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Back to the Future (1985)

Director: Robert Zemeckis

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Teenager Marty McFly's dad is a hideous wimp, his mother a dipso, so he befriends mad scientist Dr. Brown (Lloyd). In a DeLorean time machine they travel back to 1955, the year his parents met in high school. But at that age, mom rather fancies her offspring more than his prospective father. Zemeckis takes obvious pleasure in solving not just the technical but also the emotional problems of time travel: how to avoid incest, how to unite your parents in order that you will be born, how to return to the future when both the car and the professor have blown a fuse, and above all how to avoid tampering with history. If this all sounds schematic, it shouldn't: the movie has all the benign good nature of a Frank Capra.

Author: Chris Peachment

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Rosa said...

Posted on Mar 30 2011 10:45 If you like Block Busters.......

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lizzy said...

Posted on Oct 15 2010 16:06 a fantastic film still to watch id watch it again

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ric said...

Posted on Oct 10 2010 12:22 Now THATS how you make a movie. Honestly one of the all time greats & my first time viewing in the cinema-the experience is even better. Hopefully they will release b.2.t.future 2 aswell

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Big fan said...

Posted on Oct 05 2010 19:44 Wow - my all time favourite film is on! I'd love to see it again.Anyone out there free to apply for the seat next to me?? (preferably a discretionary fund manager with own Delorean. But would settle for own cat...)

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samkingofskid said...

Posted on Oct 04 2010 14:02 The best Hollywood blockbuster this year by miles!
Nothing competes!

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s said...

Posted on Oct 01 2010 22:15 Its a Minor Master class. Can we PLEASE hear it for GLOVER?
OUTSTANDING. (But Roger Rabbit is Zemeckis finest hour)
8/10

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RJ Munro said...

Posted on Jul 15 2010 19:11 Still loving it 25 years on!

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RJ Munro said...

Posted on Jul 15 2010 19:10 Still love it after over 100 viewings!

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A Masson said...

Posted on Mar 11 2009 09:57 A rocket of a film. FUN FUN FUN

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