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Back to the Future(Movie, 1985)

1h 56min | Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Back to the FutureRating: 4.2/5 (with 93279,327 votes) 633
Back to the Future is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, and Thomas F. Wilson. Set in 1985, it follows Marty McFly (Fox), a teenager accidentally sent back to 1955 in a time-traveling DeLorean automobile built by his eccentric scientist friend Emmett "Doc" Brown (Lloyd), where he inadvertently prevents his future parents from falling in love – threatening his own existence – and is forced to reconcile them and somehow get back to the future. Gale and Zemeckis conceived the idea for Back to the Future in 1980. They were desperate for a successful film after numerous collaborative failures, but the project was rejected more than forty... ()
Part of the Back to the Future Collection
Movie poster of Back to the Future

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"Back to the Future" is currently available on 3 providers. Back to the Future can be streamed free of charge on Amazon Prime Video (as part of a subscription), can be rented on Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (SD/HD/4K) and Back to the Future can also be purchased at Amazon Instant Video and Apple / iTunes Store (as download from the website or as Blu-ray Disc/DVD).

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Duration: 1h 56min
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Amazon Instant Video
Available languages: English
Available subtitles: English
Duration: 1h 56min
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Duration: 1h 56min
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Also available at Amazon.com on: DVD Blu-ray

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Awards & Nominations for Back to the Future

Academy Award for Best Sound Editing National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film Saturn Award for Best Special Effects Saturn Award for Best Actor Japan Academy Film Prize for Outstanding Foreign Language Film David di Donatello Goldene Leinwand International Film Music Critics Association Awards Jupiter Award (film award) Young Artist Award Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for Best Sound

About Back to the Future

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

Trailer for Back to the Future + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

BACK TO THE FUTURE Trailer [1985] 4K(Trailer, 1:03)

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Teaser (Teaser)
Teaser (Teaser)
Trailer (Trailer)
Dolt in Style (Featurette)
Universal Characters (Featurette)
Johnny B. Goode (Featurette)
Michael J. Fox (Featurette)
The Score (Featurette)
Special Effects (Featurette)
Who's the President (Featurette)
The Delorean (Featurette)
Deleted Scene (Pizza) (Featurette)
BTS: Casting Crispin (Behind the Scenes)
BTS: Casting Lea (Behind the Scenes)
BTS: Test Screenings (Behind the Scenes)
BTS: A Huge Hit (Behind the Scenes)
BTS: Casting Tom Wilson (Behind the Scenes)
BTS: Christopher Lloyd (Behind the Scenes)
BTS: Michael as Marty (Behind the Scenes)
BTS: "Germ Of The Idea" (Behind the Scenes)
BTS: Gag Reel (Bloopers)
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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Plays in: Hill Valley
Derivative works/Adaptions: "Back to the Future" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 42 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Estonian (ET), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hindi (HI), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Latvian (LV), Malayalam (ML), Burmese (MY), Norwegian Bokmål (NB), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Uzbek (UZ), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 10/21/2023 (World premiere: 07/03/1985)
Appearing Characters: Marty McFly, Jennifer Parker, George McFly, Lorraine Baines McFly, Biff Tannen, Emmett Brown
Voice Actor: Charles L. Campbell
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Screenwriter: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
Executive Producer: Steven Spielberg
Director of Photography: Dean Cundey
Composer: Alan Silvestri
Performer: Alan Silvestri
Costume designer: Deborah Lynn Scott
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Volver al Futuro"
"Gələcəyə Dönüş"
"Regreso al futuro"
"Aftur til framtíðar"
"バック・トゥ・ザ・フューチャー"
"バック・トゥ・ザ・フューチャー：1985"
"백 투 더 퓨처"
"백 투 더 퓨쳐"
"빽 투 더 퓨처"
"빽 투 더 퓨쳐"
"Terug naar de Toekomst"
"Повратак у будућност"
"Назад в будущee"
"Vrnitev v prihodnost"
"Back to the Future 1"
"Back to the Future Part 1"
"Space Man From Pluto"
Budget: 19,000,000 USD
Revenue: 381,109,762 USD (= 2,006%)

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