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Movie Description
A fast-moving and heart-warming comedy, BACK TO THE FUTURE is Robert Zemeckis' well-loved 1980s classic. It is the story of a teenager from 1985 who commandeers the time-traveling DeLorean invented by a wacky scientist friend, and is accidentally sent back in time to the 1950s. But the real problems start after he inadvertently disrupts the first meeting between his future parents--and his mom ends up falling for him instead. Eliciting help from the inventor of the time-machine (who is now thirty years younger), the young man must untangle the reverse Oedipal knot he's created, or he will never be born. If he can't influence them to fall in love, he might never exist! And if he somehow manages to succeed, he must then find a way to get "back to the future."
Synopsis
When a teenager from 1985 commandeers the time-traveling DeLorean of a wacky scientist friend, he is accidentally sent back in time to the 50s. But the real problems start after he inadvertently disrupts the first meeting between his future parents -- and his mom ends up falling for him instead. Eliciting help from the inventor of the time-machine (who is now thirty years younger), the young man must untangle the reverse Oedipal knot he's created, or he will never be born. And if he somehow manages to succeed, he must then find a way to get "back to the future."
Film Notes
Theatrical release: May 25, 1990.
Estimated budget: $22 million.
BACK TO THE FUTURE grossed more than $80 million at the domestic box office and more than $240 million worldwide.
Michael J. Fox's middle name is Jello. His parents let him pick his own middle name at the age of two.
Industry Reviews
"...Takes [a] sweet, ingenious premise and really runs with it....[Zemeckis] will be spinning funny, whimsical tall tales for a long time to come..."
Maslin
"...BACK TO THE FUTURE accelerates with wit, ideas and infectious, wide-eyed wonder..."
Variety - Loyn. (06/26/1985)
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