Back to the future 2 sports almanac. Back to the Future
We all love this truly magnificent film. I watched it 10 times, every episode)). And I would love to see it again.
There were curious people who carefully looked through this wine and compared some data.
The result is a VERY curious collection of various inconsistencies and other interesting things, which I recommend for viewing.
I warn you right away, there are a lot of letters, but it's worth it.
The director offered this idea of the film to various film studios. At that time (80s) there was a big fashion for teen comedies with sexual jokes. Therefore, most film studios abandoned the project: it was too decent for them. When Zemeckis offered the film to Disney, they refused, considering the plot in which a mother falls in love with her unborn son, on the contrary, was too vulgar.
Sid Scheinberg, Universal's studio head, demanded that Robert Zemeckis and author Bob Gale change the script. First, Marty's mother was supposed to be named Meg, not Lorraine (Scheinberg's own wife was named Lorraine). Doc Brown was supposed to have a chimpanzee as a companion, not a dog. And finally: Scheinberg believed that a film with the word "future" in the title could not be a box office - and demanded to change the title to "Space Alien from Pluto" (Space Man from Pluto). In the scene where Marty McFly claims his name is Darth Vader from the planet Vulcan, he should have said "from the planet Pluto". Scheinberg sent a corresponding memorandum. Executive producer Steven Spielberg came to the director's aid: he sent back "Thank you Sid for the good joke - we had a lot of laughs." To save face, Scheinberg did not insist.
The film begins in the same way as The Time Machine (1960) - with a collage of different clocks.
At the beginning of the film, a clock is shown with a man hanging from it. This is the famous scene featuring comedian Harold Lloyd (Safe at Last, 1923). In this film, Harold Lloyd is hanging from the clock tower... and it is this scene that another Lloyd parodies - Christopher at the end of the film, hanging from the town hall clock.
The news announcer at the beginning of the film is actress Deborah Harmon, who had already starred with Robert Zemeckis in 1980's Used Cars.
At the beginning of the film, it is seen that Doc Brown has a hobby - he plays the saxophone.
The huge amp that Marty hooks up his electric guitar to in Doc's lab at the beginning of the movie is called the CRM-114. This is the name of the message decoder in Stanley Kubrick's film "Dr. Strangelove, or how I learned not to worry and fell in love with the atomic bomb." In addition, this is the number of the spaceship from the movie "2001 - A Space Odyssey", also by Stanley Kubrick.
The sunglasses that Marty wears at the beginning of the film were purely for promotional purposes and do not appear again in the trilogy. For the film, several contracts were awarded to position promotional products. Some of them are obvious (Pepsi, Texaco, Toyota), while others are not. California Raisin, the manufacturer of raisins, paid $50,000 to have their product appear in the film. But there was no place for raisins in the script, and, according to Bob Gale, "on film, raisins look like a pile of shit." Therefore, the company's logo was painted on the bench, on which the bum sleeps at the end of the film Red.The company protested - and the fee was returned to her.
In 1985, Doc Brown lives in the garage of his 1955 villa. The house itself burned down! At the beginning of the film, this can be read on newspaper clippings hanging on the wall. In addition, it also says that he sold his land to developers - therefore, in 1985, there is a Burger King restaurant next to Brown's house.
At the beginning of the movie, where Marty McFly competes in the Muses. groups, the role of one of the judges appears singer Huey Lewis, songwriter for the film "The Power of Love" and "Back In Time". It is he who, when Marty plays the instrumental version of "Power of Love", complains that the band is "loud".
The blonde next to Marty, who is shown in the same scene, is Paul Hanson, Michael J. Fox's guitar teacher who trained him for the film.
The license plate of the car that Marty and Jennifer pass after the audition says "FOR MARY" - in honor of Mary Radford, assistant director of the second crew, Frank Marshall.
All of the 1985 scenes in the square in front of the courthouse were filmed towards the end of filming. First, the backstage of the city was created in bright colors for 1955, and then "aged" and stripped for 1985. Many of the stores that existed in 1955 closed in 1985. The bench where Marty and Jennifer sit is emblazoned with the logo of the Zales jewelry store, now located in the Two Trees shopping center. In 1955, this store is still located on the main square!
At the beginning of the first part, the cornice in front of the clock face on the courthouse is intact, since Marty has not yet changed the past. After Doc trips and knocks down part of the eaves at the end of the film (in 1955), this piece is still missing in 1985. And in 2015 it's not there either!
Jennifer writes her phone down on a leaflet about clock restoration. Her number is 555-4823. In American films, all phone numbers begin with 555 so that no one really calls them, since this code does not exist in the USA.
When Back to the Future was released in cinemas in Australia, Michael J Fox had to make a TV spot for Australian television and warn the public about the dangers of clinging to cars on a skateboard.
The lion statues that stand at the entrance to the Lyon Estate area are created in the image and likeness of the same lions that adorn St. Louis, hometown screenwriter Bob Gale.
Crispin Glover, who played George McFly, Marty's father, is actually three years younger than Michael J. Fox.
To go from 23-year-old Lee Thompson to 47-year-old Lorraine McFly, she had to spend 3 hours in the dressing room.
October 26, 1985 at 1:20 a.m. in the parking lot of the Puente Hills Mall, where he was filmed shopping mall"Two Christmas Trees", a mass of fans gathered to see if anything happened there. The film was released in the USA in June 1985, so the events of 1985 shown in the film were yet to come...
In the course of the script, the concept of the time machine changed many times. At first it was a laser device the size of a room. Then the time machine began to look like a refrigerator. Robert Zemeckis said in an interview that the concept was scrapped for fear that small children would climb into the fridge and get hurt. There was another idea - to return to 1985, the DeLorean had to be taken to the atomic bomb test site. Even a version of the script with this idea has been preserved.
The film uses a 1981 DeLorean six-cylinder model. On DVD, it is incorrectly referred to as a four-cylinder.
Lid on nuclear reactor on the stern of the DeLorean is actually the wheel cover of a Dodge Polaris.
On the DeLorean in the movie, the speedometer goes up to 95 miles per hour. But on real DeLorean speedometers up to and including 1985, the scale reached only 85 miles! Not enough for time travel.
The colors of the time machine's time setting display (red, green, yellow) are a reference to the 1960 movie The Time Machine, which used lamps of the same colors.
There are two labels on the stream drive: "Disconnect drive drive before opening" and "Protect eyes from light."
Doc Brown always wears several wristwatches. This is especially evident when he explains to Marty how the time machine works. This habit stays with him for a long time, as this photo from the second part shows.
To travel through time, you need to reach a speed of 88 miles per hour. The number 8 rotated by 90° means "infinity" in mathematics. However, Bob Gale said in an interview that the number 88 is arbitrary - it just sounds good.
In Robert Zemeckis' Death Becomes Her, Goldie Hawn says that on October 26, 1985, she drank the elixir of eternal youth. This is the date of the first time travel.
The date Marty travels in time is November 5th. This day is the target of the time travel in Time After Time (1979) and Timerider: The Adventures of Lyle Swann (1982). In addition, November 5th is the birthday of screenwriter Bob Gale's father. In addition, it was the father who unwittingly planted the plot of the film to Bob Gale. When Bob looked at his father's old school album, he wondered if they would be friends if they went to school at the same time. Thus was born the idea of a teenager who clashes with his parents-peers. The date was also chosen for the reason that balls in American schools, as a rule, take place in November.
The son of old Peabody, who lived on the site of the mall, is called Sherman. Sherman was the name of the boy in The Adventures of Rory and Bullwinkle who traveled through time with his dog. The dog's name was Mr. Peabody.
The fictitious comic strip Tales from Space appeared at least twice in the Oliver Bean series.
The script didn't say that Marty would bang his head on the DeLorean's door. This idea came about during filming, when the door mechanism was pretty worn out and the door didn't open fast enough.
According to the book published alongside the film, Marty hides the DeLorean in the garage of his parents' unfinished home in Lyon Estates. But the budget didn't allow for an entire street to be built unfinished, which is why Marty hides the car behind a billboard in the film.
In 1955, in addition to the film with Ronald Reagan, two more films are going to the cinema: "This Boy's Life" (the working title of Spielberg's film "E.T. - Alien") and "Watch The Skies" (the working title of Spielberg's film "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" ). The same films go to the cinema in the film "Gremlins", which was also produced by Steven Spielberg. By the way, the Gremlins themselves were filmed backstage at the main square from Back to the Future.
The area in front of the courthouse from above looks like a stream drive.
The bell on the courthouse tower plays the same tune as the clock in the 1960 film The Time Machine, based on the novel by H. G. Wells. In addition, this is the melody of the bells of London's Big Ben.
Mayor "Goldie" Wilson was nicknamed so because of his gold tooth.
The names of mayors Red Thomas and Goldie Wilson together form the name of the actor who played Biff Tannen, Thomas Wilson.
The Calvin Klein brand was relatively unknown in Europe in 1985. Therefore, in the Italian dub, Marty is called "Levi Strauss" in 1955. In the French dub, his name is "Pierre Cardin"...
In Italy, television was state-owned, and the concept of "Rerun" (re-show) did not exist in this language. Therefore, in the Italian dubbing, Marty saw television show"on video". In the Russian translation, he saw it "on record".
Lorraine has a brother and a sister. Milton's brother is played by Jason Hervey, who later starred as the titular character's brother on The Wonder Years. Sally's sister is played by Maya Brewton, who later played the protagonist's sister in the television series Parker Lewis. Thus, they continued the tradition of playing the brother/sister of the protagonist.
Linda McFly's T-shirt reads "Class of '84". Michael J Fox starred in a 1982 film of that name.
Hill Valley School is actually located in Whitteer, California. Former US President Richard Nixon studied at this school.
In the scene where Marty visits George at school, there is a poster in the background that reads "Ron Woodward for Class President!" Ronald Woodward - "Key Grip", that is, the main production director of the film.
When Marty walks through the school with Doc, there is a Bulldogs vs. Indians. The Bulldogs were an Amer. Bob Gale elementary school football, and the Indians high school football.
When Marty visits George in his Darth Vader costume, he plays Van Halen music through the player. However, this refers not to Van Halen, but to their main guitarist, Edward Van Halen. If you look closely, you can see a small postscript "Edward" on the cassette. In order to use the name of the group in the film, it was necessary to obtain the consent of all its members. Since this was not possible, the producers secured the consent (and name) only of the leader of the group. The song Marty plays on the player is called "Untitled" and was actually written for the movie The Wild Life (1984). This film stars Eric Stoltz and Lee Thompson in the lead roles.
Eric Stoltz was even slated to play Marty McFly! Michael J. Fox was contracted to the TV series Family Ties and could not take part in the film. A few weeks after filming began, the producers realized that Stoltz wasn't right for the role of a teenager. So he was fired from the film and Marty McFly's entire wardrobe had to be updated.
However, when Michael J. Fox was filming Back to the Future, he was still under contract to Family Ties. Therefore, during the day he starred in the series, and at night he went to shoot the film. Therefore, the night scenes were filmed first (parking at the mall, returning to 1985, etc.). Daytime shooting took place on weekends.
Eric Stoltz can still be seen at one point in the film. He had already been filming for several weeks and many of his scenes had already been filmed. In the scene in which Marty knocks Biff down (in the cafe in 1955 before chasing the skateboard), Eric Stoltz's fist is shown. Stoltz is also rumored to be in the scene in which Marty dives into the DeLorean in the parking lot to escape the Libyans. Nevertheless, connoisseurs still argue over this scene: Stoltz had a completely different costume in these scenes.
Claudia Wells was supposed to play Jennifer alongside Eric Stoltz. However, the filming dates were constantly shifted, and in the end she was unable to take part in the filming. Actress Melora Hardin was taken in her place. However, after Stoltz was fired, Melora turned out to be taller than Michael J. Fox - and thus was not suitable for the role of his girlfriend. Claudia Wells, meanwhile, was released again and got the role of Jennifer back. Nevertheless, Hardin also managed to get acquainted with time travel: she starred in the series Quantum Leap and Time Patrol.
In addition, another actor was also planned for the role of Doc Brown at one time. John Lithgow, best known for 3rd Planet from the Sun. He even starred with Christopher Lloyd in Banzai's Baccarat Adventures in the 8th Dimension, where he played a mad scientist (!). And Christopher Lloyd played an alien there.
Christopher Lloyd played the character "Emmett L. Brown" as a mixture of Albert Einstein and composer Leopold Stokowski.
Lee Thompson (Lorraine) and Christopher Lloyd (Doc) have starred in six films together: the Back to the Future trilogy, Dennis the Tormentor, No Questions Asked, and the TV movie Haunted Lighthouse. However, in all this time, they had only one conversational scene:
Marty: This is Doc... my uncle! Doctor Brown.
Lorraine: Hello.
Doc: Hello.
The beginning of "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry is 1:1 the same as the beginning of "Fun, Fun, Fun" by the Beach Boys. "Johnny B. Goode" came out in 1958, "Fun, Fun, Fun" in 1964
During the performance of "Johnny B. Goode", the leader of the band at the ball, Marvin Berry, calls his cousin Chuck. Chuck Berry is the author of the song "Johnny B. Goode".
In the credits of the first part, it is written that the song "Johnny B. Goode" is performed by Marty McFly. It was actually performed by Mark Campbell and the guitar solo was played by Tim May.
For the scene in which Marty's brother and sister appear in the photo, the special effects studio Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) made the guitar neck 3-4 times larger than usual, and used an enlarged photo. This was the only opportunity to realize this effect in 1985.
In one of the older versions of the script, Marty caused a riot at the school prom with his rock and roll. To pay them off, a police squad arrives. Also, in that version of the script, Doc obtains a secret constituent part Coca Cola. And when they return to 1985, all the cars look like they did in the 50s - but they are able to fly ... Some traces of this concept can be seen in the second part, in the Goldie Wilson III commercial.
If you look closely at the keys to the DeLorean, the key fob says "555-1128 OUT-A-TIME" and on the back it says "Brown Dr. – JFK – Hill Valley, CA. This is Doc's phone number and address!
The DeLorean's headlights flash in Morse code: three dots, three dashes, three dots: SOS!
The bum on the bench, whom Marty calls "Red" is not former mayor Red Thomas from 1955. Michael J Fox improvised for this scene. This name was not in the script.
There is an opinion that the DeLorean stalls and does not start, because at this time there is a time jump. When it died out in 1955 a few minutes before 10:04 - in the second part, around this time, lightning strikes the time machine and sends Doc to 1885. When it returned to 1985 and stalled, just about this time (1:20) Einstein travels one minute ahead.
However, this theory is quite controversial: when the first part was filmed, there was no continuation in mind. In addition, the times of these jumps do not correspond to the time of turning off the motor.
At the beginning of the film, Marty drives up to meet Doc at the Twin Pines Mall. Since he crushed one of Peabody's Christmas trees in 1955, the mall is named Lone Pine Mall at the end of the movie.
The alarm clock in Marty's room is playing "Back In Time" by Huey Lewis And the News", which also performed the song "The Power Of Love". In addition, Marty has a promotional poster for Huey Lewis' Sports album on his wall.
There is an RQ magazine on Marty's bed. It is actually a magazine for librarians and is called "Reference Quarterly".
The new fusion reactor "Mr. Fusion - Home Energy Converter "on DeLorean is created from a Krups brand coffee grinder.
The scene where Marty asks Doc if they're going to be "assholes" in the future was filmed twice for the US TV version with less swearing dialogue.
Alan Silvestri's orchestra line-up for the score for Back to the Future was, at the time, the largest ever assembled for a film score.
In 1955, the Oscar for best movie went to the movie "Marty". But according to producer Bob Gale, this was not the reason for choosing the main character's name. They just liked the name.
The name Emmett comes from the word "Time" (time). It is simply written backwards, with the consonants doubled.
Doc's middle name, Lathrop, becomes "Portal" when read backwards.
The name "Tannen" is never mentioned in the first part. In the end credits, it says that this is Biff's last name. This name comes from the then president of Universal Studios, Ned Tannen. Biff was originally going to be played by J. J. Cohen (he played Biff's boyfriend "Skinhead" - "Biff, look at that vest! The kid is afraid of drowning."). But Eric Stoltz was taller than Cohen, so Tom Wilson was cast as Biff. But if Fox played Marty from the very beginning, then J. J. Cohen would still play Biff!
As another henchman of Biff, Billy Zane (“Titanic”) is filmed in his first film role.
In the music video for "The Power Of Love" released at the time, Doc Brown drives a DeLorean to a club where Huey Lewis And The News are performing. Several girls persuade him to go to the club, and several onlookers "borrow" the DeLorean at this time. The song follows, and at the end, DeLorean returns from time travel.
When the first film was completed, there were no plans for a sequel. Following the flying DeLorean, the final credits immediately went. When the second and third parts subsequently came out, and the first appeared on video, an insert "To Be Continued ..." was added between the final scene and the credits. For the DVD version, this insert was removed again, restoring the original film version.
No, we never intended to call this part "Back from the Future".
Bob Gale, screenwriter
The end of the first part was conceived as a joke. At that time, no one seriously thought about continuing, otherwise they would not have put Jennifer in a time machine. Due to the writers' difficulty in fitting her into the plot, Jennifer was put to sleep at the very beginning of her journey in 2015...
The second and third parts were conceived as one film under the working title "Paradox". But implementation would be too costly. However, a version of the "Paradox" scenario has been preserved.
In another version of the sequel, Marty would have to return not to 1955, but to 1967 - and meet his parents, who became hippies. But Zemeckis ruined this option, as it is too similar to the first part. In addition, the return to 1955 is much richer in terms of "a different point of view on the events of the first part."
In the second part, the actress who played Jennifer was replaced. Claudia Wells, who played her in the first part, left the cinema due to drug problems, so Elizabeth Shew played Jennifer in the second part.
The first connection between Clint Eastwood and "Back to the Future" - the opening sequence of the second part goes over the material (flying over the clouds), filmed by ILM for the movie "Firefox" with Clint Eastwood in the title role.
The taxi that the DeLorean nearly crashes into while going back in time in 2015 is the same taxi that Biff was carrying later.
When the doctor announces "We're flying into Hill Valley, time: 4:29 pm, Tuesday, October 21, 2015!" In the original, he says "4:29 PM" - and at this time the DVD counter shows exactly 0:04:29! True, only on the American version in NTSC, since the European version in PAL is slightly accelerated (25 frames per second instead of 24 film frames).
The reason Doc pulls the skin off his face is so he doesn't have to wear the "old Doc Brown" make-up for all the sequels.
In 1955, 1985 and 2015, there is a Texaco gas station on the square in front of the court.
In the future, the movie "Jaws-19" is in the cinema, directed by Max Spielberg. Spielberg does have a son named Max.
Marty visits an antique shop in 2015 and sees a figurine of Roger Rabbit in the window. In Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Robert Zemeckis directed and Christopher Lloyd played the main villain.
In addition, in the same showcase - Marty's jacket from the first part.
At the '80s Cafe, the waiters are electronic versions of Michael Jackson, Ronald Reagan and Ayatollah Khomeini. This is a parody of the 80s TV series Max Headroom. There was also a computer character, and he also stuttered.
Heads are hanging on the wall in the "80s Cafe" - images of different famous personalities. From left to right: Fidel Castro, Prince Charles, Mikhail Gorbachev, Howard Cosell, Ronald Reagan, Ayatollah Khomeini.
One of the kids that Marty shows the computer to. the game "Wild Shooter", easily recognize the sectarians of "Lord of the Rings" - this is Elijah Wood! He was then 8 years old, and this is one of his first roles.
The computer game "Wild Shooter" was not actually used in slot machines, but only on Nintendo consoles. For the film, it was built into a slot machine.
On the monitors in the "80s Cafe" there are serials of the 80s, and all of them are from Universal. Among them: "The Smurfs" (cartoons), "Cheers" (sitcom), "Family Ties" ("Family Ties" with Michael J. Fox!), "Taxi" ("Taxi" with Christopher Lloyd!), CNN, "Oprah Winfrey" (talk show), "Geraldo" (talk show), "Pee Wee's Playhouse", "Wheel of Fortune" (similar to "Field of Wonders"), "Miami Vice", "Magnum P.I.", "Dallas" (TV series) .
The second and third parts of the film were shot 4 and 5 years after the first, respectively. During this time, Michael J. Fox had already forgotten how to ride a skateboard.
In one version of the script, instead of a flying skateboard chase, there was a scene in the stadium of the futuristic Slamball game, in which players wear special running shoes for running on a vertical wall. But this option turned out to be too expensive, and so the filmmakers decided to make the skateboard chase scene more like the one in 1955. By the way, in this version of the script, George McFly dislocated his back not with golf, but with slamball.
When the scene where Biff's gang crashes into the front of the courthouse was being filmed, stunt performer Cheryl Wheeler-Dixon, who was filling in for actress Darlene Vogel, badly injured her legs when she ran into a courthouse pillar and was hospitalized for several weeks. Since she, lying in the hospital, could not be re-shot, the scene was included in the film.
An old man who dreams of going back in time and betting on a winning baseball team is played by Charles Fleischer. He voiced Roger Rabbit in the Zemeckis film Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
This old man's name is Terry. This is the same Terry who cleaned Biff's car of manure in 1955 and charged him $300. The bonus features include a deleted scene in which old Biff in 2015 is still chiding Terry with the $300.
Rick Carter, production designer for the second and third parts, suffers from legasthenia, so the inscriptions on many of the shields he created had to be corrected. In addition, he created many futuristic posters with Japanese characters, and claimed that they made sense - which was subsequently debunked by Japanese film studio visitors.
The second version of the newspaper "USA Today", which shows the arrested gang of Griff, reveals their real names. Under the nicknames "Data", "Spike" and "Whitey" Rafe Unger, Leslie O'Malley and Chester Nogura are hiding. Other articles in this newspaper: "Washington prepares for the visit of Queen Diana" and "The new finger gang raid." Since payment in 2015 is done with a fingerprint, naturally there are criminal gangs hunting for the fingers of the townsfolk!
The Almanac costs $32.19 including VAT. Marty paid for it with a fingerprint. Thus, the money for the almanac was withdrawn from the account of 47-year-old Marty McFly.
It is unlikely that the thin almanac shown in the film could fit 50 years of sports statistics, including regional results of college competitions. But the book was specially made so thin that it fit into Marty's jacket pocket and Biff's trouser pocket.
Doc says he left the dog Einstein in the Time Vacuum. This phrase was invented to describe what happened to Einstein: at the end of the first part, Doc went with him to the future, but returned without him.
Marty Jr. walks out of the "80s Cafe" and is almost crushed by a car. He angrily yells at the driver “I'm coming here! I'm coming here!" This is a quote from the movie "Midnight Cowboy"
The last names of two female police officers from 2015 are "Reese" and "Fowley". In all the films that were co-written by Bob Zemeckis and Bob Gale, the police bear these names.
Futuristic cars from 2015 have already appeared in other films. For example, "Star Machine" from the movie "The Last Star Fighter" and "Spinner" from the movie "Blade Runner". The rest of the cars are modified Ford Probes, Mustangs, BMWs and a few oldtimers.
The taxi from the future that Biff drives is a modified Citroen DS. This car began to be produced in 1955, so it could well appear in the first part. This taxi is also shown as a burnt-out wreck in the alternate year 1985.
The flying robot that takes the dog for a walk is borrowed from the movie Batteries Not Included.
In 2015, the fashion for wearing two ties at once! Marty, 47, is wearing two ties. On Doc Brown too, but they are transparent, so it's not very noticeable.
The storyline about the death of George McFly was created because Crispin Glover refused to play this role in the sequel! Therefore, actor Jeffrey Weissman was hired to play George. In the Universal Tours attraction, Weissman played the roles of Stan Laurel, Charlie Chaplin and Groucho Marx. Scenes from 1955 showing Crispin Glover as George were taken from the first installment. After the film's release, Glover sued the producers and they had to pay him for using the material.
Glover as George
Weissman as George
George is hanging upside down in 2015 for three reasons:
- so that it is not visible that this is a different actor
- because it's funny
- if Crispin Glover did change his mind, he could be put upside down.
The role of Needles, Marty's colleague, who in the third part challenges him to a car race, is played by Michael Balzari, better known as "Flea" (Flea), the bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
The fax notifying Marty of the termination has the address of the business: "11249 Business Center Road, Hill Valley, CA 95420-4345." In fact, this postal code belongs to the town of Kaspar. It is located five hundred miles north of Los Angeles on the Pacific coast.
In Hill Valley, someone is abusing graffiti. In 1985 (part 1) at the entrance graffiti "BOB" (in honor of two Bobs, Zemeckis and Gale).
In an alley in 2015, some careless schoolboy sprayed "Class of" 16. "The Address of Suckers" was made from the inscription "Hilldale - The Address Of Success" (Hilldale - Address of Success).
In the year 1985, someone remade "Hill Valley" into "Hell Valley" (hell valley).
Biff Tannen's Pleasure Paradise was modeled after the Plaza Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
The neon sign with Biff Tannen's signature is similar to the neon sign for "Bob Stupak's Vegas World Casino".
A newspaper dated March 16, 1973 says that George McFly was found dead in an alley two blocks from community center Hill Valley. In this center, McFly was to receive an award for many years of fighting with the BiffCo concern.
When Biff takes the almanac out of the safe and hands it to Marty, it is seen that he keeps it in a plastic bag to protect it from dust. The dust jacket that the saleswoman was so touting was not - after all, he wrapped a pornographic magazine in it at a dance in 1955 to give to Principal Strickland!
Second "Back to the Future" connection with Clint Eastwood. Biff is watching Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars on TV. In the third part, Michael J. Fox will play his version of this scene from the famous Spaghetti Western.
The May 4, 1958 newspaper features a photograph of Biff winning $1,182,000 on his 21st birthday at the races.
To save time and money, in the second part, the backstage of Universal Studios was created piece by piece. The 1955 street was recreated on one side only, on the other side of the street were the backstage of 1985A with Biff Tannen's Paradise of Joy. Since the original scenes from the first part were not preserved, we had to recreate the whole street anew - and this bypassed
Outside in 2015. It's time to master the sports almanac 1950-2000 and get rich! So Marty thought in the second part of the film "Back to the Future", and after him the harmful Biff. We will not remind you of the whole twisted plot, deftly played with time travel, we simply invite you to become the owner of the Grace Sports Almanac.
Curious fact: Biff from 2015 gives himself a sports almanac in 1955. Glancing at him, he ironically says, "Florida will win the 1997 Baseball World Cup, of course." The film was released in 1989. Eight years later, Florida's team, the Florida Marlins, did win the World Cup. The most interesting thing is that in 1989 Florida did not have its own baseball team at all, and the Florida Marlins did not exist yet!
Product details "Sports Almanac Grace 1950-2000"
- Quality replica of Grace's sports almanac 1950-2000
- Contains real main sports results of matches in basketball, football, boxing, horse racing etc.
- The Almanac comes in a dust jacket
- Attached is a check from the Blast From store. The Past” (“Hello from the past”), which Marty received when buying an almanac
- Size: 22cm x 15cm
The first part was released back in 1985 and immediately won the hearts of fans science fiction. This film became a real masterpiece and is still considered one of the most popular.
Will there be a Back to the Future 4 movie?
Fans of the iconic franchise often wonder if Back to the Future 4 will come out.
There is only one, clear and unequivocal answer to this: no! Robert Zemeckis has repeatedly said in his interviews that he will not allow the franchise to be restarted or a new part to be released.
The creators are very respectful and reverent towards their own creation and sincerely hope that even after their death no one will encroach on their offspring.
Of course, the release of the new part would bring a lot of money, since this film has a huge number of fans around the world.
People would go to theaters anyway just out of curiosity and hoping they'd see something that looked like the original trilogy. However, it will be simply impossible to watch “Back to the Future” without Doc and Marty McFly, and the actors will definitely not take part in the filming.
What is the movie about
The story of Marty McFly is presented in such a way that it is interesting to both teenagers and the older generation. Here we are talking not only about adventures, but also about his relationship with a strange scientist who, as you might guess, is a little out of his mind.
Everything about this movie is great. Robert Zemeckis was able to create a creation that combines excellent soundtracks, great acting and an incredible atmosphere.
Reviews and criticism
Separately, it should be said about the special effects. Despite the fact that the film was released a long time ago, it does not look cardboard. Even now, revisiting the trilogy, the viewer does not get the feeling that he is being deceived.
The same goes for tricks. They are performed quite professionally and do not cause a condescending smile from the viewer, as happens when watching old action movies or science fiction.
The plot of the picture is worked out almost to the smallest detail, with the exception of a few inconsistencies. In general, the film is not only entertaining. It makes you think about a lot. Watching Marty's actions, you involuntarily want to try on his role for yourself and rethink own life. This helps to come to some useful conclusions.
It should be said that the true fans of "Back to the Future" are grateful to Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale for being able to put an end to it. Needless to say, almost all relaunched films, or films that were remaked, caused only disappointment, and in some cases, sincere indignation on the part of ardent fans.
Multi-episode epic about young guy Time-traveling Marty and his good friend Doc is a cult fantasy saga that aims not only to reproduce the atmosphere and interiors of the past, but also looks into the distant future. The predictions that director Robert Zemeckis decided on in his film were very curious to the inhabitants of 1989. It is always interesting to know what will be ahead in a few decades. The second part of the film, released 4 years after the first, tells about the year 2015 and the features of the world of the future. So, as contemporaries of directorial fantasies, we must be as critical as possible about the predictions of the film "Back to the Future 2" and find out what turned out to be true and what was fiction.
Matches
Endless sequels and 3D
In one of the episodes, Marty finds himself in an unpleasant situation for him when a giant shark tries to devour an unlucky alien from the past. But in fact, it turned out that this is just a 3D model of the Jaws 19 advertising poster. In this case, a direct match with endless sequels of the same films, as well as 3D cinema, 3D graphics, is counted.
Video calls
With absolute accuracy, the existence of video calls was predicted. Modern devices allow you to freely communicate with a person who is on the opposite hemisphere. The same "Skype" or browser "Google Chrome". True, the screens in the film are huge, communication takes place literally on TV. But bearing in mind the ability to optimize TV sets of 2015 for such calls, the director and screenwriter in one person completely guesses.
Wireless virtual reality glasses
There are similar glasses both in the film and in our reality. Take the same "Google Glass" - the latest invention of the giant of the interactive world. The versatility of such glasses in Back to the Future 2 is, of course, wider than it is now, but we have more whole year to catch up on the prediction from the movie. And the scene during dinner, where young people do not pay attention to their relatives because of high-tech devices and try to eat and leave quickly, is very reminiscent of people hanging in an iPhone.
“Judges in the future are working fast. After all, lawyers have been canceled.”
Doc Emmett Brown. "Back to the Future 2".
Mismatches
flying skateboard
Here Zemeckis was too clever. Military technology using air cushions has not been a secret for a long time and is common in many military units of the countries of the world. But these achievements have not yet entered civilian use. Therefore, it is incredibly difficult to imagine how teenagers today cut through the streets directly through the air on boards without any wheels. With great interest we will wait for this type of movement, in conditions of suffocating traffic jams, the invention will come in handy.
flying cars
One point comes out of another. No flying skateboard means no flying cars. Otherwise, we would instantly be transported to the world of the "Fifth Element" and would plow the expanses of heaven, ahead of swallows and other birds. Always wondered if there are any rules of the road in such conditions?
super laces
The perfect invention for the lazy 21st century resident is shoelaces that lace up on their own. How much time it would save, how many unpleasant falls it could prevent. So we urge the entire progressive scientific elite to drop everything and rush to invent such useful shoelaces. Zemeckis would approve of such.
Faxes
The biggest mistake of the director and screenwriter. For some reason, the filmmakers decided that in 2015 we would communicate by fax. In general, it is strange, given that in the same film there was an assumption about communication between people through video calls. What for then faxes are necessary?
Other pictures about the future can be compared in a similar way. For example, I wonder what our descendants will think of us when they watch fantastic films made today?
Back to the Future turns 30 this year. The film premiered in 1985. The second part of the trilogy was first shown in 1989. This date is special for all fans of the film. It was on this date that he left the past main character the second part of the film. For the anniversary of the film, a gift was made for all fans. The film will be screened in 3D theaters around the world. In honor of this event, we decided to publish for you the most unknown facts about the picture.
1) All movie studios in America rejected this film. Beyond Disney
When the director of the film, Robert Zemeckis, was looking for a film studio that would take on the shooting, he ran into a problem. Not a single film studio was willing to take on filming, believing that the idea of time travel by car was not interesting to the youth of the 80s. The theme of the film, according to critics of the studios, was too soft when, like the rebellious youth at the time, demanded something different.
But in the end, the director was lucky. Disney Studios agreed to shoot, on one condition. Eliminate the kissing scene between Marty and his mother from the script.
2) Every teenager in the world could be Marty McFly
The filmmakers wanted the role of McFly to be played by Michael J. Fox, who was the star of the series" Family bonds". But the creators of the series did everything possible that the actor could not get acquainted with the script "Back to the Future". As a result, Johnny Depp, John Cusack and Charlie Sheen were considered for the role, but were never approved. At some point, the creators of the picture stopped believing that they would find the right actor. As a result, it was decided to consider any actor from any country. Actors such as Christopher Collet and Robert Downey Jr. were also considered for the role of Marty. But in the end, Michael J. Fox became the actor.
3) Doc Brown's pet was originally supposed to be a chimpanzee
First initial script assumed that Doc Brown had a monkey at home. But the filmmaker insisted that the chimpanzee not be in the film. In their opinion, participation in the filming of chimpanzees has never been successful in the film industry.
As a result, the monkey turned into a dog named Einstein.
4) In the original scenario, the time machine was located in the back of the car
Also, the initial scenario provided that, being in the past, Marty and Doc, in order to send the car to the future, instead of a lightning strike, they had to bring it to a nuclear waste site in order to send the car on a journey through time using a nuclear reaction. But during filming, the director decided that waiting for the lightning to strike the tower was more mysterious and more exciting.
5) Eric Stoltz participated in the filming of the film as Marty McFly
Many don't know this, but for the first four weeks of filming, McFly was played by Eric Stoltz. But in the end, the filmmakers, director and screenwriter did not like the acting of the actor. The reason was that Eric was not a comedic actor and did not have the necessary comedy.
This was the reason why the actor had to be abandoned. After a problem with the main character, the director persuaded producer Michael J. Fox to give the script to the actor. As a result of incredible efforts and long persuasion, Michael was released to shoot the first part of the Back to the Future trilogy.
6) DeLorean had to make a special speedometer
In 1979, the 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, signed a law that provided for the installation of speedometers on cars with a maximum speed mark of 85 miles per hour. Thus, the President of the United States tried to dissuade people from speeding in cars. This law was repealed only in the late 80s. But when the filming of Back to the Future took place, the law was still in effect. But according to the scenario, the time machine installed in , had to accelerate to 88 miles per hour in order to travel back in time. In order for everything to look real on the screen, it was necessary to set the speedometer with the appropriate speed.
7) Back to the Future was originally supposed to be called Astronaut from Pluto.
Film producer Sid Sheinberg hated the name "Back to the Future", not understanding how this could be in reality. In his opinion, the title of the film did not make any sense. He proposed his name "Astronaut from Pluto". The director was in a panic from the proposed option.
To convince the producer to keep the original title, Zemeckis approached Steven Spielberg, who advised him to write an explanation plan detailing what "Back to the Future" meant. Spielberg also advised Zemeckis to compose parody alternative titles for the film's proposed title by the producer. The director then showed these jokes to Sid Sheinberg, stating that the joke called "Astronaut from Pluto" was a good one.
The producer had no choice but to agree with the original title of the film, as he could not admit that the title he proposed was not a joke at all.
8) The original plot of Back to the Future 2 involved a trip to the 60s
Instead of going back in time to 1955, the hero had to go to 1967, where he would see the heroes we know a little older than Marty met in the first part of the film. But, in the end, it was decided that it would be more interesting in the second part of the picture to return to the events that we saw in the first film.
9) Originally, Marty McFly's brother was supposed to become an alcoholic
When Marty visits the dark alternative of 1985, he meets his brother who has become an alcoholic. But during the filming, they decided to move away from this script.
10) The creators of the film invented objects and technologies of the future from real things
When designing the future world of 2015, designer John Bell came up with the "15:85" rule. This rule regulated the percentage of the ratio of unrecognizable and unfamiliar for that time objects and technologies to recognizable and all familiar for that time.
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That is why the mailbox of the future in the film looks recognizable, except for the digital interface where you can enter the necessary information. That is why many devices were very familiar to us in appearance, but, nevertheless, they were very strange to us.
