Back to the Future (1985)
He was never in time for his classes... He wasn't in time for his dinner... Then one day... he wasn't in his time at all.
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
| Type | Movie |
|---|---|
| Released | 3 July 1985 |
| Genre | Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction |
| Director | Robert Zemeckis |
| Starring | Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Crispin Glover |
| Runtime | 116 min |
| Rated | PG |
| Scores | Rotten Tomatoes (average) 8.8/10 · IMDb 8,5/10 · Rotten Tomatoes 92% · Metacritic 88/100 · IMDb 8.5/10 · TMDB users 8.3/10 |
| Budget | $19 million |
| Box office | $383 million worldwide |
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What kind of watch this is
Back to the Future is a 1985 adventure comedy that leans on a simple, high-stakes premise: a teenager must fix his parents' romance to get home. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, it runs 116 minutes and moves with the speed of a DeLorean on a highway. Michael J. Fox plays the confused hero, while Christopher Lloyd supplies the manic energy of the inventor who broke the timeline. The film treats the sci-fi rules with enough sincerity to make the chaos feel real. It is a movie about the danger of arriving late, both to class and to history.
How it did with audiences
The budget was $19 million. The domestic take was $213 million, and the worldwide total reached $383 million, with a specific $381 million figure also listed in the data. On TMDB, users rate it 8.3 out of 10.
Awards
Back to the Future took home 12 awards, including the Oscar for Best Sound Editing won by Charles L. Campbell. It also picked up the Saturn Award for Best Actor for Michael J. Fox. The Academy ignored the screenplay, which is a standard move.
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