Back to the Future
(1985)Marty McFly just broke the time barrier. He's only got one week to get it fixed.
The brilliant first chapter of Robert Zemeckis' peerless Back to the Future trilogy. Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is blasted to 1955 in the DeLorean time machine invented by Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd). There he bumps into his young mum (Lea Thompson) and dad (Crispin Glover) and finds himself mixed up in a time-shattering chain reaction that could destroy his own future and leave him trapped in the past.
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Winner of the Best Effects Oscar at the 1986 Academy Awards.
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Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson, Claudia Wells, Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperber, Billy Zane, Huey Lewis
Written by Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis
Produced by Steven Spielberg ('Jaws', 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind', 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', 'E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial')
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Shows not only a fine comic touch but also some of the lighthearted humanism of a Frank Capra. Full Review
To put it bluntly: if you don't like Back To The Future, it's difficult to believe that you like films at all. Full Review
Handled with easy wit and flair, like a Shakespearian disguise comedy, and it made a whopping star of Fox. Full Review
Zemeckis is able both to keep the story moving and to keep it from going too far. He handles Back to the Future with the kind of inventiveness that indicates he will be spinning funny, whimsical tall tales for a long time to come. Full Review
Pitch-perfect scripting, pacing and performances conclusively prove it don’t take money to make a blockbuster for the ages. Full Review
Performances by the earnest Fox, the lunatic Lloyd, the deceptively passionate Lea Thompson, and, particularly, the bumbling-to-confident Glover, who runs away with the picture, merrily keep the ship sailing. Full Review
Back to the past
BY munchkin superstar
Michael J. Fox in his hey day dam good actor and funny with it this movie will be one of those timeless classics that when older will show our grandchildren who will also love this wonderfully told story
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