The Back to the Future franchise is an American science fiction–comedy film series written and directed by Robert Zemeckis, produced by Bob Gale and Neil Canton for Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment, and distributed by Universal Pictures. The franchise follows the adventures of a high school student, Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), and an eccentric scientist, Dr. Emmett L. Brown (Christopher Lloyd), as they use a DeLorean time machine to time travel to different periods in the history of Hill Valley, California.
The first film was the highest-grossing film of 1985 and became an international phenomenon, leading to the second and third films, which were back-to-back film productions, released in 1989 and 1990, respectively. Though the sequels did not perform quite as well at the box office as the first film, the trilogy remains immensely popular after 30 years and has yielded such spinoffs as an animated television series and a motion-simulation ride at the Universal Studios Theme Parks in Universal City, California; Orlando, Florida (now closed); and Osaka, Japan, as well as a Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, iPad, PS3, and Wii video game. The film's visual effects were done by Industrial Light and Magic. The trilogy was nominated for five Academy Awards all together, winning one (Best Sound Editing).
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1 Films
1.1 Back to the Future (1985)
1.2 Back to the Future Part II (1989)
1.3 Back to the Future Part III (1990)
1.4 Future
2 Cast and crew
2.1 Characters and portrayers
2.2 Crew
3 Reception
3.1 Box office performance
3.2 Critical and public response
4 Soundtrack albums
5 Video releases
5.1 2002 DVD release: "The Complete Trilogy"
5.2 2009 DVD reissue
5.3 2010 Blu-ray release: "25th Anniversary Trilogy"
5.4 Release formats and features
6 Other media
6.1 Television series
6.2 Comic books
6.3 Books
6.4 Games
6.5 Stage musical
6.6 Keith Lemon
6.7 Automotive commercials
7 Theme park ride
8 Back in Time
9 Back to the Future Day
10 See also
11 References
12 External links
Films[edit]
Back to the Future
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Produced by Bob Gale
Neil Canton
Written by Robert Zemeckis
Bob Gale
Starring Michael J. Fox
Christopher Lloyd
Thomas F. Wilson
Lea Thompson
Music by Alan Silvestri
Cinematography Dean Cundey
Edited by Harry Keramidas
Arthur Schmidt
Production
company
Amblin Entertainment
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release dates
1985–1990
Running time
337 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $99 million
Box office $970.4 million
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