J.
Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea
Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas
F. Wilson
Alright !
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?! Whos 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 Gales 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 president, ha!), the film comes off as a Twilight
Zone episode written by Preston Sturges. Filled with memorable effects
and two wonderfully off-key, perfec tly cast performances: Christopher
Lloyd as the crazy scientist who builds the time machine (a DeLorean
luxury car) and Crispin Glover as Martys geeky dad. Followed by two
sequels. --Doug Thomas
Looking back nearly 25 years ago and it's hard to believe th at Back to the
Future almost never got made. It doesn't seem even slightly conceivable
that Back to the Future almost didn't get made because almost all but one
studio thought it wasn't risque enough to compete with other teen
comedies like Revenge of the Nerds, Porky's, and Fast Times at
Ridgemont High. (That other studio was Disney, and they passed on Back
to the Future because they thought it was too risque because it featured a
girl falling in love with her future son who hadn't actually been born yet.) To
add to that, it almost didn't exist in the form that we know it today. Michael
J. Fox initially wasn't available to play Marty McFly due to scheduling
conflicts with Family Ties, so the filmmakers went with Eric Stoltz (Butterfly
Effect, Pulp Fiction, etc.). But they couldn't agree on the tone of the film,
and Stoltz, while a great actor, didn't "get" Marty McFly. Despite all these
setbacks and more Back to the Future finally hit the screen to become the
highest grossing film of 1985, and launching one of the most loved trilogies
of all time.
Marty McFly is a regular high school teenager. He's in a band, but can't
catch a break. His parents are lame. He has a hot girlfriend. His best friend
is a local scientist and inventor. Late one night Marty goes to meet his
friend, Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), at the local mall to document the
unveiling of his new invention: a time machine made out of a DeLorian. But
the unveiling goes awry when the Libyans Doc Brown conned out of their
precious plutonium they asked him to use to make an atomic bomb, Marty
finds himself in 1955. Having taken his father's place for his mother's
affection, Marty must get them together or risk fading into nothingness.
Written by Bob Gale based on the concept of would him and his dad be
friends if they were in high school together, Back to the Future is a
masterpiece. All of the characters are well written and rounded (with the
possible exception of the school bully, Biff Tannen) and the plot takes us
somewhere foreign yet familiar, magical but still down to earth. With the
direction of Robert Zemeckis (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Disney's A
Christmas Carol, Beouwolf, Polar Express, etc.), despite the effects (or
lack thereof)and kitsch of the 80's you still get something timeless. Even
now, the style of the 80's is played at times as a joke against the backdrop
of the 50's, which only adds to the timelessness of this classic. Not to
mention the sets, all done on the Universal back lot, really embody the
80's, and then the 50's. BttF is a true testament to all the components
coming together to make a film perfect.
Everyone in this movie is practically known for who they play in this movie,
not because they haven't gone on to do other great things, but because
they fit the characters so perfectly. Michael J. Fox might have Teen Wolf,
Spin City, Doc Hollywood, and Family Ties but people will always call him
Marty McFly. Same for Christopher Lloyd, he'll always be Doc Brown. For
most of the actors in this film this is not their first forray into film (except for
Billy Zane, who you'll catch in his first film appearance if you watch real
closely), and it won't be their last, but if all of their other films are forgotten,
what will probably be all of the casts most iconic performances will live on.
I'm sure most of you have already seen this film, if not all of you, but it can't
be too far fetched to think there are still some out there who haven't (heck,
I know a guy who hasn't seen the Star Wars Trilogy, or hadn't as of a few
years ago). If you haven't seen Back to the Future, get on board, you
seriously don't know what you're missing!
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