Back to the Future

UPC: 025195004268

Studio: Universal Studios

MPAA Rating: PG   Contains:[Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Suitable for Children, Adult Language]

Summary: Contemporary high schooler Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) doesn't have the most pleasant of lives. Browbeaten by his principal at school, Marty must also endure the acrimonious relationship between his nerdy father (Crispin Glover) and his lovely mother (Lea Thompson), who in turn suffer the bullying of middle-aged jerk Biff (Thomas F. Wilson), Marty's dad's supervisor. The one balm in Marty's life is his friendship with eccentric scientist Doc (Christopher Lloyd), who at present is working on a time machine. Accidentally zapped back into the 1950s, Marty inadvertently interferes with the budding romance of his now-teenaged parents. Our hero must now reunite his parents-to-be, lest he cease to exist in the 1980s. It won't be easy, especially with the loutish Biff, now also a teenager, complicating matters. Beyond its dazzling special effects, the best element of Back to the Future is the performance of Michael J. Fox, who finds himself in the quagmire of surviving the white-bread 1950s with a hip 1980s mindset. Back to the Future cemented the box-office bankability of both Fox and the film's director, Robert Zemeckis, who went on to helm two equally exhilarating sequels. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Science Fiction

Awards: Best Picture – British Academy of Film and Television Arts Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Song – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Song – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Song – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Sound Effects – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – National Board of Review Best Picture – People's Choice Awards

Features: Looking Back to the Future: explore the legacy of Back to the Future in this 9-part retrospective documentary
Back to the Future night: go on the set of Back to the Future and Back to the Future Part II in this rare tv special
The Making of Back to the Future
Making the trilogy: chapter one
Q&a with director Robert Zemeckis and producer Bob Gale
Enhanced conversation with Michael J. Fox
Feature commentary with producers Bob Gale and Neil Canton
Deleted scenes
Outtakes
Universal animated anecdotes
Original makeup tests
Production archives
Excerpts from the original screenplay

Back to the Future

Format: DVD

Release Date: 02/10/2009

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 116 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Back to the Future
1. Main Titles [:26]
2. Late for School [1:49]
3. The Slacker [1:56]
4. The Family McFly [:57]
5. A Time Machine? [1:29]
6. Escape From the Past [:07]
7. 1955 [1:54]
8. Dad the Dork [2:02]
9. Calvin & Lorraine [1:01]
10. Future Boy & Doc [2:19]
11. Marty's Problem [1:44]
12. The Matchmaker [1:26]
13. Skateboard Hero [:48]
14. The Big Date [1:53]
15. The Real George [1:29]
16. Johnny B. Goode [3:30]
17. Back to the Future [3:15]
18. Doc's Decision [3:18]
19. Future Shock [7:09]
20. Roads? (Credits) [2:41]

Matthew Doberman

Back to the Future is Robert Zemeckis/Steven Spielberg storytelling at its best, with humor, action, special effects and a Huey Lewis soundtrack rolled together in a package that proves "Fun" and "PG" are not antonyms. Michael J. Fox, then known mostly for his role on TV's Family Ties, is a teenage everyman who fulfills the dream of escaping his go-nowhere home life and dorky parents, only to find them transformed by his own hand. Supporting him is Christopher Lloyd, let loose to do what he does best -- act like a complete nut -- in the role of mad scientist Doc Brown. The film makes the most of the notion that Fox's Marty McFly can change the future, and successfully pays off on an astounding number of plot angles. Marty not only assures his own continued existence but changes the makeup of his family and community by helping his dad grow a backbone or (if you're watching carefully) altering the name of the local mall. More than just a series of anachronisms, Back to the Future has a real heart. You suffer along with Marty's teenaged dad, George, at the depredations of his tormentor, Biff, and get a genuine surge of adrenaline and pride when George finally takes his stand. Could this event lead to a changed life? In Back to the Future it does, believably. In fact, the film has more in common with the sentimental fantasy of It's a Wonderful Life than with the often-mindless action of the science fiction pictures that followed, proving that bigger budgets and more elaborate special effects didn't exactly lead to a higher-quality summer blockbuster. ~ Matthew Doberman, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Deborah Harmon  Actor 
Read Morgan  Actor 
David Harold Brown  Actor 
Granville "Danny" Young  Actor 
Lisa Freeman  Actor 
Cristen Kauffman  Actor 
Sachi Parker  Actor 
Robert de Lapp  Actor 
Johnny Green  Actor 
J.J. Cohen  Actor 
Paul Hansen  Actor 
Jamie Abbott  Actor 
Tommy Thomas  Actor 
Ivy Bethune  Actor 
Courtney Gains  Actor 
Gary Riley  Actor 
Billy Zane  Actor 
Jason Hervey  Actor 
Huey Lewis and the News  Actor 
Jeff O'Haco  Actor 
Harry Waters, Jr.  Actor 
Lee Brownfield  Actor 
Lee McCain  Actor 
Jeffrey Jay Cohen  Actor 
Will Hare  Actor 
Boyd "Red" Morgan  Actor 
Katherine Britton  Actor 
Lloyd L. Tolbert  Actor 
Norman Alden  Actor 
Donald Fullilove  Actor 
Robert Krantz  Actor 
Elsa Raven  Actor 
Richard L. Duran  Actor 
Elizabeth Chambers  Actor 
Maia Brewton  Actor 
Jason Marin  Actor 
Casey Siemaszko  Actor 
George "Buck" Flower  Actor 
Karen Petrasek  Actor 
Neil Canton  Producer 
Bob Gale  Producer 
Bob Gale  Screenwriter 
Kathleen Kennedy  Executive Producer 
Frank Marshall  Executive Producer 
Alan Silvestri  Composer (Music Score) 
Steven Spielberg  Executive Producer 
Robert Zemeckis  Director 
Robert Zemeckis  Screenwriter 
Michael J. Fox  Actor 
Christopher Lloyd  Actor 
Crispin Glover  Actor 
Lea Thompson  Actor 
Thomas F. Wilson  Actor 
James Tolkan  Actor 
Claudia Wells  Actor 
Wendie Jo Sperber  Actor 
Marc McClure  Actor 
George DiCenzo  Actor 

Country: USA