Michael J. Fox

Christopher Lloyd

Crispin Glover

Lea Thompson

Claudia Wells

Thomas F. Wilson

Marc McClure

Wendie Jo Sperber

George DiCenzo

Frances Lee McCain

Billy Zane

J.J. Cohen

Casey Siemaszko

James Tolkan

Harry Waters, Jr.

Donald Fullilove

Lisa Freeman

Cristen Kauffman

Elsa Raven

Will Hare

Ivy Bethune

Jason Marin

Katherine Britton

Jason Hervey

Maia Brewton

Courtney Gains

Richard L. Duran

Jeff O'Haco

Johnny Green

Jamie Abbott

Norman Alden

Read Morgan

Sachi Parker

Robert Krantz

Gary Riley

Karen Petrasek

George Buck Flower

Tommy Thomas

Granville 'Danny' Young

David Harold Brown

Lloyd L. Tolbert

Paul Hanson

Lee Brownfield

Robert DeLapp

Tony Pope

Charles L. Campbell

Huey Lewis

Hal Gausman

Deborah Harmon

Arthur Tovey

Tom Tangen

Tom Willett

Arthur Schmidt

Mike Fenton

Dean Cundey

Harry Keramidas

Judy Taylor

Jane Feinberg

Robert Zemeckis

Lawrence G. Paull

Bob Gale

Alan Silvestri

Neil Canton

Spiro Razatos

Robert Schmelzer

Bob Yerkes

Per Welinder

Jimmy Corona Rooney

Bernie Pock

John-Clay Scott

Max Kleven

Loren Janes

Richard E. Butler

Frank Marshall

Ken Chase

Kathleen Kennedy

Steven Spielberg

Deborah L. Scott

Dorothy Byrne

Todd Hallowell

Bones Howe

John A. Larsen

Barbara Palmer Dixon

Clyde E. Bryan

Robert R. Rutledge

Ralph Nelson Jr.

Raymond Stella

Jack Grossberg

Julie Starr Dresner

Dennis E. Jones

Elizabeth Rabe

Robert Iannaccone

Brian Callahan

Walter Scott

Arthur F. Repola

Drew Struzan

Alan L. Nineberg

Pamela M. Eilerson

Ronald Woodward

Dic Alexander

Brad Jeffries

Albert Hood

Takeo Ogawa

Bonne Radford

Ellen Lichtwardt Goodchild

Al Gaynor

James B. Campbell

Leanne Moore

John Zemansky

John Feinblatt

Earl Sampson

David McGiffert

Terry Hager

Lawrence Jordan

Kenneth Karman

John Roesch

Kevin Pike

Ernest Depew

Ramon Pahoyo

Marsha Robertson

Paul Pav

Cameron Birnie

Laurie Vermont

Tim Stadler

Dick Lasley

Gregory Dultz

William B. Kaplan

Charlie Mullen

Charles Croughwell

Donna K. Baker

Richard Babin

Darcy Vebber

Steve Tate

Joe Pfaltzgraf

Thomas Marshall

Donah Bassett

Alexander Xavier Ponce-Bonano

Greg Orloff

Ray Gilberti

Eric Stoltz

Larry Singer

Rob Stevens

Dan Cooper

Nina Saxon

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clock tower

car race

lightning

guitar

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inventor

journey in the past

invention

time travel

bullying

mad scientist

love

fish out of water

terrorism

teenage love

destiny

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hidden identity

teenage life

changing the past or future

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Ian Beale

**Entertaining**

A man goes back in time to save his mother - or something like that anyway - I was too entertained to fully grasp what was going on.  Seriously, this film moves so fast that you will find yourself having to try your hardest to keep up with it.

Great movie. Great soundtrack. Great performances. A shame that the sequels did not live up to this one. 

- Ian Beale

Earth Angel And The Nuclear DeLorean.

It's 1984 and director Robert Zemeckis, fresh from the success of Romancing The Stone, is trying to film Back To the Future - a film about a young teenager called Marty McFly who is accidentally sent back in time to 1955 and inadvertently risks the future of his family. Zemeckis is troubled by his leading man, Eric Stoltz, who just isn't capturing the youthful teenager exuberance that he wants for Marty McFly. Stoltz is jettisoned and in comes Michael J. Fox who was busy wowing audiences in the hugely popular sit-com Family Ties. Fox had been first choice anyway but couldn't get a release slot from shooting with Family Ties. Luckily the wasted time with Stoltz created an opening for Fox to play Marty McFly as well as work on the show - the result of which would turn out to be one of the most beloved fantasy trilogies of the modern era.

It's honestly hard to find anyone who seriously doesn't like Back To The Future part one. The second one has its critics, because, lets face it, it's a bridge between two better films, while the third film loses some people because of its Western themed plot (the heathens that they are). Yet really this trilogy opener is as near perfect cinema for all the family as you could wish to view. It's a water tight script from Zemeckis and Bob Gale that not only encompasses witty time travel paradoxes, but also dares to be dramatic into the bargain. The first 15 minutes contains a real shocker that is as cheeky as it bold, something that really gives Marty's 1955 quest a real urgency that the audience can buy into as the comedy relief then comes in spades. The set pieces are first rate - hello skateboard - hello rock "n" roll 101, and the makers have fun in winking towards other notable sci-fi pictures along the way. Hell they even manage to deal in an Oedipal strand that is tasteful, handled superbly and garners guffaws aplenty. No mean feat that last one actually. Alan Silvestri provides a whirring & pleasing score and the theme song, The Power Of Love, by Huey Lewis & The News, is infectiously enjoyable. Finally it's the cast that seal the deal for why this is as good as it gets for fantasy escapist cinema. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson & Crispin Glover are the perfect quintet, each feeding off each other and doing justice to the excellently constructed story.

Made for $19 million, Back To The Future went on to make a worldwide gross of over $381 million, and those are the kind of figures you really can't argue with. It's snappy, happy and down right funny, so really, if you don't like Back To The Future then seek medical help immediately. 10/10

The Peruvian Post

"Robert Zemeckis remains the beating heart of modern science-fiction films"

The first time I have ever redacted a critic was down in 2015, since then, I learned how impressive productions could change lives and start movements throughout the world. Back To The Future represents one of those films, such a powerful, inspirational, comical, heartwarming, and innovative one. Probably, McFly and Doc Brown proffer the best duo-interaction I have ever beheld in an 80s film (which, happily, could end up being top-notch of all time). There are almost no blunders to be found because the flick essentially represents an instant classic of cinematic history as if to say, pure perfection. From this moment on, you might be thinking about the reason of having assessed the film as absolute perfection score.

First and foremost, we discuss relating to breaking formulas and experiencing new paths, in other words, means opening new cinematic genres and improving them, that is to say, films which leave a significant legacy. Back To The Future follows the proper steps to provide that brand-new feature we were all hoping. Secondly, we balance the film's highest moments and ordinary moments with humour, some 50's nostalgia, some drama and (even) some action moments which results in a win-win the film provides a mixture of genres carefully well-managed and accurately-needed. Third, if the goal is the production of an instant classic, we will need to focus on the cast, because they are the ones who will perform during the whole film, they embody the heroes and villains; therefore, they become fundamental. Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd are the film's core, as excellent as Vince Vaughn-Owen Wilson's 2005 Wedding Crashers, I daresay. 

Finally, but not least, the soundtrack and the environment, in spite of ending up being complementary, provides not only a trusting reality but an opportunity to show the audience the plot's main incidents. During the display, we will notice the most recurrent spots are the 80's and 50's at school, at traditional coffee shops and the streets, not forgetting the excellent pop-culture references introduced.

The audience ought to congratulate Robert Zemeckis' mind and, also, the crucial support of his staff (one of whom was Steve Spielberg) owing to this masterpiece. The montage is proof that everyone who has an incredible imagination is capable of creating chef-d'oeuvres, delivering the audience such an extraordinary time. What is more exhilarating is the fact that then-president Ronald Reagan loved the film to the point that he used famous BTTF quotes, for example, during his 1986 State of Union Adress. What an achievement ladies and gentlemen!

(90/100)

Not sure how many times I've seen this (first time was on VHS ~1986 or 87 I think) but still an incredibly fun sci-fi comedy with Fox and Lloyd working perfectly off one another. Holds up so well each and every time I re-visit. **4.5/5**

Andre Gonzales

Everyone who's ever seen this movie loves it. We all wish we could go back in time. I know I do.

A quintasential '80s movie. A time-jumping rollercoaster ride everyone will enjoy getting on board.

The first time I saw this movie I was 6 or 7 years old and my friend had it on VHS and since then I can't count the number of times I have seen it. Such a fun time travel adventure movie.

Back to the Future( 1985)

He was never in time for his classes. He wasn't in time for his dinner. Then one day...he wasn't in his time at all.

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Written by Ian Beale on Thu Feb 23 2017

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