The Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd, is one of the most beloved trilogies of all time. Here are facts from each movie that you might not have known before. In this article, I’ll let you in on some trivia you might not have heard about the beloved sci-fi trilogy.
Back to the Future (1984)
5. The script for this movie was rejected 44 times before it was finally green-lit.
4. Because of the love of these movies, the question of a Back to the Future 4 comes up. But over the years, Robert Zemeckis maintained that no reboot or remake of the movie would be authorized during his or Gale’s lifetime, since the rights to the movie and its two sequels are owned by both him and Bob Gale.
3. In 2007, the United States Library of Congress selected this film for preservation in the National Film Registry because it was “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.”
2. At the beginning of the movie, when Marty is being judged at the band auditions, the judge who stands up and says Marty is “just too darn loud” is Huey Lewis. Huey Lewis’s songs “The Power of Love” and “Back in Time” are featured on the movie’s soundtrack.
1. The inspiration for the film largely comes from Bob Gale. Bob discovered his father’s high school yearbook and wondered whether he would have been friends with his father as a teenager.
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
5. This was the first film to be released onto videocassette by MCA/Universal Home Video.
4. This was Elijah Wood’s first film appearance. He plays one of the two video game boys in the cafe in the 1980s whom Marty speaks to.
3. The shirt that Doc wears for most of the movie features a design depicting cowboys on horseback and a train, which foreshadows the climax of the third movie.
2. It took a total of eleven months to film since they filmed this movie and the 3rd one back-to-back.
1. Bob Gale originally wrote a script for Part II centered on the 1960s. However, it was rewritten when Robert Zemeckis returned from Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988).
Back to the Future Part III (1991)
5. This is the seventh Robert Zemeckis-directed project with music by Alan Silvestri.
4. In 2009, this movie was Ranked #35 on Empire Magazine’s 50 Greatest Movie Sequels.
3. Bob Gale owns two pieces of the destroyed DeLorean: the time circuit display and Mr. Fusion, which special effects supervisor Michael Lantieri made into a table lamp.
2. Tom Wilson, who plays Buford “Mad Dog” Tannen, did all his horse riding stunts himself.
1. The three men in the saloon were played by actors Dub Taylor, Pat Buttram, and Harry Carey Jr. They all played colorful townsfolk town drunks and sidekicks in hundreds of westerns and television shows.
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Gary Miceli has loved film from a very early age, from the silent masterpieces of Charlie Chaplin to recent blockbuster hits. His love for cinema from all eras of history inspired him to go to film school and graduate with his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He continues to work hard in this wonderful field and always explores new avenues of expressing his love for movie/TV history.