Notice at the beginning of the movie it says the "Twin Pines Mall" but at the end it says the "Lone Pine Mall" because Marty accidently took out one of the pine trees at that guy's farm with the DeLorean in 1955
Here's one that took my FOREVER to get: Remember, there are no throwaway lines in the movie, everything pays off later. Remember when Doc said he was allergic to all synthetics? Synthetic fabrics were popular in the 50s, but Doc couldn't wead them. When he drops the plug on the clock tower, it snags on his wool pants, it wouldn't have done that on nylon or polyester. 😂
Yeah. One fun thing on rewatch is seeing subtle changes. Like the ledge under the clock tower becomes damaged. It wasn't before. The theater was showing a... racy 70s film. On return, its a church. (Fun side fact: the actor playing the bum had a long career doing character actor work... and had appeared in that racy film.)
Here is a FUN FACT: At the beginning of the movie, when Marty and his band are auditioning for the music committee in charge of choosing a band for the high school dance, the guy with the bullhorn who stops them and says “Sorry guys, but you’re just too darn loud” - that guy is HUEY LEWIS from the band HUEY LEWIS and THE NEWS. He sang the movie’s title song “Power of Love” which became a huge hit and was written by Huey Lewis himself, specifically for this movie. Huey Lewis and The News was a HUGELY popular band back in the 80s and had a lot of hit songs. Huey Lewis was a very familiar face from his own music videos seen on MTV. He was also in the famous “U.S.A. for Africa - We Are the World” music video with Michael Jackson and other legendary singers (he is the #17 singer in the video and comes in at 2: 48, right between Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper). Back when the movie opened in theatres in 1985, he was immediately recognized by movie goers - there was a collective laugh in the audience when he was seen as a character dressed up in that geeky plaid coat and tie, and with an unusual hairstyle, listening to Marty McFly and his band “The Pinheads” do a cover of his own song 😂 😂 😂
Yep also his song "I wanna new drug" was ripped off and the melody used for the hit theme for another HUGE 80s film: Ghostbusters. He sued the studio and later settled out of court with them for a reportedly HUGE but undisclosed amount.
@@dtnetlurker You now got me humming to myself "Ghostbusters!" & I wanna new drug in my head LOL Never knew there was a case regarding the theme song for Ghostbusters.
And today Huey Lewis suffers from hearing loss, and has to record on "good days" when he can hear himself. Sort of a sad bit of foreshadowing for him in this movie.
The movie was screened at the White House for President Reagan. When Marty tells Doc that Reagan is POTUS in 1985, and Doc asks if Jerry Lewis is VP, and Jack Benny is Treasury Secretary, Reagan burst out laughing and made the projectionist wind it back. He later used the line "where we're going we don't need roads" in the State of the Union.
This film is held by many film colleges to be a model screenplay. There are no unintentional loose ends, it's engaging and fun, the acting is without flaw, and the sets, SFX and score are exceptional for the time and hold up well today. I saw this in the theater in 1985 as a 5yr old and it sparked an incredible amount of imagination. It seemed like an eternity to a young me for the sequels even though it was only four years. Fantastic film.
So the funny bit is that Marty's Band "The Pinheads" is playing the Power of Love by Huey Lewis and The News which is on the Soundtrack and the judge is none other than Huey Lewis himself. "I'm sorry...your just too darn loud!". Lol 😂 This movie is a masterclass on writing a really great screenplay. Movie writing 101
flightmile9809 I’m willing to bet that Vkunia didn’t know it, and she asked for fun facts about the movie. Strangely, nobody considers whether “flightmile9809” knows something before they post a comment about it. I wonder why?
SPOILER ALERT >>>>> As complex and detailed as every element of this trilogy is its astonishing that there are so few elements that had to be protected by plot armor. Every element of the trilogy could have played out exactly as presented (although the millisecond timing of Marty hitting the wire exactly with the lightning strike is pretty unlikely). The only true holes I have ever found are that Doc had some viable alternatives for no fuel in 1885 but time was not on their side so the plot as told in the film works. The most common online question I see that is the hardest to explain is how Doc made a new time machine out of a locomotive sometime in the late 1880's to 1890s where he would have had to build a new Mr. Fusion along with a new time control system and flux capacitor. The assumption is he made it using the parts from the hoverboard along with available Victorian era technology including one Baldwin Sierra 4-6-0 locomotive.
Thomas Wilson, the actor who played Biff is a standup comedian with a reputation for being an exceptionally nice, kind guy. He based his performance off of things he experienced being bullied himself when he was younger.
When you said, "can you imagine meeting your parents," that was the literal Genesis of the movie. Bob Gale saw his dad's yearbook and wondered if he would like his father as a teenager.
Fun Fact; The band leaders name was Marvin Berry. When Marty was playing 'Johnny B Goode' at the dance, Marvin is seen backstage calling his cousin Chuck (Berry) about 'the new sound you were looking for' and he holds the phone out, the joke is that the song was actually written and recorded by the real Chuck Berry, the song was a huge hit. Still is.
And was sent to the stars on the Voyager 1& 2 golden records as a "sound of Earth". Supposedly when the Hubble Space Telescope took its first clear look into deep space they saw a sign that said "Send more Chuck Berry". :D
I have a very personal connection with this movie, which also happens to be a very fond & funny memory. Back in 1985, I was living in Hawaii, and about 4,800 miles from my parents. We only saw each other about once every few years, so in 1985, my mom came to visit, so we decided to re-connect by going out on the town . . . yes, I suppose you would say it was like a date - LOL. We stopped and ate at a 50s-style burger joint(malt shoppe), then walked to the movie theatre nearby to see Back To The Future . . . and yes, we watched the scenes with Marty's Mom putting the moves on Marty, but neither one of us was creeped-out in the least, even despite the added fact that Mom & I were sitting there next to each other, on what some might perceive as being a date. Actually, since losing my Mom in 2011, after having taken care of her in her declining years; the night out we had together, and this movie, will forever be in my fondest memories.
Biff ( Thomas wilson) was actually a nerd in school and played in the band. He didn't get his height until late in his high-school years. I couldn't find the exact year he said in an interview I heard years ago. The other fact is that Thomas kept apologizing to Lea Thompson during the car scene. She had to tell him it's fine we are actors acting out a scene. It just showed that he is a true gentleman.
@@Uriahjw I have a copy of his comedy special. The guy's a riot. He also paints on a professional level, usually of bits of Americana, like Rockem-sockem robots, spinning tops, etc. One of the people I'd love to meet, if only to have him sign an autograph as 'Maniac' from Wing Commander.
The two key people, Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, have both reiterated that there will never ever be a remake or retelling of the three films for as long as they're alive as they will block any attempts or proposals of such a thing. Which is great on them as the trilogy is pretty much perfect. Fun fact, the sequels were actually never planned, this first film was meant to be a one and done standalone film, and the ending was meant to be a joke, not a tie in to a sequel which is how it ended up being!
Yep, and the Bobs have discussed how they wouldn't have had Jennifer in the car at the end had they known they'd have to account for her in future stories.
There's a reason this movie is studied in film schools across the world. This is universally hailed as one of the TIGHTEST scripts of all time--there is almost NOTHING in it that doesn't have purpose, whether it be for plot, characterization, or a simple visual gag.
One of my favorite parts of this movie is the line "If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything." It was originally Doc's mantra which he instilled in Marty and Marty passes it along to his teenage father to boost his confidence and change the course of his parents' lives.
Excellent reaction. You picked up on so much foreshadowing. A couple of my favorite Easter eggs; The Rocky & Bullwinkle show featured a character named Mr. Peabody, who was a time traveling dog (like Einstein) with a pet boy named Sherman. Here, Old man Peabody's son was named Sherman, which was revealed only in the closing credits. My favorite is that the first switch Marty threw on Doc Brown's guitar amp was labeled CRM 114. That was the designation of the radio discriminator on the B-52 in Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film, "Dr. Strangelove." CRM 114 made appearances in other Kubrick films, as well as other films and TV shows.
My first film taking a girl to the cinema on a date. Late 1985 at 13 years old. She was a beauty. Plucked up the courage to ask her. 'If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything. '
Warning, if you plan to watch the other two movies and don't want spoilers, make sure to stop the second movie right after the "to be concluded" at the end, as right after the screen goes black it goes into a preview of the third movie. If you're not bothered about spoilers then it's cool to let it run, but just warning in case you prefer to go into part 3 with only the knowledge from part 2, they kind of spring it on you unexpectedly.
It isn't a spoiler of any kind, it just a standard movie preview and it was part of the movie when it was in theaters. The only thing it kind of gives away i when the movie takes place which you already know from things in the second movie (you literally see the date on the readout in the car twice)
Exactly. The way everybody watching the movie for the first time have always seen it for the first time. I can appreciate the logic that just maybe a reaction video recorder might consider refraining from watching it, but it's like not seeing the complete movie. That is a part of the actual movie.
@@anderspemer358 True it's not a major spoiler, it's just I know at least one reactor that did the same. Not a big deal, just notifying people of the option. Personally I never saw it as a kid cause the versions I watched were VHS home recordings.
Huey Lewis was asked by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale to write a song for the film. However, the two Bobs were not thrilled with the first song Huey brought back to them. After explaining what they were hoping for, Huey came back with "The Power of Love". He was then told they needed one more song, and so, upon viewing a cut of the film, Huey got the inspiration for "Back in Time". Huey Lewis got a cameo as he was the guy with the megaphone at the start saying "Too darn loud".
I like to think about Doc's point of view in this movie - he slips, hits his head, comes up with the Flux capacitor, then a few hours later a kid shows up saying he's from the future with the time machine Doc invented.
@@kiillabytez *"That's not only dumb, it's kinda dark, not your typical Steven Spielberg plot device"* This is the same movie where Lorraine gets hit and almost raped by Biff. The same movie where Doc steals Plutonium from Libyan terrorists and gets assassinated on-screen for it. Part of the same series where Biff murders George and forces Lorraine into marriage with him, before almost killing Marty. The same series where Mad Dog Tannen almost hangs Marty publicly.
@@kiillabytez In the original timeline, George was in the car with Lorraine and Biff pulled him out. Without Marty's help, George didn't have the courage to stop Biff. Dark would be if Marty had a second older brother that stopped existing after he returned from 1955.
One other thing most people don't notice is that the clock tower has a lightning rod which should have protected it. The clock is damaged because Doc needs to slide down the cable, so he loops it over the hand of the clock, stopping the clock when the rod is struck by lightning. And another little one is that after the cop asks Doc about a permit, you see Doc in the background looking in his wallet for a bill to give the cop.
I also think that we see Doc just about to plug in the connection as the lightening strikes. He would be fried if he was anywhere NEAR that cable, much less about to connect it, because the path of least restriction is through him, not into the flux capacitor.
Looking back in it now I glad that Disney rejected it and I think many of you can agree with me. If they had the rights to the Back to Future franchise they would probably make endless films and Disney Plus shows that would go woke and ruin the legacy of trilogy like they did with Star Wars.
RE: Doc's house burning down. Using that fire extinguisher on the flaming rags after the demonstration exhausted it. He never recharged it. So when his time experiments ("mysterious circumstances") caused a fire, he had no way of putting it out quickly. This led to him selling everything but the garage to fund his further experiments. Also, I can't believe I haven't seen anyone else mention it, but Doc and Marty are the direct inspirations for Rick and Morty.
I’ve always had a similar theory that the reason Doc’s gun had no ammo when he tried to shoot the Libyans is because he fired all the ammo into the air in Part 3 when sending Marty back to 1885, and he never bothered to reload it.
@@doughall2932 I'd say that theory is a bit of a stretch simply because it's generally a bad idea to leave a gun loaded for an extended period if it's not being used.
There's a sub-plot that they never make explicit: George is left-handed. There was a time when left-handed kids were forced to use their right hands, and that lasted into the 70s and 80s for some schools and homes (probably still happens today in isolated communities). Part of the reason George is so awkward is that he's one of those kids. His big moment, the key event that changed his future and the timeline overall, was when is right arm was being twisted, forcing him to deck Biff with his left. The way he looked at his hand, it wasn't just coz he flattened a bully, it was coz he was deciding to stop pretending to be something he's not.
Oh man I never considered that but i always did think that it was pretty crazy he hit biff so hard that he spun around. I always thought “man I couldn’t do that with my left arm” but this explains a whole lot.
I love this! I remember at school when I was about 9 or 10, we spent a day experiencing life as Victorian schoolchildren. Those of us who were lefties were forced to write with our right hands, and were told that left-handedness was a sign of the devil. One of the girls couldn’t do it, no matter how hard she tried. Whenever you try to curb someone’s nature, it never ends well.
Historical fun fact: When President Reagan heard that they were jokes about him in the movie, he insisted upon seeing it. He loved the film, and reportedly laughed so hard at the jokes that he actually had the projector operator back up the film, because he missed some of the dialogue. The final line, “Where we’re going, we don’t need roads,” was actually quoted by President Reagan in a speech to Congress, discussing the drive towards future technology.
I don't know why people expect adult George and Lorraine to recognize Marty. At my ten year high school reunion I couldn't remember most of the people, and those were people I saw _every day_ for three years only ten years past, not someone I knew for _one_ week _thirty years_ ago.
I wouldn't recognize most people I went to high school with if they looked EXACTLY the same, if it weren't for yearbook pictures to keep reminding us. Someone I knew for one week, and only saw for a few hours all together during that time? Even people that I knew briefly that had a big impact on me, I have doubts that my memory of how they look is accurate and not just my mind making up a look. Add on that Marty was not born looking like 18 year old Marty, so they saw him grow into that look gradually.
furthermore, people thinking that George would suspect Lorraine of cheating on the off chance that Marty's appearance sparked some sort of memory? Like if Marty was their first kid then maybe thats a decent point but Marty is the third and youngest! It would make zero sense for George to make that connection even if he thought Marty reminded him of "Calvin Klein."
“Can you imagine going back in time and meeting your dad?” That’s pretty much the thought that inspired the movie. Writer Bob Gale came across his father’s high school yearbook and wondered if they’d have been friends had they been the same age.
There are lots of fun facts about this one, I'm writing some that I didn't read on the comments yet: - When this movie was shot there was no intention to make continuations, but it was so successful that the studio executives asked for more. That created some problems for the writers, as that ending was intended just as a joke, but they were able to solve that brilliantly on the sequences; - Speaking about the sequences, parts 2 and 3 were shot at the same time, so you will have to keep a close eye on some clues that happen on film 2 that will only payoff on film 3; - Claudia Wells, the actress that played Jennifer Parker on this movie, declined to return to the role on the sequences due to her mother's illness at the time. She was replaced by Elisabeth Shue, the very same from Karate Kid and The Boys; - And speaking about actor's changes, Robert Zemeckis originally wanted Michael J. Fox for the role, but Michael had a very busy schedule due to the sitcom he was part at the time, Family Ties, so they hired Eric Stoltz to play Marty. However, Eric saw the movie as a tragedy (and if you read his reasoning it kinda makes sense) and played the role that way. It didn't worked so he was fired and Michael J. Fox ended up in the role as originally intended. However, due to his TV schedule for a period of time he only had the night time available for shootings, which explains why there are so many night scenes on the movie. It was so tight that he literally had to sleep while traveling to the locations, at some points his staff had to carry him while he was sleeping; - At the end of part 2 there will be a screen legend saying "To be concluded". STOP WATCHING THE MOVIE AT THAT POINT, or you'll be spoiled with scenes from part 3. You have been warned.
Thanks. You beat me to most of these. For me, this movie is one of the few "complete" movies, where it's hard to "add" anything to it, to make it "better"
@@vinnycordeiro very true minion novel has actually been penned and many ream of paper has been printed about the making of this movie. Like I said in my opinion it should be considered one of those rare perfect movies
And because Eric Stoltz is considerably taller than Michael J Fox, they had to recast Claudia Wells as Jennifer Parker because the original actress was much taller than Michael J Fox.
The people who made this film were, many of them, young in the 50s, and there are many jokes that almost no one gets now, because the many details of the 50s have been forgotten. The song that you hear when Marty arrives in town is "Mr. Sandman, Bring Me A Dream," by the Andrews Sisters. 1955 was the last year of "pre-rock and roll" popular music, which really arrived in 1956, with Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, etc. When Marty arrives in town, we see a Texaco station. A car pulls up and half a dozen attendants rush out and start working on the car. In 1955, you did not pump your own gas. An attendant would come out, start pumping gas, clean your windshield and ask you if you wanted him to check the oil and tires. This scene got a huge laugh when the film first came out, but of course no one gets it now. TVs were enormously expensive in 1955, and most people did not have them. There were no reruns. Many programs were broadcast live and no copies were made. People did not wear the sort of vests that Marty is wearing when goes into the soda shop. The guy behind the counter assumes that it's a life preserver of some sort.
Best rwaction ever 😊 MJF came to the restaurant where I worked. It was a lush place called the Inn at Shelburne Farms with a rustic dining room looking out over Lake Champlain. He and his wife sat at Table 5 next to the window doors that overlooked the lake. I remember they had a rosë with dinner that his wife Tracy ordered. They were both very relaxed, very cool, very amiable. It was a sweet summer evening. They watched the sun set behind the Adirondacks. 3 years later I was working at Universal Studios in Florida and our restaurant was the location of the Back to the Future III premiere party and in walks MJF, catches me behind a small mobile bar and goes, "Hey, uh..." snapping his fingers trying to remember my name then just went, "Shelburne!" I just let out one of those happy hahahas with a big grin on my face. He had a great memory that exuded real warmth. I shook his hand and said, "Robert " He said, "That's it!"
I had a similar experience with my favorite guitar player ever, Jimmy Herring. Though not nearly as famous as many musicians, he is nonetheless as genuine and down to earth as one could possibly be. He recognized me sitting at one of his shows 12 YEARS after we had had a ten minute conversation at a music convention. Sometimes people are just people, and are not spoiled by their fame or accolades. It’s refreshing.
I saw this movie with a girlfriend in 1985. She worked at the theater and we arrived late - getting to seats as Marty arrived in 1955 on the farm. We watched the rest of the movie and then sat through the beginning of the next showing up to where we came in... the movie still made sense LOL This movie is taught as a "perfect" movie script - there is nothing wasted. Every line, everything you see has a payoff later in the movie. It also is unique in movies as it attempts - and succeeds in having three satisfying climaxes - the build-up to George decking Biff, the connection between his parents at the dance, and getting Marty back to 1985 and saving Doc.
There was a saying in the 80s, "If it's too loud, you're too old". (Many of the older generation thought rock was just loud noise.) When I saw this in theaters, that's what I assumed the judges were referencing by telling Marty he was too darn loud.
The teacher with the megaphone is Huey Lewis who wrote and sang the title song "Back in Time" and "Power of Love" with his band Huey Lewis and the News.
I would normally agree until I went to a concert last year with a friend and it really messed up our hearing. It took a good 24 hours to sound normal again.
@@jasonondik6003 Plus it's a double reference - the version Marty plays in that audition has guitar soloing very much in the style of Marty's hero Eddie Van Halen which is NOT in the original. So not only is Lewis' role a meta reference to the fact that he's the original artist, "you're just too darn loud" is also a tongue-in-cheek critique of this version of the song. Layers upon layers. Such a brilliant script.
Fun fact: when this movie was made, Zemeckis had no intention of doing any sequels. The ending, with the car flying off into the future, was meant to be one final joke with no foreshadowing. But because of the unexpected success of the film, a sequel was put into production. The material got too lengthy for one movie, so it was broken into two parts, which were filmed back to back. Spoiler: the actress who played Jennifer was not available for the sequels, so she had to be recast. George McFly as well. Anyway, you should just jump right into parts 2 and 3. You won’t be disappointed.
I remember when my Dad rented this masterpiece nearly 40 years ago. This film blew me away and every time I watch it, which is pretty much annually, I fall in love all over again.
Fun fact: Eric Stoltz was originally cast as Marty. The way he played Marty, all serious and all, didn’t please the director, so he was fired and recast with Michael J. Fox, requiring them to reshoot damn near the entire movie.
I read Stoltz is still in some scenes, in longshot so you can't tell. Don't know if it's true but it would make sense, why reshoot a scene that's usable?
It took me many viewings to put it together, but the reason Marty's grandfather says "ANOTHER one of these damn kids jumped in front of my car" is an allusion to Lorraine being somewhat locally notorious for undressing in front of her open window. So George is a peeping Tom and she's an exhibitionist. Complementary kinks - they really were made for each other! Great reaction!
Please can we forget that part. If you ever saw "The Adventures of Doc and Mharti" than evolved into Rick and Morty... ew. Plus Roiland has messaged minors and said weird stuff about how in some realities Rick & Morty are in a relationship with each other. He's a weirdo.
These were the kind of films that made the 80’s such a fun decade for movies. I’m so glad to have watched this back in 85 at the ripe age of 16, also that a younger generation is now enjoying these fun classic films. Glad you liked it, two more to go.
Another fun fact: the original actor that they were going to use for Marty McFly name Eric stoltz they actually filmed a lot of scenes using him you can find them on TH-cam. They had to reshoot a lot of the scenes with Michael j Fox.
"Another one of these damn kids fell outta the tree" implies that Marty's mom has a habit of changing clothes in front of the window, probably intentionally because she is a lot freakier than she lets on in the beginning of the movie.
She said she's no stranger to "parking" with boys nor drinking and smoking as well. Changing in front of her window may just well be her seeing who's interested. Although it's implied that Biff did push himself on her in the orginal timeline and she realized that she didn't want that to ever happen again so that's why she's so against such promiscuous behavior as an adult.
My apologies to fans of boxing movies everywhere, but in my opinion the scene where George punches Biff is the greatest knockout scene in movie history.
fun fact: if you pay attention to the mall's name at the beginning it's named "Twin Pine Mall" but when Marty goes back to the future, it's now named "Lone Pine Mall" since Marty ran over one in the past
Yeah, there's a pretty funny video that tries to argue that BTTF was predictive programming they actually do a pretty good job on finding things that aren't really there and then acting like omg totally there. But if you dig at all you see they intended it as a satire.
in yet another example of misunderstood movie lines, as a kid I heard "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet, but you kids are gonna love it." Joke went over my head because I heard "you kids" instead of "your kids".
The original actor they cast to play Marty McFly was Eric Stoltz who was a very solid young actor however he didnt have the comedic energy the role needed. After a month of filming they decided that it just wasnt working and replaced Stoltz with Michael J Fox and re-shot the entire movie...and the rest is history. You can find a few of the Eric Stoltz playing Marty McFly scenes online.
I think that might be a case of naming their first son George David McFly, Jr. but the older son not wanting to be called Junior goes by his middle name instead. I'm just guessing here.
@@anderspemer358 That wouldn't work without recasting the actor playing Dave. Since they'll want to keep Marty in high school and the actor who played Dave way too old looking to be plausible as a high school underclassman if not younger.
This is the most nostalgic movie of the 80s and one of the best trilogies of all time. Rick and Morty was originally named Doc and Marty. The guy who tells Marty his band is too loud is Huey Lewis from Huey Lewis and the news. The song deemed to loud is The Power of Love written by Huey Lewis. His biggest hit song and the theme song to the first movie. Just love how they threw that in. Younger people normally miss this reference. Just wait till you get to the future. They did not predict everything in 2015, but there are many things that they got right or very close.
Please can we forget that part about Rick & Morty? If you ever saw "The Adventures of Doc and Mharti" that evolved into Rick and Morty... ew. Plus Roiland has messaged minors and said weird stuff about how in some realities Rick & Morty are in a relationship with each other. He's a weirdo.
Okay, my fun fact… V, you mentioned Doc Brown’s house burning down? Well, he says at one point that it took his entire family fortune to realise his vision… and it took a little extra too! The clues are all given in the opening shot in the newspaper cuttings, with the story being that his house burned down in “mysterious circumstances,” and the implication is that he did it himself to get the insurance money. He then sold off the Brown estate to real estate developers and just kept his garage to live in. This is why his garage is surrounded by a strip mall in 1985! The amount of though that Zemeckis and Gale put into this movie and how it all tied together is astounding! And V is right - they simply don’t make ‘em like this anymore. Nowadays big movies cost so much to make that studios can’t take a risk on them unless they’re pre sold, but BttF was never written with a built-in audience in mind. It wasn’t the result of market research or based on an recognisable IP - it was simply a story that they wanted to tell, and the were given the freedom to tell it. I think that is why so many movies from the 80s are so loved: sure, they’re made to make money, but they also have voices of their own. Ghostbuster, Goonies, Bill & Ted, BTTF, Robocop, Germlins, ET - they’re popular because they’re good, and they respect their audiences, and they often put fun ahead of logic! Don’t waste time on endless exposition or worry about connecting every dot, just have fun!
This is by far one of my favorite BTTF reactions ever. And I've seen over a hundred of them. Back to the Future being my favorite movie of all time, you spotter SO many hints and plot points. Not many do. You questioning how it would be to meet your parents when they were your age: that's EXACTLY what the writer motivated after looking through some old family albums. I'm definitely watching your reaction to the next two 😅
You're going to love the second and third movies. Its pretty incredibly how tightly woven the three are, despite the fact that there were never really plans to make any sequels, though they did film the second and third movies concurrently.
So tightly woven that, even after many watches over many years, I had no idea that the intro to Part 2 was an almost complete reshoot of the outro of Part 1. It's basically a shot-for-shot remake with the new actress.
I was 7 when this movie came out. I can't underestimate what a cultural phenomenon it was. For Christmas that year, I got a Back to the Future skateboard. It had the most 80s graphics you could imagine. Wish I still had that thing (and many other things), I was tough on my toys.
The actors playing George, Lorraine and Biff were all young, so their 1955 look was their own and they had ageing-up makeup to make them look older for the 1985 scenes. So did Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown; I was horrified a few weeks back when I realised I'm now older than Lloyd was when this was filmed!
It's awesome that you finally watched this! And yes, it's STILL epic after all this time! So, fun facts. The guy that tells Marty and his band that he's too loud, is Huey Lewis, leader of the band Huey Lewis and the News, the band that did the songs for the sound track. And as far as what happened to Doc's family mansion, in addition to the newspaper clipping of the mansion burning down, there was a clipping next to it about how the property was sold to developers. In an interview Robert Zemeckis, one of the writers and also the director, said that basically Doc needed some serious cash to fund building his time machine, so he burned down the house, collected the insurance, then sold everything but the garage, which was his lab. Disney was originally interested in this, but when they read about the incest between Marty and his mom, they were like, nope, I don't think so! There is also a big group of car people that do their best to build perfect replicas of the DeLorean Time Machine. The best of them rebuilt the one that is currently on display at Universal Studios. This was originally a stand alone movie, but it was such a success, and they left an opening for further developments, that they decided to make it a trilogy. The next two were filmed back to back, to maintain continuity.
Whenever someone talks about Lord of the Rings, I always applaud it as the second best trilogy of all time. For a moment they look offended and ask what i think the first is. After i say Back to the Future, they usually just nod in acceptance
Fun fact: one of the producers didn’t want to call it Back To The Future and instead thought it should be called The Man From Pluto. His mind was changed when Zemeckis asked Steven Spielberg to help change his mind and Spielberg called him and said “BACK TO THE FUTURE! What a great title you came up with!” 😂
Not quite. Producer Sid Sheinberg sent Zameckis a note telling him to change the title to "Spaceman from Pluto". Spielberg shut down the idea by responding to Sheinberg that it was a great joke, and the whole crew got a big laugh out of it. Sheinberg never brought it up again.
The Delorean was NOT a cool car in the 80's, it was considered a joke. BttF MADE it cool retroactively. Doc saying "If you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style!" is supposed to be a joke about how Doc has bad taste in cars.
umm.. not entirely true. it wasn't cool in the US.. it WAS very cool in Canada ( where it was built ) also very cool in the UK. where almost 50% of the production run was exported to
@@user-dv6gt5iw4b It was built in Belfast (Northern Ireland) and all but a handful exported to the US ... the company collapsed after John DeLorean was prosecuted for a drug deal in a FBI set-up, and his reputation ruined; before that, they weren't "considered a joke"
You're very sharp in all the things you picked up on, and it was fun seeing your reactions to this real gem of a movie! Did you take note that near the beginning, Jennifer reminds Marty that the Doc always says "If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything!" (4:50 in the video) Marty gives his dad the same advice in the past (24:01) when trying to encourage him in their plan at the dance. Then back in the 'future', when George gets his book published he give his son the same encouragement. (33:22) The Doc's advice really helped the McFly family back and forth in time!
Fun Fact: The drunk man on the bench (Red the Bum) that says "Crazy drunk drivers" after Marty crashes into the movie theatre is played by George Buck Flowers. He was in many classic movies and often ended up cast as the drunk or homeless man because of his rough appearance giving him somewhat of a reputation as the stereotypical movie bum. His movie credits are extensive however, ranging from comedies to westerns to action movies to adult films. In the shot of the movie theatre you can see the title of the movie playing is "Orgy American Style" which is a movie in which George Flowers played a character named Buck La Fleur. He also reprises his role in Back to the Future 2 where he calls Marty a "Crazy drunk pedestrian."
It's a classic for sure. One fun thing behind the scenes: Christopher Lloyd is much taller than Michael J Fox, so they had Doc kinda crouch down so they looked somewhat similar height. Oh and a heads up, if you haven't seen the second one yet, at the end there's a trailer for the third one. So, if you wanna skip that, don't go past where it says "to be concluded"
Vkunia - so, Docs time machine runs on conventional GAS but the Time Circuits need high voltage Power. the car still would have to reach 88 mph before the Time Circuits even work.
Back to the future is concidered to be pretty much a perfect trilogy. These films are amazing and part of my childhood. I'd always fall asleep to 2 and 3. (don't worry, I'd seen them so much that I used them as background while I fell asleep at night. I was around 8 or so)
Michael J. Fox was already a tv star on Family Ties and when he got this role he had to do both jobs at the same time. Someone would drive him between sets and he would have to sleep in the car in order to film them both.
Fun Facts: - the DeLorean became a ccult classic because of this movie, it had a bad reputation as a car specially with realiability, which is used for comedic relief with the car engine stalling a couple times - in the final performance in the dance, Marty plays a song by Chuck Berry and the vocalist character named Marvin Berry calls his cousin Chuck to tell him to listen to the song for inspiration - the Twin Pine mall from the beginning was renamed to reflect there was only one pine tree, because Marty ran over it while escaping the farm - Marty scares George by saying his name is Darth Vader in 1955, before star wars was released, otherwise George would suspect as a SciFi nerd - the date in the future of 2015 was awaited and celebrated in scifi conferences in many countries, growing up i had friends remembering to get in touch around that time and check what the movie got right or wrong - Back to the Future had a cartoon adaptation placed after the third movie which may be fun to watch depending on occasion - Doc being in a hurry at the end of the movie is pointless, since he has a freaking time machine and about 30 years to prevent whatever made him worried hahaha
The Hill Valley "town" with the clock tower is the same "town" from Gremlins, they built the set and reused it, but with a winter theme and decorations.
That town square set can be seen at Universal Studios, and has been used in probably hundreds of movies and tv shows. They change a few details here and there, but it's the same location.
I never get bored of watching this trilogy. It's an absolute masterpiece. The acting, the plot, the costumes and sets design, the directing, the cinematography, the sounds, the MUSIC, no wonder that almost 40 years later, It still holds up and that its themes (Power of Love and the main theme) are still so recognisable.
The executives thought the title "Back To The Future" was too confusing. Because of the scene in the barn with the DeLorean being confused for a spaceship and Marty and his radiation suit confused for an alien invader, one executive wanted to rename the film "Spaceman From Pluto." Everyone else working on the film knew the title change would be a disaster, but no one knew how to effectively fight it. . . except Steven Spielberg. He said, "I'll take care of this," and sent a memo back. To the effect of: "We got that joke memo you sent. "Spaceman From Pluto!" Ha! Good one! Thanks, we all got a good laugh out of that." Knowing the executive would be way too proud to admit that "joke memo" had been sincere, so he'd drop the idea of trying to change the name of the film. 14:16: That was actually the impetus for the script. Writer Bob Gale was looking around his parent's basement, found his dad's old high school yearbook, and saw his dad had been class president. Gale had been a rebellious outsider in school, and didn't even know the class president. He got to wondering: If my dad and I had gone to high school together, would we have been friends?
Foreshadowing tidbits:(most of the others have been mentioned) At the start of the film, we see a representation of actor Harold Lloyd hanging from the hands of a clock, from the film Safety Last. This foreshadows Dr. Emmett Brown hanging from the clock tower on November 12, 1955. The McFly family is watching the episode of The Honeymooners where "Ralph dresses up as a man from space". This foreshadows Marty being mistaken for a "man from space" in 1955 (by the Peabody family and by George McFly). Can’t wait for Part II & III 💫❤️💫✌🏻🇦🇺
I remember watching the first one at the theaters in 1985 and after the credits rolled and the lights came up in the theater soon after Doc says, "Where we are going there are no roads" I looked back and I saw the people in the rows behind us and everyone had a smile on their faces. This movie is perfection.
Which is even more amazing considering there were drastic rewrites before shooting began. Famously, the Delorean time machine was going to be a refrigerator instead. Doc was going to have a pet chimpanzee or orangutan (can't remember which) instead of his dog Einstein because primate sidekicks were appearing in other movies and shows. There so many more changes that were made and that's not even factoring in the recasting of Marty when they were well into production. Absolutely incredible they ended up with an essentially perfect film.
I think this is quite probably the most rewatchable movie series in my lifetime. In high school, I was in JROTC, which meant weekly uniform maintenance, including ironing the shirt after it came out of the laundry, and you would not suspect just how time consuming that can be. So I would put on a movie to get me through it, and in that fashion, I rewatched my way through this trilogy over and over again. It _doesn't_ get old.
So, the lady with collecting donations and handing out flyers related to the clock tower, (and interrupting Marty's romantic game), would you call her a "clock-blocker"?
Hi VKunia, thank you watching the BTTF Part 1 and for your great reactions, Please do watch BTTF Parts 2 & 3 as BTTF really is The Greatest Trilogy EVER, and from your reactions, you are going to love them, please don't leave it too long. When George is up the tree, he is looking at Lorraine, who likes to show herself undressing at the window (an exhibitionist) and she knows that boys watch her .... Hence her Dad saying 'Another one of these kid's' .... And at the beginning of the film when she asks George what he was doing up the tree, 'bird watching George,' just look at her facial expressions, she definitely knew what was happening. In times gone by it was considered wrong to be 'Left hannded', and kid's would have there Left hand tied behind their backs and be forced to use their Right hand. This is why George tries to hit Biff with his Right hand/fist but then has to use his natural Left hand/fist to knock Biff out. Just in case, a Spoiler alert, when you get to the end of part two it will show 'TO BE CONCLUDED', it may be best to stop it there as it shows some bits of part three, which can spoil it for some people 🙂 ❤
I went to an art show across the street from my house in the park and for no reason some guy brought his DeLorean for people to see. You better believe I have a picture in that thing! Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd are national treasures. They will go down in history...
This movie is considered a "perfect" movie by people who study movies.. The writing, acting, chemistry, music, etc.. All perfect.. Even after almost 40 years, people agree that nothing should be changed about the movie..
*Biff* says "Make like a tree & get out" which you cut out but he says it wrong. There are reoccurring themes in these movies & there's a young cameo in the 2nd film well see if you catch
The quote actually is "Make like a tree and get out of here!". The correct line (for the joke) is "Make like a tree and leave!" Funny how Biff corrected....Biff with this quote. Young (1955) Biff "Make like a tree and get outta here, old man!" Old Biff (2015) "It's LEAVE...Make like a tree and LEAVE! You sound like a dang fool when you say it wrong!:" Young Biff: "alright LEAVE! and take your book with you!".
No matter how many times you watch this (these) movies, you will always catch something new that you didn't see before. The "Twin Pines Mall" was one I didn't see for years and one day it just clicked. I love these moves and cannot wait for you to watch number 2.
There is no reason for Loraine or George to look at their son Marty and say “ hey wait a minute….” Because think: they knew him superficially for about a week 30 years ago. If you are alive now and face lives over 30 years, try to think of someone you knew for about a week way back then ….. why would you?! Plus Marty slowly grew from a baby . Ax a parent tiu watch your child grow to what they ooom like as more adults. You don’t suddenly one day say….. “ hey you look like just like guy I have no reason to remember from 30 years ago.” We see it because the timeline is crunched in the movie. We read the script so we know it. It’s like why would obi wan remember a droid he never owned or had personal attachment to 20 years later?!
I think some people just remember better than others. If someone I went to high school with 25 years ago showed up looking exactly the same, I would remember them. And I remember what every girl I ever had a crush on looked like, and some were definitely only for a week. I might not notice them passing them on the street, but I think I would notice them if they were my kid. Of course, I would probably just think it was strange, and wouldn't guess that my kid had time traveled 30 years into the past and probably wouldn't comment on it during the 10 minutes of their lives that we see. I'm sure they mentioned it to each other years earlier when they first noticed and just don't talk every morning at breakfast about the guy with the same name as their son, who looks the same.
@@erebus2161 Peoples memory is notoriously unreliable. You may think you remember what they look like but how do you really know if you haven't seen them in so long. Maybe you've slipped into an alternate universe since then. That person you thought you knew might be someone totally different.
@@flynnoldman3542 I mean there are people from that long ago that I haven't seen since that I would 100% recognise if I saw that younger version again today. But if it was someone who was just popping into your life on a few occasions for a week and then never again I suspect you'd be pretty hazy 30 years later. Add in it's your own child that you have seen grow slowly into that person and you'd absolutely think you were just projecting your son onto someone who maybe used to look a bit like them, if you even considered it at all.
*_It was never explained in the movies, but in a prequel comic book it was confirmed that Marty met Doc Brown when he was around 14 after hearing that Brown was a dangerous lunatic. Marty was curious, so he snuck into Doc's lab and was fascinated by his inventions._*
There was also a game released more recently which a “long play” playthrough can be found on TH-cam, which the player and uploaded edited into two videos - dubbing them “part 4” and “part 5” Quite well done and worth a look
The bit at the end with the flying DeLorean was meant as a complete joke. When this movie first came out there was no thought about making sequels. In the DVD there is an interview with the director where he said they would have done something different for the final scene had the been considering sequels.
The thing is, while the others have their headscratchers (BttF 2 especially, which is the most contrived time-travel wise), it still holds overall surprisingly well for something 2/3rds of which was not planned beforehand.
To answer your question about speed, yes the flux capacitor would still work at 89mph. Once the DeLorean reaches 88mph, the capacitor activities, but you would need the constant increase of velocity to pass through the space-time continuum. Scientists have actually praised the series for getting a key aspect of time travel correct. With other stories about time travel, people can always go to a different time AND location. With BTTF you travel through time, but your physical location remains the same.
Back to the Future and Star Wars were my two favorite trilogies growing up! BTTF is without a doubt a timeless classic that will remain as such! Glad you enjoyed it!!!!
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Notice at the beginning of the movie it says the "Twin Pines Mall" but at the end it says the "Lone Pine Mall" because Marty accidently took out one of the pine trees at that guy's farm with the DeLorean in 1955
I never caught that!
Here's one that took my FOREVER to get:
Remember, there are no throwaway lines in the movie, everything pays off later.
Remember when Doc said he was allergic to all synthetics? Synthetic fabrics were popular in the 50s, but Doc couldn't wead them. When he drops the plug on the clock tower, it snags on his wool pants, it wouldn't have done that on nylon or polyester. 😂
"How does this not drive someone crazy?" You'll meet Doc in a few. Crazy is a relative term, lol
Yeah. One fun thing on rewatch is seeing subtle changes. Like the ledge under the clock tower becomes damaged. It wasn't before.
The theater was showing a... racy 70s film. On return, its a church.
(Fun side fact: the actor playing the bum had a long career doing character actor work... and had appeared in that racy film.)
@@arandomnamegoeshere And Marty calls the bum "Red." In 1955, the sound van was announcing "Reelect Mayor Red Thomas."
Here is a FUN FACT: At the beginning of the movie, when Marty and his band are auditioning for the music committee in charge of choosing a band for the high school dance, the guy with the bullhorn who stops them and says “Sorry guys, but you’re just too darn loud” - that guy is HUEY LEWIS from the band HUEY LEWIS and THE NEWS. He sang the movie’s title song “Power of Love” which became a huge hit and was written by Huey Lewis himself, specifically for this movie. Huey Lewis and The News was a HUGELY popular band back in the 80s and had a lot of hit songs. Huey Lewis was a very familiar face from his own music videos seen on MTV. He was also in the famous “U.S.A. for Africa - We Are the World” music video with Michael Jackson and other legendary singers (he is the #17 singer in the video and comes in at 2: 48, right between Michael Jackson and Cyndi Lauper). Back when the movie opened in theatres in 1985, he was immediately recognized by movie goers - there was a collective laugh in the audience when he was seen as a character dressed up in that geeky plaid coat and tie, and with an unusual hairstyle, listening to Marty McFly and his band “The Pinheads” do a cover of his own song 😂 😂 😂
Yep also his song "I wanna new drug" was ripped off and the melody used for the hit theme for another HUGE 80s film: Ghostbusters. He sued the studio and later settled out of court with them for a reportedly HUGE but undisclosed amount.
@@dtnetlurker You now got me humming to myself "Ghostbusters!" & I wanna new drug in my head LOL Never knew there was a case regarding the theme song for Ghostbusters.
And today Huey Lewis suffers from hearing loss, and has to record on "good days" when he can hear himself. Sort of a sad bit of foreshadowing for him in this movie.
@@Tijuanabill oh no
@@dtnetlurker I didn't know that!!!
The movie was screened at the White House for President Reagan. When Marty tells Doc that Reagan is POTUS in 1985, and Doc asks if Jerry Lewis is VP, and Jack Benny is Treasury Secretary, Reagan burst out laughing and made the projectionist wind it back. He later used the line "where we're going we don't need roads" in the State of the Union.
Jack Benny as the Treasury Secretary was ironic because Jack Benny often portrayed a stingy and cheap character in his comedic skits.
TRUE STORY! 1986 State of the Union! Epic!
That's because Reagan had and excelent humor sense.
They switched it up in the German translation a bit, suggesting that John Wayne was the secretary of defense.
@@angelrogo *That's because Reagan had an excellent sense of humor.
This film is held by many film colleges to be a model screenplay. There are no unintentional loose ends, it's engaging and fun, the acting is without flaw, and the sets, SFX and score are exceptional for the time and hold up well today.
I saw this in the theater in 1985 as a 5yr old and it sparked an incredible amount of imagination. It seemed like an eternity to a young me for the sequels even though it was only four years. Fantastic film.
So the funny bit is that Marty's Band "The Pinheads" is playing the Power of Love by Huey Lewis and The News which is on the Soundtrack and the judge is none other than Huey Lewis himself. "I'm sorry...your just too darn loud!". Lol 😂
This movie is a masterclass on writing a really great screenplay. Movie writing 101
"You're."
I'm glad you're the person who called it out. I'm pretty sure no one has heard of this fact. *Sarcasm
" *Barely Human* " a youtuber, has made a very interesting video on this movie.
flightmile9809 I’m willing to bet that Vkunia didn’t know it, and she asked for fun facts about the movie. Strangely, nobody considers whether “flightmile9809” knows something before they post a comment about it. I wonder why?
SPOILER ALERT >>>>> As complex and detailed as every element of this trilogy is its astonishing that there are so few elements that had to be protected by plot armor. Every element of the trilogy could have played out exactly as presented (although the millisecond timing of Marty hitting the wire exactly with the lightning strike is pretty unlikely). The only true holes I have ever found are that Doc had some viable alternatives for no fuel in 1885 but time was not on their side so the plot as told in the film works. The most common online question I see that is the hardest to explain is how Doc made a new time machine out of a locomotive sometime in the late 1880's to 1890s where he would have had to build a new Mr. Fusion along with a new time control system and flux capacitor. The assumption is he made it using the parts from the hoverboard along with available Victorian era technology including one Baldwin Sierra 4-6-0 locomotive.
Can’t wait for part 2,this is the best trilogy ever made in my opinion.
Thomas Wilson, the actor who played Biff is a standup comedian with a reputation for being an exceptionally nice, kind guy. He based his performance off of things he experienced being bullied himself when he was younger.
Google "Thomas Wilson" the question song
He was in one of the later seasons of Legends of Tomorrow. He ended up playing a very different character.
@@alexthorpe6583 He also was the gym teacher on Freaks and Geeks TV show.
@@alexthorpe6583 man, i loved Legends of Tomorrow and yeah he was good on it too
Ironically Crispin Glover is the aggressive nut in real life.
When you said, "can you imagine meeting your parents," that was the literal Genesis of the movie. Bob Gale saw his dad's yearbook and wondered if he would like his father as a teenager.
Fun Fact; The band leaders name was Marvin Berry. When Marty was playing 'Johnny B Goode' at the dance, Marvin is seen backstage calling his cousin Chuck (Berry) about 'the new sound you were looking for' and he holds the phone out, the joke is that the song was actually written and recorded by the real Chuck Berry, the song was a huge hit. Still is.
And also one of the first songs to be considered rock n roll
And was sent to the stars on the Voyager 1& 2 golden records as a "sound of Earth".
Supposedly when the Hubble Space Telescope took its first clear look into deep space they saw a sign that said "Send more Chuck Berry". :D
It always disappoints me when the reactors seem to miss this.
If you pay close attention to the End Credits, one them reads ""Johnny B. Goode" performed by Marty McFly with the Starlighters".
@@fionnmaccumhaill3257bit hard to expect younger people to recognise song and artist from 60-odd years ago.
There is a DeLorean factory in Houston. They still build new ones from the surplus of parts left when the original company shut down.
When this reaction hits 88 likes, you're gonna see some serious shit! 🔥🔥😂
😂😂😂😂
Proud to say I was no.100.
The likes are rising about as fast as a Delorean accelerating to 88mph :P
@@darthken815 100 doesn't matter, 88 does.
It's always been a special movie for me because it was my very first at the cinema...I became a film maniac after that...🤪
I have a very personal connection with this movie, which also happens to be a very fond & funny memory.
Back in 1985, I was living in Hawaii, and about 4,800 miles from my parents. We only saw each other about once every few years, so in 1985, my mom came to visit, so we decided to re-connect by going out on the town . . . yes, I suppose you would say it was like a date - LOL.
We stopped and ate at a 50s-style burger joint(malt shoppe), then walked to the movie theatre nearby to see Back To The Future . . . and yes, we watched the scenes with Marty's Mom putting the moves on Marty, but neither one of us was creeped-out in the least, even despite the added fact that Mom & I were sitting there next to each other, on what some might perceive as being a date.
Actually, since losing my Mom in 2011, after having taken care of her in her declining years; the night out we had together, and this movie, will forever be in my fondest memories.
Biff ( Thomas wilson) was actually a nerd in school and played in the band. He didn't get his height until late in his high-school years. I couldn't find the exact year he said in an interview I heard years ago. The other fact is that Thomas kept apologizing to Lea Thompson during the car scene. She had to tell him it's fine we are actors acting out a scene. It just showed that he is a true gentleman.
He was an asthmatic Tuba player, and was in the debate club. Perfect guy to play a thug, right? :D
@@chrismaverick9828 thanks, I thought it was the Tuba but I couldn't find the exact video where he said what he played.
@@Uriahjw I have a copy of his comedy special. The guy's a riot. He also paints on a professional level, usually of bits of Americana, like Rockem-sockem robots, spinning tops, etc. One of the people I'd love to meet, if only to have him sign an autograph as 'Maniac' from Wing Commander.
@@chrismaverick9828he is pretty great in Freaks and Geeks as the PE teacher.
The two key people, Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, have both reiterated that there will never ever be a remake or retelling of the three films for as long as they're alive as they will block any attempts or proposals of such a thing. Which is great on them as the trilogy is pretty much perfect.
Fun fact, the sequels were actually never planned, this first film was meant to be a one and done standalone film, and the ending was meant to be a joke, not a tie in to a sequel which is how it ended up being!
Yep, and the Bobs have discussed how they wouldn't have had Jennifer in the car at the end had they known they'd have to account for her in future stories.
BTTF is literally the most rewatchable movie ever. I've literally seen this movie a 100 times or more over the years and I still love watching it.
There's a reason this movie is studied in film schools across the world. This is universally hailed as one of the TIGHTEST scripts of all time--there is almost NOTHING in it that doesn't have purpose, whether it be for plot, characterization, or a simple visual gag.
One of my favorite parts of this movie is the line "If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything." It was originally Doc's mantra which he instilled in Marty and Marty passes it along to his teenage father to boost his confidence and change the course of his parents' lives.
Excellent reaction. You picked up on so much foreshadowing. A couple of my favorite Easter eggs; The Rocky & Bullwinkle show featured a character named Mr. Peabody, who was a time traveling dog (like Einstein) with a pet boy named Sherman. Here, Old man Peabody's son was named Sherman, which was revealed only in the closing credits. My favorite is that the first switch Marty threw on Doc Brown's guitar amp was labeled CRM 114. That was the designation of the radio discriminator on the B-52 in Stanley Kubrick's 1964 film, "Dr. Strangelove." CRM 114 made appearances in other Kubrick films, as well as other films and TV shows.
My first film taking a girl to the cinema on a date. Late 1985 at 13 years old. She was a beauty. Plucked up the courage to ask her. 'If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything. '
Warning, if you plan to watch the other two movies and don't want spoilers, make sure to stop the second movie right after the "to be concluded" at the end, as right after the screen goes black it goes into a preview of the third movie.
If you're not bothered about spoilers then it's cool to let it run, but just warning in case you prefer to go into part 3 with only the knowledge from part 2, they kind of spring it on you unexpectedly.
It isn't a spoiler of any kind, it just a standard movie preview and it was part of the movie when it was in theaters. The only thing it kind of gives away i when the movie takes place which you already know from things in the second movie (you literally see the date on the readout in the car twice)
True...Not a spoiler. It's how part 2 was shown in the theater. I was there
Exactly. The way everybody watching the movie for the first time have always seen it for the first time. I can appreciate the logic that just maybe a reaction video recorder might consider refraining from watching it, but it's like not seeing the complete movie. That is a part of the actual movie.
You technically spoiled it yourself
@@anderspemer358 True it's not a major spoiler, it's just I know at least one reactor that did the same. Not a big deal, just notifying people of the option.
Personally I never saw it as a kid cause the versions I watched were VHS home recordings.
the fact that Vkunia was saying "This is heavy" and "Great Scott!" so early on in the reaction is pure gold
I wonder if there is something wrong with the gravitational pull in her studio
Scripted
Huey Lewis was asked by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale to write a song for the film. However, the two Bobs were not thrilled with the first song Huey brought back to them. After explaining what they were hoping for, Huey came back with "The Power of Love". He was then told they needed one more song, and so, upon viewing a cut of the film, Huey got the inspiration for "Back in Time". Huey Lewis got a cameo as he was the guy with the megaphone at the start saying "Too darn loud".
I like to think about Doc's point of view in this movie - he slips, hits his head, comes up with the Flux capacitor, then a few hours later a kid shows up saying he's from the future with the time machine Doc invented.
@@Dangersuit done
Fan theory was he was trying to hang a rope to hang himself with and it broke and that's how he hit his head.
@@Liwet. That's not only dumb, it's kinda dark, not your typical Steven Spielberg plot device, so I think you should keep your theories.
@@kiillabytez
*"That's not only dumb, it's kinda dark, not your typical Steven Spielberg plot device"*
This is the same movie where Lorraine gets hit and almost raped by Biff.
The same movie where Doc steals Plutonium from Libyan terrorists and gets assassinated on-screen for it.
Part of the same series where Biff murders George and forces Lorraine into marriage with him, before almost killing Marty.
The same series where Mad Dog Tannen almost hangs Marty publicly.
@@kiillabytez In the original timeline, George was in the car with Lorraine and Biff pulled him out. Without Marty's help, George didn't have the courage to stop Biff.
Dark would be if Marty had a second older brother that stopped existing after he returned from 1955.
One other thing most people don't notice is that the clock tower has a lightning rod which should have protected it. The clock is damaged because Doc needs to slide down the cable, so he loops it over the hand of the clock, stopping the clock when the rod is struck by lightning.
And another little one is that after the cop asks Doc about a permit, you see Doc in the background looking in his wallet for a bill to give the cop.
It was pretty clear the 'permit' Doc had for the weather experiment had green backs.
I also think that we see Doc just about to plug in the connection as the lightening strikes. He would be fried if he was anywhere NEAR that cable, much less about to connect it, because the path of least restriction is through him, not into the flux capacitor.
Yeah I believe there's a deleted scene actually showing this lol
Yeah, Doc’s permits are issued by the Treasury.
Fun fact robert zemeckis pitched this to disney but they said no. When it became a success they hired him to direct roger rabbit
The incest aspect was just too much for Disney.
Looking back in it now I glad that Disney rejected it and I think many of you can agree with me. If they had the rights to the Back to Future franchise they would probably make endless films and Disney Plus shows that would go woke and ruin the legacy of trilogy like they did with Star Wars.
Very true! @@jacksonconley5117
@@JohnRandomness105rewatch the little mermaid. Triton is just a little TOO protective 😂
@@jacksonconley5117 Star Wars was always "woke"
You're just more conscious of it now that you're older
RE: Doc's house burning down. Using that fire extinguisher on the flaming rags after the demonstration exhausted it. He never recharged it. So when his time experiments ("mysterious circumstances") caused a fire, he had no way of putting it out quickly. This led to him selling everything but the garage to fund his further experiments.
Also, I can't believe I haven't seen anyone else mention it, but Doc and Marty are the direct inspirations for Rick and Morty.
I've heard people say that doc burned it on purpose for the insurance money
@@erikawilliams9558He absolutely did it on purpose
I’ve always had a similar theory that the reason Doc’s gun had no ammo when he tried to shoot the Libyans is because he fired all the ammo into the air in Part 3 when sending Marty back to 1885, and he never bothered to reload it.
@@doughall2932 I'd say that theory is a bit of a stretch simply because it's generally a bad idea to leave a gun loaded for an extended period if it's not being used.
There's a sub-plot that they never make explicit: George is left-handed. There was a time when left-handed kids were forced to use their right hands, and that lasted into the 70s and 80s for some schools and homes (probably still happens today in isolated communities). Part of the reason George is so awkward is that he's one of those kids. His big moment, the key event that changed his future and the timeline overall, was when is right arm was being twisted, forcing him to deck Biff with his left. The way he looked at his hand, it wasn't just coz he flattened a bully, it was coz he was deciding to stop pretending to be something he's not.
Oh. That's amazing!
I don't even care if you made that up 😂.(not that you did)
Oh man I never considered that but i always did think that it was pretty crazy he hit biff so hard that he spun around. I always thought “man I couldn’t do that with my left arm” but this explains a whole lot.
I love this! I remember at school when I was about 9 or 10, we spent a day experiencing life as Victorian schoolchildren. Those of us who were lefties were forced to write with our right hands, and were told that left-handedness was a sign of the devil. One of the girls couldn’t do it, no matter how hard she tried. Whenever you try to curb someone’s nature, it never ends well.
@@Daveyboy100880 I'm copying and pasting that comment to the pope.. Maybe he'll get the picture ;)
George is wearing his watch on his right wrist.
Historical fun fact: When President Reagan heard that they were jokes about him in the movie, he insisted upon seeing it. He loved the film, and reportedly laughed so hard at the jokes that he actually had the projector operator back up the film, because he missed some of the dialogue. The final line, “Where we’re going, we don’t need roads,” was actually quoted by President Reagan in a speech to Congress, discussing the drive towards future technology.
What I want is some acid flasks
I don't know why people expect adult George and Lorraine to recognize Marty. At my ten year high school reunion I couldn't remember most of the people, and those were people I saw _every day_ for three years only ten years past, not someone I knew for _one_ week _thirty years_ ago.
I wouldn't recognize most people I went to high school with if they looked EXACTLY the same, if it weren't for yearbook pictures to keep reminding us. Someone I knew for one week, and only saw for a few hours all together during that time? Even people that I knew briefly that had a big impact on me, I have doubts that my memory of how they look is accurate and not just my mind making up a look. Add on that Marty was not born looking like 18 year old Marty, so they saw him grow into that look gradually.
Exactly!
Same. I ran into my date for junior prom at the mall a few years after high school and couldn't remember his name until we went to say goodbye.😂
For real.
furthermore, people thinking that George would suspect Lorraine of cheating on the off chance that Marty's appearance sparked some sort of memory? Like if Marty was their first kid then maybe thats a decent point but Marty is the third and youngest! It would make zero sense for George to make that connection even if he thought Marty reminded him of "Calvin Klein."
“Can you imagine going back in time and meeting your dad?” That’s pretty much the thought that inspired the movie.
Writer Bob Gale came across his father’s high school yearbook and wondered if they’d have been friends had they been the same age.
There are lots of fun facts about this one, I'm writing some that I didn't read on the comments yet:
- When this movie was shot there was no intention to make continuations, but it was so successful that the studio executives asked for more. That created some problems for the writers, as that ending was intended just as a joke, but they were able to solve that brilliantly on the sequences;
- Speaking about the sequences, parts 2 and 3 were shot at the same time, so you will have to keep a close eye on some clues that happen on film 2 that will only payoff on film 3;
- Claudia Wells, the actress that played Jennifer Parker on this movie, declined to return to the role on the sequences due to her mother's illness at the time. She was replaced by Elisabeth Shue, the very same from Karate Kid and The Boys;
- And speaking about actor's changes, Robert Zemeckis originally wanted Michael J. Fox for the role, but Michael had a very busy schedule due to the sitcom he was part at the time, Family Ties, so they hired Eric Stoltz to play Marty. However, Eric saw the movie as a tragedy (and if you read his reasoning it kinda makes sense) and played the role that way. It didn't worked so he was fired and Michael J. Fox ended up in the role as originally intended. However, due to his TV schedule for a period of time he only had the night time available for shootings, which explains why there are so many night scenes on the movie. It was so tight that he literally had to sleep while traveling to the locations, at some points his staff had to carry him while he was sleeping;
- At the end of part 2 there will be a screen legend saying "To be concluded". STOP WATCHING THE MOVIE AT THAT POINT, or you'll be spoiled with scenes from part 3. You have been warned.
Thanks. You beat me to most of these.
For me, this movie is one of the few "complete" movies, where it's hard to "add" anything to it, to make it "better"
You also forgot the part where Billy Zane is actually one of Biff Tannons thugs
@@alaneskew2664 If I were to write everything that has to be spoken about this movie it would take some hours to write. XD
@@vinnycordeiro very true minion novel has actually been penned and many ream of paper has been printed about the making of this movie. Like I said in my opinion it should be considered one of those rare perfect movies
And because Eric Stoltz is considerably taller than Michael J Fox, they had to recast Claudia Wells as Jennifer Parker because the original actress was much taller than Michael J Fox.
The people who made this film were, many of them, young in the 50s, and there are many jokes that almost no one gets now, because the many details of the 50s have been forgotten. The song that you hear when Marty arrives in town is "Mr. Sandman, Bring Me A Dream," by the Andrews Sisters. 1955 was the last year of "pre-rock and roll" popular music, which really arrived in 1956, with Elvis Presley, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, etc. When Marty arrives in town, we see a Texaco station. A car pulls up and half a dozen attendants rush out and start working on the car. In 1955, you did not pump your own gas. An attendant would come out, start pumping gas, clean your windshield and ask you if you wanted him to check the oil and tires. This scene got a huge laugh when the film first came out, but of course no one gets it now. TVs were enormously expensive in 1955, and most people did not have them. There were no reruns. Many programs were broadcast live and no copies were made. People did not wear the sort of vests that Marty is wearing when goes into the soda shop. The guy behind the counter assumes that it's a life preserver of some sort.
Mr. Sandman was by The Chordettes
@@RandomNonsense1985 Good catch!
Best rwaction ever 😊
MJF came to the restaurant where I worked. It was a lush place called the Inn at Shelburne Farms with a rustic dining room looking out over Lake Champlain. He and his wife sat at Table 5 next to the window doors that overlooked the lake. I remember they had a rosë with dinner that his wife Tracy ordered. They were both very relaxed, very cool, very amiable. It was a sweet summer evening. They watched the sun set behind the Adirondacks.
3 years later I was working at Universal Studios in Florida and our restaurant was the location of the Back to the Future III premiere party and in walks MJF, catches me behind a small mobile bar and goes, "Hey, uh..." snapping his fingers trying to remember my name then just went, "Shelburne!" I just let out one of those happy hahahas with a big grin on my face. He had a great memory that exuded real warmth. I shook his hand and said, "Robert " He said, "That's it!"
I had a similar experience with my favorite guitar player ever, Jimmy Herring. Though not nearly as famous as many musicians, he is nonetheless as genuine and down to earth as one could possibly be. He recognized me sitting at one of his shows 12 YEARS after we had had a ten minute conversation at a music convention.
Sometimes people are just people, and are not spoiled by their fame or accolades. It’s refreshing.
Just goes to show that Thomas Wilson is telling the truth in his song.
Random people: “What’s Michael J Fox like?”
Tom: “He’s nice.”
I saw this movie with a girlfriend in 1985. She worked at the theater and we arrived late - getting to seats as Marty arrived in 1955 on the farm. We watched the rest of the movie and then sat through the beginning of the next showing up to where we came in... the movie still made sense LOL
This movie is taught as a "perfect" movie script - there is nothing wasted. Every line, everything you see has a payoff later in the movie. It also is unique in movies as it attempts - and succeeds in having three satisfying climaxes - the build-up to George decking Biff, the connection between his parents at the dance, and getting Marty back to 1985 and saving Doc.
There was a saying in the 80s, "If it's too loud, you're too old". (Many of the older generation thought rock was just loud noise.) When I saw this in theaters, that's what I assumed the judges were referencing by telling Marty he was too darn loud.
The teacher with the megaphone is Huey Lewis who wrote and sang the title song "Back in Time" and "Power of Love" with his band Huey Lewis and the News.
The man saying, "I'm afraid you're just too darn loud." Is Huey Lewis who sings Back in Time :)
I would normally agree until I went to a concert last year with a friend and it really messed up our hearing. It took a good 24 hours to sound normal again.
I would have expected Lorraine to say "that was very interesting....music...Marty - but you're just too darn loud!".
@@jasonondik6003 Plus it's a double reference - the version Marty plays in that audition has guitar soloing very much in the style of Marty's hero Eddie Van Halen which is NOT in the original. So not only is Lewis' role a meta reference to the fact that he's the original artist, "you're just too darn loud" is also a tongue-in-cheek critique of this version of the song. Layers upon layers. Such a brilliant script.
Fun fact: when this movie was made, Zemeckis had no intention of doing any sequels. The ending, with the car flying off into the future, was meant to be one final joke with no foreshadowing. But because of the unexpected success of the film, a sequel was put into production. The material got too lengthy for one movie, so it was broken into two parts, which were filmed back to back.
Spoiler: the actress who played Jennifer was not available for the sequels, so she had to be recast. George McFly as well. Anyway, you should just jump right into parts 2 and 3. You won’t be disappointed.
And Crispin Glover quitting lead to a whole host of changes in the ways that film studios can use actors’ likenesses
I remember when my Dad rented this masterpiece nearly 40 years ago. This film blew me away and every time I watch it, which is pretty much annually, I fall in love all over again.
Fun fact: Eric Stoltz was originally cast as Marty. The way he played Marty, all serious and all, didn’t please the director, so he was fired and recast with Michael J. Fox, requiring them to reshoot damn near the entire movie.
I read Stoltz is still in some scenes, in longshot so you can't tell. Don't know if it's true but it would make sense, why reshoot a scene that's usable?
In "The Flash" movie Eric Stoltz still portrayed Marty in an alternate reality.
The face Doc makes when he screams after the toy car falls off the table starting the fire is now a famous reaction meme.
It took me many viewings to put it together, but the reason Marty's grandfather says "ANOTHER one of these damn kids jumped in front of my car" is an allusion to Lorraine being somewhat locally notorious for undressing in front of her open window. So George is a peeping Tom and she's an exhibitionist. Complementary kinks - they really were made for each other! Great reaction!
Such an iconic film that has shaped pop culture. It was the inspiration to Rick and Morty.
Please can we forget that part. If you ever saw "The Adventures of Doc and Mharti" than evolved into Rick and Morty... ew. Plus Roiland has messaged minors and said weird stuff about how in some realities Rick & Morty are in a relationship with each other. He's a weirdo.
I have never found anything remotely entertaining about Rick and Morty at all, a load of absolute rubbish!
@@MorbidCrow666 created by a creepy man who is into minors too.
These were the kind of films that made the 80’s such a fun decade for movies. I’m so glad to have watched this back in 85 at the ripe age of 16, also that a younger generation is now enjoying these fun classic films. Glad you liked it, two more to go.
This is not only a great movie, but is also regarded as the perfect trilogy. Watch the other two movies and you will know why.
Another fun fact: the original actor that they were going to use for Marty McFly name Eric stoltz they actually filmed a lot of scenes using him you can find them on TH-cam. They had to reshoot a lot of the scenes with Michael j Fox.
"Another one of these damn kids fell outta the tree" implies that Marty's mom has a habit of changing clothes in front of the window, probably intentionally because she is a lot freakier than she lets on in the beginning of the movie.
To Lorraine's dad, I'd like to quote Martin Lawrence's character in Black Knight: "Your daughter's a freeeaaak."
I've said this so many times, she probably knows they watch her.
“Another one of these damn kids jumped in front of my car” not fell out of the tree.
She said she's no stranger to "parking" with boys nor drinking and smoking as well.
Changing in front of her window may just well be her seeing who's interested.
Although it's implied that Biff did push himself on her in the orginal timeline and she realized that she didn't want that to ever happen again so that's why she's so against such promiscuous behavior as an adult.
50s version of camgirls, open curtain girls
My apologies to fans of boxing movies everywhere, but in my opinion the scene where George punches Biff is the greatest knockout scene in movie history.
fun fact: if you pay attention to the mall's name at the beginning it's named "Twin Pine Mall" but when Marty goes back to the future, it's now named "Lone Pine Mall" since Marty ran over one in the past
Shonash Ravine becomes Clayton Ravine, which becomes Eastwood Ravine......
yep, which is a first clue he's not in the same timeline he originated from. So when he sees his family. :O
Yeah, there's a pretty funny video that tries to argue that BTTF was predictive programming they actually do a pretty good job on finding things that aren't really there and then acting like omg totally there. But if you dig at all you see they intended it as a satire.
in yet another example of misunderstood movie lines, as a kid I heard "I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet, but you kids are gonna love it." Joke went over my head because I heard "you kids" instead of "your kids".
If Back to the Future was done today, he would be going back to 1994.. The look on Docs face when Marty asks, Do we become A-Holes.
Don't remind me. - An Old Fart
Yeah, keep that bullshit comment too yourself!!! LOL just kiddin
The look on Doc's face is actually only at the beginning of the second movie, not in here - or at least not as explicit.
Tom Holland and RDJ for the remake !
@@fakereality96 Hey I saw it at the movies too when I was 15, so yeah I agree with you. One old fart to another..
The original actor they cast to play Marty McFly was Eric Stoltz who was a very solid young actor however he didnt have the comedic energy the role needed. After a month of filming they decided that it just wasnt working and replaced Stoltz with Michael J Fox and re-shot the entire movie...and the rest is history. You can find a few of the Eric Stoltz playing Marty McFly scenes online.
29:06 "Marty. It's such a nice name."...and YET they name their FIRST son, Dave. LOL
I think that might be a case of naming their first son George David McFly, Jr. but the older son not wanting to be called Junior goes by his middle name instead. I'm just guessing here.
I've always used to think exactly the same. That when he gets home he should now be Dave McFly and his big brother is Marty. :D
@@joemckim1183 Good one!
@@anderspemer358 That wouldn't work without recasting the actor playing Dave. Since they'll want to keep Marty in high school and the actor who played Dave way too old looking to be plausible as a high school underclassman if not younger.
@@joemckim1183 I should apparenly rephrase that. When he gets home he will find that his name is Dave, and his big brother's name is Marty. ;)
This is the most nostalgic movie of the 80s and one of the best trilogies of all time. Rick and Morty was originally named Doc and Marty. The guy who tells Marty his band is too loud is Huey Lewis from Huey Lewis and the news. The song deemed to loud is The Power of Love written by Huey Lewis. His biggest hit song and the theme song to the first movie. Just love how they threw that in. Younger people normally miss this reference. Just wait till you get to the future. They did not predict everything in 2015, but there are many things that they got right or very close.
Please can we forget that part about Rick & Morty? If you ever saw "The Adventures of Doc and Mharti" that evolved into Rick and Morty... ew. Plus Roiland has messaged minors and said weird stuff about how in some realities Rick & Morty are in a relationship with each other. He's a weirdo.
Okay, my fun fact… V, you mentioned Doc Brown’s house burning down? Well, he says at one point that it took his entire family fortune to realise his vision… and it took a little extra too! The clues are all given in the opening shot in the newspaper cuttings, with the story being that his house burned down in “mysterious circumstances,” and the implication is that he did it himself to get the insurance money. He then sold off the Brown estate to real estate developers and just kept his garage to live in. This is why his garage is surrounded by a strip mall in 1985!
The amount of though that Zemeckis and Gale put into this movie and how it all tied together is astounding! And V is right - they simply don’t make ‘em like this anymore. Nowadays big movies cost so much to make that studios can’t take a risk on them unless they’re pre sold, but BttF was never written with a built-in audience in mind. It wasn’t the result of market research or based on an recognisable IP - it was simply a story that they wanted to tell, and the were given the freedom to tell it. I think that is why so many movies from the 80s are so loved: sure, they’re made to make money, but they also have voices of their own. Ghostbuster, Goonies, Bill & Ted, BTTF, Robocop, Germlins, ET - they’re popular because they’re good, and they respect their audiences, and they often put fun ahead of logic! Don’t waste time on endless exposition or worry about connecting every dot, just have fun!
I wanna see Germlins! Sounds infectious! 🤣
@@deepermind4884 You should see the sequel, Germlins 2: The New Outbreak! It’s crazy
@@deepermind4884 LOL Germlins.
This is by far one of my favorite BTTF reactions ever. And I've seen over a hundred of them. Back to the Future being my favorite movie of all time, you spotter SO many hints and plot points. Not many do. You questioning how it would be to meet your parents when they were your age: that's EXACTLY what the writer motivated after looking through some old family albums. I'm definitely watching your reaction to the next two 😅
You're going to love the second and third movies. Its pretty incredibly how tightly woven the three are, despite the fact that there were never really plans to make any sequels, though they did film the second and third movies concurrently.
@V Don't forget to stop the Part 2 watch at the "To be continued" card, because if you don't there's spoilers for Part 3!
So tightly woven that, even after many watches over many years, I had no idea that the intro to Part 2 was an almost complete reshoot of the outro of Part 1. It's basically a shot-for-shot remake with the new actress.
I was 7 when this movie came out. I can't underestimate what a cultural phenomenon it was. For Christmas that year, I got a Back to the Future skateboard. It had the most 80s graphics you could imagine. Wish I still had that thing (and many other things), I was tough on my toys.
The actors playing George, Lorraine and Biff were all young, so their 1955 look was their own and they had ageing-up makeup to make them look older for the 1985 scenes. So did Christopher Lloyd as Doc Brown; I was horrified a few weeks back when I realised I'm now older than Lloyd was when this was filmed!
OMG, I am, too!
@@electronics-girl Christopher Llloyd is just a guy that always looked prematurely old. So when he actually became old he continued to look the same.
It's awesome that you finally watched this! And yes, it's STILL epic after all this time! So, fun facts. The guy that tells Marty and his band that he's too loud, is Huey Lewis, leader of the band Huey Lewis and the News, the band that did the songs for the sound track. And as far as what happened to Doc's family mansion, in addition to the newspaper clipping of the mansion burning down, there was a clipping next to it about how the property was sold to developers. In an interview Robert Zemeckis, one of the writers and also the director, said that basically Doc needed some serious cash to fund building his time machine, so he burned down the house, collected the insurance, then sold everything but the garage, which was his lab. Disney was originally interested in this, but when they read about the incest between Marty and his mom, they were like, nope, I don't think so! There is also a big group of car people that do their best to build perfect replicas of the DeLorean Time Machine. The best of them rebuilt the one that is currently on display at Universal Studios. This was originally a stand alone movie, but it was such a success, and they left an opening for further developments, that they decided to make it a trilogy. The next two were filmed back to back, to maintain continuity.
10:29 That's just Christopher Lloyd, he always has a crazy look in his face no matter what movie he's in
Apart from when he's playing a Klingon, then it's Mr serious face.
@@MorbidCrow666Ehhhh, kinda crazy there too. But all makes sense, all the way back to One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Whenever someone talks about Lord of the Rings, I always applaud it as the second best trilogy of all time. For a moment they look offended and ask what i think the first is. After i say Back to the Future, they usually just nod in acceptance
Best movie trilogy ever. Don't even try to change my mind.
It’s a very strong trilogy that’s never had a bad movie and I hope it stays like that.
Fact.
was about to comment the same thing.
glad someone already did.
THE best ever made!
Personal opinion - tied with the Godfather trilogy at the top spot
@@jacksonconley5117 Gale and Zemeckis will not allow any sequels or remakes, and I don't think fans will either
That jacket Marty is wearing, you absolutely had to have it to be the coolest! Man, I miss the 80's!
Fun fact: one of the producers didn’t want to call it Back To The Future and instead thought it should be called The Man From Pluto. His mind was changed when Zemeckis asked Steven Spielberg to help change his mind and Spielberg called him and said “BACK TO THE FUTURE! What a great title you came up with!” 😂
Not quite. Producer Sid Sheinberg sent Zameckis a note telling him to change the title to "Spaceman from Pluto". Spielberg shut down the idea by responding to Sheinberg that it was a great joke, and the whole crew got a big laugh out of it. Sheinberg never brought it up again.
Fun Fact: The Biff character was molded after Donald Trump, the similarities are not a coincidence!
The Delorean was NOT a cool car in the 80's, it was considered a joke. BttF MADE it cool retroactively. Doc saying "If you're gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style!" is supposed to be a joke about how Doc has bad taste in cars.
I read somewhere that they even needed to swap the engine to a Porsche one, because the original was just underwhelming.
The speedometer isn't even a DeLorean one because it didn't even go that high
umm.. not entirely true. it wasn't cool in the US.. it WAS very cool in Canada ( where it was built ) also very cool in the UK. where almost 50% of the production run was exported to
@@user-dv6gt5iw4b It was built in Belfast (Northern Ireland) and all but a handful exported to the US ... the company collapsed after John DeLorean was prosecuted for a drug deal in a FBI set-up, and his reputation ruined; before that, they weren't "considered a joke"
The actual reasons they used it was the scene in the barn . The doors opened the same way it did in the magazine
You're very sharp in all the things you picked up on, and it was fun seeing your reactions to this real gem of a movie!
Did you take note that near the beginning, Jennifer reminds Marty that the Doc always says "If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything!" (4:50 in the video) Marty gives his dad the same advice in the past (24:01) when trying to encourage him in their plan at the dance. Then back in the 'future', when George gets his book published he give his son the same encouragement. (33:22) The Doc's advice really helped the McFly family back and forth in time!
Fun Fact: The drunk man on the bench (Red the Bum) that says "Crazy drunk drivers" after Marty crashes into the movie theatre is played by George Buck Flowers. He was in many classic movies and often ended up cast as the drunk or homeless man because of his rough appearance giving him somewhat of a reputation as the stereotypical movie bum. His movie credits are extensive however, ranging from comedies to westerns to action movies to adult films. In the shot of the movie theatre you can see the title of the movie playing is "Orgy American Style" which is a movie in which George Flowers played a character named Buck La Fleur. He also reprises his role in Back to the Future 2 where he calls Marty a "Crazy drunk pedestrian."
Red the Bum was also Mayor Red Thomas in 1955.
It's a classic for sure. One fun thing behind the scenes: Christopher Lloyd is much taller than Michael J Fox, so they had Doc kinda crouch down so they looked somewhat similar height. Oh and a heads up, if you haven't seen the second one yet, at the end there's a trailer for the third one. So, if you wanna skip that, don't go past where it says "to be concluded"
That synopsis at the beginning was simultaneously gibberish and strikingly accurate. Good job.
Huey Lewis, the artist of the title song of the movie, is the judge who rejects Marty's band
Vkunia - so, Docs time machine runs on conventional GAS but the Time Circuits need high voltage Power.
the car still would have to reach 88 mph before the Time Circuits even work.
Back to the future is concidered to be pretty much a perfect trilogy. These films are amazing and part of my childhood. I'd always fall asleep to 2 and 3. (don't worry, I'd seen them so much that I used them as background while I fell asleep at night. I was around 8 or so)
Michael J. Fox was already a tv star on Family Ties and when he got this role he had to do both jobs at the same time. Someone would drive him between sets and he would have to sleep in the car in order to film them both.
And somehow he also found time to do reshoots for "Teenwolf" at the same time.
he was VERY popular back then so much so that even i noticed and i basically ignore most media.
Fun Facts:
- the DeLorean became a ccult classic because of this movie, it had a bad reputation as a car specially with realiability, which is used for comedic relief with the car engine stalling a couple times
- in the final performance in the dance, Marty plays a song by Chuck Berry and the vocalist character named Marvin Berry calls his cousin Chuck to tell him to listen to the song for inspiration
- the Twin Pine mall from the beginning was renamed to reflect there was only one pine tree, because Marty ran over it while escaping the farm
- Marty scares George by saying his name is Darth Vader in 1955, before star wars was released, otherwise George would suspect as a SciFi nerd
- the date in the future of 2015 was awaited and celebrated in scifi conferences in many countries, growing up i had friends remembering to get in touch around that time and check what the movie got right or wrong
- Back to the Future had a cartoon adaptation placed after the third movie which may be fun to watch depending on occasion
- Doc being in a hurry at the end of the movie is pointless, since he has a freaking time machine and about 30 years to prevent whatever made him worried hahaha
The Hill Valley "town" with the clock tower is the same "town" from Gremlins, they built the set and reused it, but with a winter theme and decorations.
That town square set can be seen at Universal Studios, and has been used in probably hundreds of movies and tv shows. They change a few details here and there, but it's the same location.
Lorraine's mom is played by the same woman who played Billy's mom in Gremlins.
I never get bored of watching this trilogy. It's an absolute masterpiece. The acting, the plot, the costumes and sets design, the directing, the cinematography, the sounds, the MUSIC, no wonder that almost 40 years later, It still holds up and that its themes (Power of Love and the main theme) are still so recognisable.
lol no worries, it’s a time travel move. You can start it anytime and still finish it yesterday 😜
The executives thought the title "Back To The Future" was too confusing. Because of the scene in the barn with the DeLorean being confused for a spaceship and Marty and his radiation suit confused for an alien invader, one executive wanted to rename the film "Spaceman From Pluto." Everyone else working on the film knew the title change would be a disaster, but no one knew how to effectively fight it. . . except Steven Spielberg. He said, "I'll take care of this," and sent a memo back. To the effect of: "We got that joke memo you sent. "Spaceman From Pluto!" Ha! Good one! Thanks, we all got a good laugh out of that." Knowing the executive would be way too proud to admit that "joke memo" had been sincere, so he'd drop the idea of trying to change the name of the film.
14:16: That was actually the impetus for the script. Writer Bob Gale was looking around his parent's basement, found his dad's old high school yearbook, and saw his dad had been class president. Gale had been a rebellious outsider in school, and didn't even know the class president. He got to wondering: If my dad and I had gone to high school together, would we have been friends?
Already saw this on V's Patreon, but I can't resist watching again.
Look at the name of the mall before and after he time travels.
Foreshadowing tidbits:(most of the others have been mentioned)
At the start of the film, we see a representation of actor Harold Lloyd hanging from the hands of a clock, from the film Safety Last. This foreshadows Dr. Emmett Brown hanging from the clock tower on November 12, 1955.
The McFly family is watching the episode of The Honeymooners where "Ralph dresses up as a man from space". This foreshadows Marty being mistaken for a "man from space" in 1955 (by the Peabody family and by George McFly).
Can’t wait for Part II & III 💫❤️💫✌🏻🇦🇺
Interestingly that episode of The Honeymooners didn’t actually air until December 1955.
I remember watching the first one at the theaters in 1985 and after the credits rolled and the lights came up in the theater soon after Doc says, "Where we are going there are no roads" I looked back and I saw the people in the rows behind us and everyone had a smile on their faces. This movie is perfection.
This one of the most tightly written movies
Which is even more amazing considering there were drastic rewrites before shooting began.
Famously, the Delorean time machine was going to be a refrigerator instead. Doc was going to have a pet chimpanzee or orangutan (can't remember which) instead of his dog Einstein because primate sidekicks were appearing in other movies and shows.
There so many more changes that were made and that's not even factoring in the recasting of Marty when they were well into production.
Absolutely incredible they ended up with an essentially perfect film.
I think this is quite probably the most rewatchable movie series in my lifetime. In high school, I was in JROTC, which meant weekly uniform maintenance, including ironing the shirt after it came out of the laundry, and you would not suspect just how time consuming that can be. So I would put on a movie to get me through it, and in that fashion, I rewatched my way through this trilogy over and over again. It _doesn't_ get old.
So, the lady with collecting donations and handing out flyers related to the clock tower, (and interrupting Marty's romantic game), would you call her a "clock-blocker"?
Clock-blocker? 🤦🏿♂️😂
**grumble** take my like damn you
Hi VKunia, thank you watching the BTTF Part 1 and for your great reactions, Please do watch BTTF Parts 2 & 3 as BTTF really is The Greatest Trilogy EVER, and from your reactions, you are going to love them, please don't leave it too long.
When George is up the tree, he is looking at Lorraine, who likes to show herself undressing at the window (an exhibitionist) and she knows that boys watch her .... Hence her Dad saying 'Another one of these kid's' .... And at the beginning of the film when she asks George what he was doing up the tree, 'bird watching George,' just look at her facial expressions, she definitely knew what was happening.
In times gone by it was considered wrong to be 'Left hannded', and kid's would have there Left hand tied behind their backs and be forced to use their Right hand. This is why George tries to hit Biff with his Right hand/fist but then has to use his natural Left hand/fist to knock Biff out.
Just in case, a Spoiler alert, when you get to the end of part two it will show 'TO BE CONCLUDED', it may be best to stop it there as it shows some bits of part three, which can spoil it for some people 🙂 ❤
I went to an art show across the street from my house in the park and for no reason some guy brought his DeLorean for people to see. You better believe I have a picture in that thing! Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd are national treasures. They will go down in history...
This movie is considered a "perfect" movie by people who study movies.. The writing, acting, chemistry, music, etc.. All perfect.. Even after almost 40 years, people agree that nothing should be changed about the movie..
*Biff* says "Make like a tree & get out" which you cut out but he says it wrong. There are reoccurring themes in these movies & there's a young cameo in the 2nd film well see if you catch
The quote actually is "Make like a tree and get out of here!". The correct line (for the joke) is "Make like a tree and leave!" Funny how Biff corrected....Biff with this quote.
Young (1955) Biff "Make like a tree and get outta here, old man!"
Old Biff (2015) "It's LEAVE...Make like a tree and LEAVE! You sound like a dang fool when you say it wrong!:"
Young Biff: "alright LEAVE! and take your book with you!".
No matter how many times you watch this (these) movies, you will always catch something new that you didn't see before. The "Twin Pines Mall" was one I didn't see for years and one day it just clicked. I love these moves and cannot wait for you to watch number 2.
There is no reason for Loraine or George to look at their son Marty and say “ hey wait a minute….” Because think: they knew him superficially for about a week 30 years ago. If you are alive now and face lives over 30 years, try to think of someone you knew for about a week way back then ….. why would you?! Plus Marty slowly grew from a baby . Ax a parent tiu watch your child grow to what they ooom like as more adults. You don’t suddenly one day say….. “ hey you look like just like guy I have no reason to remember from 30 years ago.” We see it because the timeline is crunched in the movie. We read the script so we know it. It’s like why would obi wan remember a droid he never owned or had personal attachment to 20 years later?!
100% agree. I don't understand why people think that they should remember him.
@@flynnoldman3542 Ikr
I think some people just remember better than others. If someone I went to high school with 25 years ago showed up looking exactly the same, I would remember them. And I remember what every girl I ever had a crush on looked like, and some were definitely only for a week. I might not notice them passing them on the street, but I think I would notice them if they were my kid. Of course, I would probably just think it was strange, and wouldn't guess that my kid had time traveled 30 years into the past and probably wouldn't comment on it during the 10 minutes of their lives that we see. I'm sure they mentioned it to each other years earlier when they first noticed and just don't talk every morning at breakfast about the guy with the same name as their son, who looks the same.
@@erebus2161 Peoples memory is notoriously unreliable. You may think you remember what they look like but how do you really know if you haven't seen them in so long. Maybe you've slipped into an alternate universe since then. That person you thought you knew might be someone totally different.
@@flynnoldman3542 I mean there are people from that long ago that I haven't seen since that I would 100% recognise if I saw that younger version again today. But if it was someone who was just popping into your life on a few occasions for a week and then never again I suspect you'd be pretty hazy 30 years later. Add in it's your own child that you have seen grow slowly into that person and you'd absolutely think you were just projecting your son onto someone who maybe used to look a bit like them, if you even considered it at all.
@4:06 the graffiti on the school says Lorraine del Calvin
*_It was never explained in the movies, but in a prequel comic book it was confirmed that Marty met Doc Brown when he was around 14 after hearing that Brown was a dangerous lunatic. Marty was curious, so he snuck into Doc's lab and was fascinated by his inventions._*
Yes, then when Doc caught him and saw his interest he hired him as an assistant.
@@3DJapan An assistant to help make bootleg cassette tapes, at least according to one early script
I was JUST wondering if they ever explained it, and I started thinking if there were any spinoff comics or anything. I'm glad to see there are.
@@iansrife5107 there was a cartoon show set after the 3rd movie with doc, Lisa and the kids as well
There was also a game released more recently which a “long play” playthrough can be found on TH-cam, which the player and uploaded edited into two videos - dubbing them “part 4” and “part 5”
Quite well done and worth a look
13:41 first silver screen appearance of Billy Zane
The bit at the end with the flying DeLorean was meant as a complete joke. When this movie first came out there was no thought about making sequels. In the DVD there is an interview with the director where he said they would have done something different for the final scene had the been considering sequels.
The thing is, while the others have their headscratchers (BttF 2 especially, which is the most contrived time-travel wise), it still holds overall surprisingly well for something 2/3rds of which was not planned beforehand.
To answer your question about speed, yes the flux capacitor would still work at 89mph. Once the DeLorean reaches 88mph, the capacitor activities, but you would need the constant increase of velocity to pass through the space-time continuum. Scientists have actually praised the series for getting a key aspect of time travel correct. With other stories about time travel, people can always go to a different time AND location. With BTTF you travel through time, but your physical location remains the same.
In the 10 days from October 26 to November 5 our planet travels about 16 million miles along its orbit, so we need a fast spaceship to time travel
Fun Fact: One of the judges was Huey Lewis the very singer of “The Power of Love.”
I'm afraid you're just too darn loud.
Yes you are so right, These older classics are so much better than most of the stuff dished up to us today. Thank you for a superb reaction.
What?!? How have you never seen this movie?
Probably because it was made like 20 years before she was born?
Did you watch all the greats from the 1940s?
@@mrkesu She's 27 (she said so on a Twitch stream not long ago), so it was actually 12 years before.
Back to the Future and Star Wars were my two favorite trilogies growing up! BTTF is without a doubt a timeless classic that will remain as such! Glad you enjoyed it!!!!