Back to the future [videorecording] / Universal ; Steven Spielberg presents ; a Robert Zemeckis film ; executive producers, Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy ; written by Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale ; produced by Bob Gale and Neil Canton ; directed by Robert Zemeckis.
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FilmPublisher number: 61100542 | UniversalLanguage: English, French Original language: English Publication details: [Universal City, Calif.] : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, ©2009Edition: [Special ed.]Description: 2 videodiscs (ca. 116 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): Genre/Form: - Music, Alan Silvestri ; editors, Arthur Schmidt, Harry Keramidas ; director of photography, Dean Cundey ; visual effects produced at Industrial Light & Magic.
- Named to the National Film Registry in 2007 by the Library of Congress ; Winner, Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing (Charles L. Campbell, Robert R. Rutledge), 1986 Academy Awards (USA) ; Winner, Favorite Motion Picture, 1986 People's Choice Awards (USA) ; Winner, Saturn Award, Best Actor (Michael J. Fox), Best Science Fiction Film, Best Special Effects (Kevin Pike), 1986 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (USA).
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1985.
Disc 1: Feature (ca. 116 min.) -- Bonus materials: Making of featurette (ca. 14 min.) -- Making the trilogy: Chapter one (ca. 16 min.) -- Q&A with director Robert Zemeckis and producer Bob Gale (audio track that plays over the feature film ; interviewer, Laurent Bouzereau, conducted at the University of Southern California) -- Enhanced conversation with Michael J. Fox (ca. 25 min.) -- Optional autio feature commentary with producers Bob Gale and Neil Canton -- Deleted scenes (ca. 11 min., optional audio commentary) -- Outtakes -- Universal animated anecdotes -- Original makeup tests -- Production archives -- Exerpts from the original screenplay.
Disc 2 : Bonus features : Back to the Future: the ride -- Looking Back to the Future (ca. 46 min.) -- 'Back to the Future' night (ca. 27 min.) -- Michael J. Fox Q&A.
Music, Alan Silvestri ; editors, Arthur Schmidt, Harry Keramidas ; director of photography, Dean Cundey ; visual effects produced at Industrial Light & Magic.
Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson.
It's the mid-80's, and Marty McFly is your average 17-year-old slacker who happens to be friends with an inventor, Doc Brown. Doc's latest invention is a time machine, that ends up transporting Marty back to 1955 where he must bring his parents together so that he will exist when he gets back to his own time.
Rating: PG.
DVD ; NTSC, Region 1 ; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; single-layer disc.
English or dubbed French dialogue ; optional Spanish subtitles ; optional English captions for hearing impaired.
Named to the National Film Registry in 2007 by the Library of Congress ; Winner, Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing (Charles L. Campbell, Robert R. Rutledge), 1986 Academy Awards (USA) ; Winner, Favorite Motion Picture, 1986 People's Choice Awards (USA) ; Winner, Saturn Award, Best Actor (Michael J. Fox), Best Science Fiction Film, Best Special Effects (Kevin Pike), 1986 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (USA).