Back to the Future III

Back to the Future III

by Bob Gale, directed by Robert Zemeckis

• Release: 25 May 1990
• Format: Feature Film
• Genre: Science Fiction
• Audience: Adults
• Content: Definite Time Travel
• Original Language: English

Doc: [blowing train whistle] I’ve wanted to do that my whole life!

VARIANTS

1 English variant

TAGS(SPOILERS!)

Time Periods

• Circa AD 1800 to 1899
• Circa AD 1970 to 1999

Time Travel Methods

• Time Fliers
• Time Vehicles (motorized)
• Wellsian Time Machines

Themes

• Fix History!
• Self-Visitation
• Western Union from a Time Traveler in the Past

Real-World Tags

• Old West

Fictional Tags

• DeLorean Time Machine
• Emmett Brown
• Marty McFly

Groupings

• Back to the Future (film series)
• Back to the Future (franchise)
• Cited in Worlds Enough and Time, edited by Gary Westfahl ()

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