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Basics Critics:85Viewers:79Rusty:84
Category: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi/FantasyNotable as: Science Fiction, Award-Winning WorkSub-Category: science fiction film, adventure film, comedy film, teen filmMain subject: time travelNarrative location: CaliforniaRuntime: 116 minutesColor: colorLanguage: EnglishCountry: United StatesFilming location: Los Angeles, Gamble HouseDirector: Robert ZemeckisScreenwriter: Robert Zemeckis, Bob GaleMusic: Alan SilvestriCinematography: Dean CundeyStars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson, Claudia Wells, Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperber, George DiCenzo Producer: Bob Gale, Neil CantonStudio: Amblin EntertainmentAwards won: Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
National Film RegistryAward nominations: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale)Award details: (details at IMDb)
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Back to the Future is a 1985 American comic science fiction 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 sent back in time to 1955. He meets his future parents in high school and accidentally becomes 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. Emmett "Doc" Brown, he must find a way to return to 1985. Zemeckis and Gale wrote the script after Gale mused upon whether he would have befriended his father if they attended school together. Various film studios rejected the script until the financial success of Zemeckis' Romancing the Stone. Zemeckis approached Spielberg, who agreed to produce the project at Amblin Entertainment, with Universal Pictures as distributor. The first choice for the role of Marty McFly was Michael J. Fox. However, he was busy filming his television series Family Ties and the show's producers would not allow him to star in the film.


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