Back to the Future | |
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Created by |
Robert Zemeckis Bob Gale |
Original work | Back to the Future |
Print publications | |
Book(s) | See the Books section |
Comics | See the Comics section |
Films and television | |
Film(s) |
Back to the Future Back to the Future Part II Back to the Future Part III |
Television series | Back to the Future: The Animated Series |
Theatrical presentations | |
Musical(s) | Back to the Future: The Musical |
Games | |
Video game(s) | List of video games |
Audio | |
Soundtrack(s) |
Back to the Future: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack Back to the Future Part II: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Back to the Future Part III: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack The Back to the Future Trilogy |
Miscellaneous | |
Theme park attractions | Back to the Future: The Ride |
Back to the Future | |
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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 |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date
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1985–1990 |
Running time
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337 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $99 million |
Box office | $975.2 million |
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; and Osaka, Japan (now closed), 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).