Tag: Back to the Future
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10 Ways Michael J. Fox Makes Marty McFly Feel Effortless
Michael J. Fox makes Marty McFly look like a character who is constantly adapting without ever seeming to work very hard at it. He can sit through an awkward family dinner, improvise his way out of a fight, keep up with Doc Brown’s explanations, and panic convincingly when everything suddenly goes wrong. That ease is…
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5 Dope Back to the Future Facts You Won’t Believe Are True
When Back to the Future hit theaters on July 3, 1985, it did more than introduce audiences to Marty McFly, Doc Brown, and a DeLorean capable of traveling through time. It became the biggest movie of the year, spending 11 of its first 12 weeks at No. 1 and eventually earning more than $210 million…
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5 Details That Make Back to the Future a 1985 Time Capsule
Back to the Future spends plenty of time showing us what 1955 looks like through Marty McFly’s eyes, but its version of 1985 has become a time capsule of its own. That is especially clear when Marty returns home and discovers that changing his parents’ past has completely transformed the McFly family he left behind.…
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5 Back to the Future II Gadgets We Still Wish Were Real
Back to the Future Part II was released in 1989, but its version of 2015 had no interest in being subtle. Marty McFly arrives in a future filled with flying cars, self-adjusting clothes, and toys that make a skateboard suddenly look hopelessly old-fashioned. Some of those ideas eventually became real in one form or another,…