Back to the Future Countdown to October 21, 2015. BTTF.com. Time Travel Terminal - Your One-Stop Shop For All Your Back to the Future Collecting Needs. Back to the Future trilogy. The first film was the highest-grossing film of 1985 and became an international phenomenon, leading to the second and third films, which were back-to-back film productions, released in 1989 and 1990, respectively. Though the sequels did not perform quite as well at the box office as the first film, the trilogy remains immensely popular after a quarter-century and has yielded such spinoffs as an animated television series and a motion-simulation ride at the Universal Studios Theme Parks in Universal City, California; Orlando, Florida (now closed); and Osaka, Japan, as well as a Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, iPad, PS3 and Wii video game.
The film's visual effects were done by Industrial Light and Magic. The trilogy was nominated for five Academy Awards all together, winning one (Best Sound Editing). The series continues as Doc Brown travels with Marty and Jennifer to the year 2015 where he has discovered Marty's family is in ruins. Back to the Future. 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 stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover and Thomas F. Wilson. Fox plays Marty McFly, a teenager who is accidentally sent back in time to 1955. He meets his future parents in high school and accidentally attracts his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by causing his parents-to-be to fall in love, and with the help of scientist Dr.
Zemeckis and Gale wrote the script after Gale mused upon whether he would have befriended his father if they attended school together. The first choice for the role of Marty McFly was Michael J. Plot[edit] While exploring the 1955 Hill Valley, Marty meets the teenage George, who is being bullied by Biff and is secretly writing science fiction stories. Marty makes several attempts to set George up with Lorraine. Cast[edit] Back to the Future Part II. Part II was produced on a $40 million budget and was filmed back-to-back with its sequel, Back to the Future Part III. Filming began in February 1989 after two years were spent building the sets and writing the script. The film was one of the most ground-breaking projects for effects studio Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). In addition to digital compositing, ILM used the VistaGlide motion control camera system, which allowed scenes to be filmed in which an actor played multiple characters simultaneously on-screen.
Two actors from the first film, Crispin Glover and Claudia Wells, did not return for the final two films. Glover's character, George McFly, was not only minimized in the plot, but was obscured and recreated with another actor. Part II was released by Universal Pictures on 22 November 1989. Plot[edit] On 26 October 1985, Dr. Marty switches places with his son and refuses Griff's offer. Jennifer wakes up in her 2015 home and hides from the McFly family. Cast[edit] Development[edit] Back to the Future Part III. Back to the Future Part III was filmed in California and Arizona, and was produced on a $40 million budget back-to-back with Back to the Future Part II. Part III was released in the United States on May 25, 1990, six months after the previous installment. Part III received generally positive reviews from critics and, although it was the lowest-grossing of the series' three films, it was commercially successful, earning $244.53 million at the box office, making it the sixth-highest-grossing film of 1990.
Plot[edit] On November 12, 1955, Marty McFly discovers that his friend, Dr. Doc devises a scheme to use a locomotive to push the DeLorean up to speed. Marty arrives on October 27, 1985, escaping the powerless DeLorean before it is hit by a freight train and destroyed. Marty takes Jennifer to the time machine wreckage. Cast[edit] Production[edit] The origins of the western theme for Back to the Future Part III lie in the production of the original film. Release and reception[edit] [edit]
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