Is the lost BACK TO THE FUTURE Clock Tower hidden in plain sight?
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- Did they #SaveTheClockTower? Join us on a journey through time as we explore the fascinating history of the clock tower at Courthouse Square at UniversalStudiosHollywood.com. From its legendary role in “Back to the Future” to the devastating fires that reshaped it, and the new facades built for TV shows, discover the incredible story behind this iconic set & if it still exists.
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0:00 Teaser & Context
0:53 Universal Studios Studio Tour
1:29 Clock Tower movie history
3:25 Courthouse Square destroyed by fire
4:30 Arrival at Universal
5:11 Fire remains
5:30 Inside Cafe 80s
6:08 Inside the Clock Tower!
8:21 Matching the Windows, Cats, Clock
9:00 Going upstairs to the Clock Tower
11:50 The DeLorean Cinema
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Before I clicked the video, I spent an embarrassing number of seconds looking at the thumbnail wondering why Michael J. Fox had facial hair. 😂
"He reminds me of someone... wait a minute, is this a Retro Recipes video?"
As of today, Michael J. Fox actually has facial hair! 😂
I was more interested in where the authentic bttf life preserve came from, are they actually still available 😅
@@fabriziotamigi97260 years tram tour guide Legends of universal studios hollywood 60 years and New 🆕 in side effects from universal studios hollywood
Me too😂
I'm so glad to see the original building face is still actually there, hidden. When I started seeing the new face of the courthouse I was appalled that they'd even consider replacing it.
One of the greatest "behind the scenes" I have ever seen on Back to the Future. Thank you so much Perifractic!!!! My kids watched with me and now they want to see the movie. You have inspired them! 10/10 mate
Glad it did the trick!
@@RetroRecipes Great Scott!!!!!
I worked on the Universal backlot several times. The first being in 1991 on the film, Newsies. It was magical to see the set.
Being from Norway I can proudly say that I visited the Universal Studios theme park in Hollywood twice. It was great!
I remember it being called back in time time travel into really real life look back
That's really cool that's a long way to see it I live in the USA and have never even been there but at least I've seen some other screen used stuff at the Universal Studios down the street from me in Orlando
I remember Adam the Woo peeking in that door several years back on his channel "The Daliy Woo", confirming that there is another facade under that current one. ....Bring the 1980's facede back. Dang, it looked better and more real looking. ...Great video; Thank you!
9:55 Christopher Lloyd said recently in a video filmed at a major collectors’ house that indeed, Christopher himself was lifted (?) up to the clock. But he was indeed up there! 😎
No one can pull me back to the 80s like you! I feel warm inside with every Retro Recipe! You do it with passion and that shines through every episode! From the bottom of my heart, thank you for what you do for me and others! ♥
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹
@@RetroRecipes Fun Fact, there are 2 DeLorean's in Back to the Future 2 the other is Centauri`s Starcar from the movie The Last Star Fighter... and technically it`s a 4 door DeLorean.... :):)
kudos to Universal Studios for envisioning a future where the original studio sets would become a role playing/tourist paradise for all of us kids that lived this 20 years or more ago. I honestly can't believe this isn't a tour yet based on the popularity of the studio lot tours and the BTF movies. Universal missed out on using this lot during the filming of wandavision as that would of fit well in this area, though Disney handled it in my opinion. Thanks for the virtual onset tour.
Kudos indeed. I'm fairly sure if you book a VIP tour and it isn't being used that day for filming, they will swing you by there and inside the courthouse.
the two clock tower panthers "cats" are actually from the movie Cat People 1982. The Universal prop department made several cats for the movie's faux zoo set - and later the art director on Back to the Future re-used them. You can see the "cats" in the movie Cat People - located above the entrance/cages of the panthers.
Great info thanks!
Very few people know this: In the footage on the arcade laserdisc, COPS, the court building and behind the building are clearly visible. I'll have to scour TH-cam to see if anybody upscaled that footage.
I worked on the lot about 3 weeks after the fire in 08. It was so heart breaking seeing all of that section completely destroyed. I got to stand on those steps at an event in 2016. I didn't know the columns were still there. That so awesome and you are so lucky.Thank you I really enjoyed the video.
1 thing iv just noticed, in '2015' Hill Valley there is a massive scotch mark on the clock face from the lightning strike ⚡
This was fantastic, Perifractic.
You are so respectful and reverent of our formative childhood memories.
Kudos to Universal Studios and the based production managers who were so generous, lenient and trusting while you captured the nostalgia for our enjoyment.
I was blessed to live during 30 years of the last of the old. It will never be that good again. Now, insanity reigns.
I love the "times up runt" scene with tannen and Marty
I met Christopher Lloyd about 20 years ago and, he's a darling! I forgot what the event was about but I met him early in the event and we tugged along as mates from morning to the after party post 10 in the evening and past 12 at night! we had some amazing teriyaki chicken drumsticks in between! the very ones I'm going to make for my extended family tomorrow just a dab to the past into the future!
every time he screamed i just died laughing but i loved this video, im just a big fan of back to the future, nothing beats back to the future, nor the classics
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Construction workers are the unsung heroes of Hollywood.
Awesome video! Christopher Loyd stated in an interview that he was lifted in a cherry picker to the clock from the outside where technicians where leaning from the inside-out to strap him in.
Great Scott!
Can't believe you got all the way to the top, and didn't shout Save the clock tower!"
This video back so many great memories! About a decade ago, I was hired to rig and stunt coordinate a 500 foot zip line coming from the clock tower down to the street below for a BTTF event. I literally took that same path up to the roof. Unfortunately, the small door you saw just leads to the inside of the façade. For the film, there were several ports that you could remove to get outside that small ledge. When they rebuilt the top, they didn’t put those in so there is no way to get to that ledge easily. Once I rigged the 3/8 inch steel cable and cut it locked off on both ends, I had to climb up on the roof, then hold onto the line at the edge and swing down and then jumped over to reach the ledge below. Lol… Yes, I have pictures! Then I had the Zipline trolley and was the first one to test the system, as I usually am.. Yes, the zip line was insanely fun but getting to that launch spot was always a pain! The biggest problem for installing it was that that top peak with the clock façade didn’t have much structure up there so we had to run it back another 85 feet to get to the steel behind it. Even with all that trouble it was still such a joy to get to bring that scene to life.
That's incredible. If you'd like to please share the photos/video at retrorecip.es/submit and I can share it on The ЯRetro Show 🙏
@@RetroRecipes I was busy setting this up but a friend did manage to document some of the fun!. I sent what I had!
@@raypierce5818 Received with thanks!
It would be really cool if they removed the new facade and just bring back the original Pillars. That would be awesome.
So cool to see behind the scenes like that, big part of my childhood all those movies. Greetings from The Netherlands.
Wow!!! Okay, this is my favorite behind the scenes reveal of the year!!! I'm sooo glad yhe original columns are still there and just cleverly hidden!
I feel so much better knowing the original facade is still in place! Wow wow wow. It’s perfect.
I know where the clock is from the clock tower. This is so weird. A video popped up on my feed so I clicked on it. This dad and son in Massachusetts have the largest back to the future movie memorabilia collection and they have the clock. Their collection is unbelievable. Christopher Lloyd was in the video also and went to see all the stuff. What a cool video. They have hundreds and probably thousands of original props from the movies. It's crazy. Cool video to watch. It's just weird but good that it just popped up a couple days after I watched this video. Well, mystery solved.
I didn't realize this is still being used. I thought it was just something they did in the 80s.
Thanks for taking us with you on these retro adventures, seeing things most of us would never get the chance to see. Nice one !
That's so cool that the original facade is behind the new facade of the clock tower. I wonder what happened to the original clock. The new one looks less fancy as the original. I still remember touring Universal in the mid 80's and the tram car went pass a car carrier full of KITT Cars. Was pretty cool.
I wonder if the BTTF super fans (featured on discovery channel) have the clock. They didn't say, but they showed it and it might be a replica. They do have two the cats as well as a few other screen used items.
Thanks for the visit, what an awesome place!
Absolutely incredible footage. I’ve been to many movie locations from back to the future. This is on my bucket list. To match up pictures at Courthouse Square. I did not met the right person to get permission any advice. Thank you German in Venice.
A wonderful Saturday morning excursion,
while enjoying bagels and coffee. Thanks.
Thank you for all this episodes and the 80 nostalgia
A Portoghese guy living in Italy
That's great fun. Seeing behind the facade is cool - when you climbed up, it reminded me of the Back to the Future DLC for Powerwash Simulator where you get to clean the clocktower!
“I can fly”. I remember a rumor if Knight Rider had made a fifth season KITT would’ve actually flown. I wonder how they would have accomplished that.
It wasn't until I watched the intro to this video that I realized the "clock tower" is not a TOWER, and it never was. They said "save the clock tower" to us kids and we just believed it! My life is a lie!!! 😆
Nothing inside like we thought as kids . I used to think doc runs up the stairs inside but he must of run into oblivion because how did he get up on the roof?. The back lot stairs we can't see it's out of site! 😂
@@PAUL-MH The thing that always got me, as I became more aware as an adult, is when you see someone go from an interior to an exterior and those two places could be miles away from each other. As a young kid I always thought they filmed inside the real homes etc.
But you still believe in time travelling DeLoreans, that's the main thing.
@@LungsMcGee Of course, this is the way.
I was there on May 29 2023. The clock face was Installed, with the structure in the video.
Interesting how many TV shows and movies used those sets.
Back to the Future is my absolute favourite movie. Great to see some love for it here.
I visited around 35 years ago when they had the empty water pool outside. Love that place.
Now I can sleep at night.
I like how your fingertips are touching when in auto cruise, they had him do it likely to emphasise KITT driving, nice details 😎
Thank you. That's a pose Michael Knight would often adopt, likely for that reason.
K.I.T.T's inexhaustible knowledge of American pop culture never ceases to amaze me.
Tugging at my childhood / Adult heart strings, we had the best childhood
My God I'd have been through that door at the top of the tower to see what was still there Lol. Brilliant episode again, love the Cinema from Gremlins at the end of the street too.
I’m always watching to see what films and/or TV shows are filmed there. Never disappointed when I see a new one.
Does anyone know if one of the script drafts prior to production actually includes a clock tower in the plot, instead of a courthouse? I know about earlier versions that involved using a nuclear blast, but not anything that might explain why they call it a tower in the film. It would kind of make sense because if the writers are thinking of something that would be especially attractive to lightning, a tower that's much taller than surrounding structures might occur to them. I know it has a lightning rod in the film, so they help explain it that way.
You’re raising the bar with each episode. Well done 🎉
Thanks!!
"Wow, this video is absolutely mind-blowing! It's mesmerizing to embark on a journey to see where 'Back to the Future' was filmed. Perifractic, you've taken us to a place we've only ever dreamed of visiting. Your attention to detail and passion truly shine through, making this an unforgettable experience. Thank you for sharing this incredible adventure with us!"
Thanks so much. It was my pleasure, really.
Just a cool fact. In Escape from LA with Kurt Russell, the BTTF square doubled as “Disneyland’s” Main Street in the movie.
This weeks episode is “heavy”
The lightbulb on a stick you showed is whats known as a "Ghost light". It's a light placed in the middle of a dark stage for safety. You will also see them in used in Theater.
this was awesome I would be running around throwing out lines from 'Back to the Future'
How did Adam not go behind to see this, if he did I missed it, I mean he did every BTTF filming location.
As a big back to the future fan I’ve always wanted to see what inside the clock tower looked like!!! This is awesome
In 1998, Julian Barnes wrote "England, England", a tale of how all of the most archetypal historic buildings were taken down and reconstructed on the Isle of White. A dystopian novel. Perhaps, we are missing out?
What if St. Trinian's still exists?? Or, Hogwarts?
I saw something that was in Beverly Hills Cop III. In the movie it was Alien Attack. The oil truck slid downward. If you watch this video and watch Beverly Hills Cop III, you’ll see what I am talking about.
Those red lights you saw on stands inside the building are 1000 watt Mole Richardson "pups". Workhorse light from the old days of film/tv before so many lights have been replaced by LED.
At one point you see the fresnel lens opened. This is known as "open eye" and was used sometimes to give a harder pin point of light usually to cast hard shadows from blinds and such. This is also how you change the burnt out bulb too, lol.
Just started watching and I have goosebumps already.
Turbo Boost is great, but imagine if KITT had a hover conversion. At least he always arrives on time, even without a Flux Capacitor.
Great video, Peri!
3:40 I was lighting a Newport at this exact moment.... lol
After the fire, the clock tower survived. I saw it less than 10 years ago when I had an annual pass and took the backlot tour 50 or 60 times that year.
I was like wow, how did you get this kind of access and just now realized you’re in the industry!
Fascinating! Thank for bringing us with you!
When you say, “Don’t try this at home”
How can I “try this at Home”?
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Pretty cool content.
What's crazy is that in the small town i live in we had an old bank that looked very similar to how that building looked in the movie minus the clock on the front but with the 4 columns and it sat vacant for nearly 20 years until a coin and card shop moved in and the had the front of the building under construction forever and when done it was just awful and people complained and threw fits because it did not fit in with all the rest of how downtown looked and after 10 years or so they went out of business and the building was bought by a Jewelry store that was expanding and moving from another location. A week after they bought the building they were featured in the local paper because it was discovered that that card shop had just done like this is shown in the video around the pillars only he followed on thru on the inside and actually between the pillars and the wall back behind it built rooms for storage. Anyway the paper ran this huge section dedicated to this because even though the jewelry store owner wanted to get his store back open once they had discovered this they decided to rip all the added on stuff down from the building and restore it to how it looked as a bank. they sought out this building because it still had the old huge vault inside. Anyway a few months later they had an open house and i could not even imagine the money they had sank in the place. As an added plus when they were working in the old attic they discovered the original large 4 sided clock that use to sit on a pole on the sidewalk by the curb and that had it rebuilt and installed back where it was close to 100 years before. they are still in business in that building and it looked so nice when it was done it started a whole thing of the other owners restoring the faces of their buildings and now the downtown looks for the most part like it did late 60s to mid 70s it really depended on how crazy the owners went it. the whole downtown looking so nice even gained some attention because some indie filmmaker came here and they shot some 3 part mini series set post vietnam and they used the downtown for a parts of it. I have no idea what it really was and a few people I knew did see it and they said the downtown looked good but the movie was unbearable so i never watched it.
It was also used in the tv series weird science
That really is a special place; I've been several times and it always impresses. "Hallowed ground" indeed!
So many of my favourites filmed at that location! Always loved To Kill a Mocking Bird, The Twilight Zone and of course Back to The Future! I always recognise the set and it feels like a kinda second home. Seeing it in The Twilight Zone, even though it was filmed before I was born, it makes it seem more real and vivid somehow, kinda like time travel oddly enough!
I get Franchise-ception by KITT mentioning Back to the Future. So wild lol. Nice touch.
I'd like to think he knew about it at the time. Also note when he drives past the Marty cinema in 1986, there's an ET poster on the cinema wall. Another Franchise-ception.
At least the original facade is well protected from the elements as the new one covers it up. They can always remove the new one. Great video!
Noticing the time of the clock: 10:04
Just watched a video and showed the crash that we did through the window on the back to the future part two I am one of the Stuntman on the far right side that went through the window. We did all the Hoverboard stuff.
If you watch the series "Expedition : Back to the Future" with Josh Gates and Christopher Lloyd, , it explains where the original Delorean's & many of the props ended up as well as the statues from the clock tower roof etc. I think all episodes are on TH-cam
Don't forget the cinema also got blown up in Gremlins
Fantastic !!! Thanks for the video, the editing, this brings back so many memories !! This is really great.
I noticed it in the twilight zone just yesterday!
10:40 the red boxes are fire alarm system (aes intellinet) also light probably for visual for night. they look like space lights for big areas (like this building)
I enjoy all of your content but this especially I feel like I need to say thank you for!
I'm just beginning the video @0:54, but I visited the U.S. and did the tour back in summer 1992 (the King-kong attracxtion was still alive and the "No Landing" marking were still visible on the blacktop. BUt If I remember right there was a fire that destryed the King Kong attraction and also the courthouse square facades. Therefore if the column stands they are not original anymore.
The Studio Tour website has details of all three fires that affected Courthouse Square and specifically mentions that the Courthouse facade survived every time.
Yep, have been in many times. We have also been on the roof, it's pretty amazing, but a little sketch as well. It is still a working set BTW... a lot of stuff continues to be filmed there which is amazing.
Haha yep that's why I didn't go all the way up!
Incredible .. Thanks for taking the time to bring back so many memories for this coder!
Long time watcher, first time botherer.
We went to Universal Studios Florida (not California) in 1992 and again in 1993 and on one of those occasions, on the back lot tour, amongst various props (Including part of the Casablanca aeroplane) we saw the ‘original clock’ from the BTTF courthouse. So assuming this was the truth it seems it somehow made its way to the other side of the US after the late 80s renovation you describe in the video. I can’t remember if I took a picture - back then you had to use your 24 exposures sparingly so not sure if I deemed it pic worthy at the time. I’d have taken 50 of it now and probably made it my Lock Screen. I’ll have a look though. Brilliant video, absolutely loved it. Thanks!
This is awesome first time I've seen one of your videos and you cover my favorite movie, instant sub!
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Always great to see your videos. Thanks for the set tour of my favorit film (BTTF) 👏🏻😃
If the professor had used KITT hitting 88mph wouldn't be any problem at all
Awesome video ! You are always realizing all my dreams right there on all your Knight Rider (and Back to the future) videos. 💖
Universal Studios will always be my favorite themepark.
Right? Legendary!
Have you found picture its location where was McFly family disappeared/fade away by the well?
That's in Amblin's back garden there at Universal too
@@RetroRecipes visited there yet?
@@endlesswonders5798 I walked past it regularly but could never quite see it. Sadly it's inside Amblin security cordon.
Ok, this video have potential to destroy my heart , but... I watch !
Very cool to see what's behind that famous clocktower, awesome filming location tour :)
Those soldier statues 😂
Why was it called the clock tower when its the city hall. There is not even a tower on the building.
This was awesome! Thanks!
Re: The 2008 fire, I thought it was caused by an incompetent worker mishandling a blowtorch?
Man, almost got tears :/ Btw. music at 8:16 ? Reminds me a lot of Star Citizens' tutorial mission from 2015...
Great video and well produced too, really put a smile on my face!
Wow just wow wow wow. Unbelievable you are so lucky to get to go there. Great video 👍
I really enjoy the voice of our host in this video.