Back to the Future

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He was never in time for his classes… He wasn’t in time for his dinner… Then one day… he wasn’t in his time at all.

Back to the Future (1985) centers on a California high school student who is transported thirty years into the past after a scientific experiment involving a modified DeLorean unexpectedly activates during a violent encounter. As his presence in 1955 disrupts the first meeting between his future parents while local bullies, police suspicion, and the limitations of the time machine complicate his attempts to return home, he races to restore the timeline before his existence disappears entirely. This science fiction adventure comedy examines generational identity and personal transformation within a nostalgic vision of mid-century America, as rival timelines begin to collide, with temporal paradox, adolescent insecurity, and technological experimentation.

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Universal BD-ALL/US/OOP 2010
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Audio Commentary by Co-Writer/Producer Bob Gale and Producer Neil Canton
Audio Commentary by Director/Co-Writer Robert Zemeckis and Co-Writer/Producer Bob Gale (Q&A)
Looking Back to the Future (45:42)
2015 Message from Doc Brown (0:45)
40 Years Later: Reflecting on the Future - With Co-Writer/Producer Bob Gale (25:08)
An Alternate Future: Lost Audition Tapes (3:45)
Back to Hill Valley - With Co-Writer/Producer Bob Gale and Actor Donald Fullilove (16:41)
Back to the Future Night (27:11)
Could You Survive the Movies?: “Back to the Future” (19:47)
Doc Brown Saves the World! (Short, 9:38)
The Hollywood Museum Goes Back to the Future (10:17)
The Making of “Back to the Future” (14:28)
Making the Trilogy: Chapter One (15:30)
A Mystery in History (9:33)
Outatime: Restoring the DeLorean (22:00)
Tales from the Future: In the Beginning (27:25)
Tales from the Future: Keeping Time (5:44)
Tales from the Future: Time to Go (29:54)
Untold Stories of “Back to the Future” (37:20)
TCM Classic Film Festival Panel - Q&A with Co-writer/Producer Bob Gale, Cinematographer Dean Cundey, and Stunt Coordinator Charlie Croughwell (16:07)
Back to the Future: The Musical Behind the Scenes - Q&A, Music Videos (28:15, 2:33, 2:59)
Enhanced Conversation with Michael J. Fox - Interactive Feature
Q&A with Actor Michael J. Fox (10:16)
Outtakes (2:50)
Deleted Scenes - With Optional Commentary by Co-Writer/Producer Bob Gale (x8, 10:45)
“Jaws 19” Trailer (1:28)
“The Power of Love” Music Video by Huey Lewis and the News (6:27)
Did You Know That? - Animated Anecdotes
Hoverboard Commercial (1:06)
Nuclear Test Site Sequence - With Optional Commentary by Co-Writer/Producer Bob Gale (4:12)
Original Makeup Tests (2:17)
U-Control - Picture-in-Picture Features, Trivia
Stills Gallery (x5)
Stills Gallery [DVD] (x4)
Biographies
Production Notes
Screenplay Excerpts
Teaser Trailer (1:24)
Back to the Future The Animated Series: “Brothers” (TV Episode, 23:24)
Back to the Future The Animated Series: “Mac the Black” (TV Episode, 23:08)
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  • Universal’s 2025 4K UHD is included in the “40th Anniversary Trilogy” box set. It is also available as an Amazon exclusive gift set, and available separately as a SteelBook.
  • Universal’s 2020 4K UHD is included in “The Ultimate Trilogy” box set. Reissued in standard case packaging (2024/06/04). The included Blu-rays are also available in a separate set.
  • Universal’s 2015 Blu-ray is included in the “30th Anniversary Trilogy” box set.
  • Universal’s 2010 Blu-ray is included in the “25th Anniversary Trilogy” box set.
  • Universal’s 2002 DVD is included in “The Complete Trilogy” box set.

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