Back to the Future
- Eloi Gold Medal
- 1986 Hugo
- by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, directed by Robert Zemeckis
- Feature Film
- Science Fiction
- YA and Up
- Definite Time Travel
- English
- Back to the Future by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, directed by Robert Zemeckis (at movie theaters, USA, 3 July 1985).
Typical skateboarding teenager Marty McFly meets Doc Brown for the first test of his DeLorean time machine, but when Libyan terrorists strike, things go awry, Marty and the DeLorean end up in 1955 where his parents are teens, and the Doc of 1955 must now send Marty back to the future.
—Michael Main
Next Saturday night, we’re sending you . . . back to the future!
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- Time Periods
- Timeline Models
- Timeline Needs Immediate Attention!: Marty doesn’t immediately disappear after potentially preventing his parents from getting together, but he’s fading from his family photo, and he’d better get the parents back on track quickly!
- Time Travel Methods
- Time Fliers: At the end.
- Time Vehicles (motorized)
- Themes
- Anachronistic Music, Dance, and Other Creations
- Grandfather Paradox: Marty may have prevented his parents from getting together!
- Oedipal Time Travel
- Self-Defeating Acts: A Grandfather Paradox.
- Fictional Tags
- Groupings
Translations
(4)
- English (dubbed and subtitled).
Back to the Future by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, directed by Robert Zemeckis (at movie theaters, USA, 3 July 1985). - French (possibly subtitled or dubbed).
Retour vers le futur [Back to the future] by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, directed by Robert Zemeckis. - Spanish (dubbed and subtitled): alternative title (South America).
Regreso al futuro [Return to the future] by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, directed by Robert Zemeckis. - Spanish (dubbed and subtitled).
Volver al futuro [Return to the future] by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, directed by Robert Zemeckis.