
In 2007, the United States Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the National Film Registry. In the years since its release, Back to the Future has grown in esteem and is now considered to be among the greatest films of the 1980s, one of the best science-fiction films ever made, and one of the greatest films of all time. Its theme song, " The Power of Love" by Huey Lewis and the News was a significant success globally. It received multiple award nominations and won an Academy Award, Saturn Awards, and a Hugo Award. Critics praised the story, comedy, and the cast-particularly Fox, Lloyd, Thompson, and Glover. Back to the Future was a critical and commercial success, earning $381.1 million to become the highest-grossing film of 1985 worldwide. This resulted in a rushed post-production schedule, and some incomplete special effects. Replacing Stoltz delayed production and the film's release date but, following highly successful test screenings, the date was brought forward to July 3, 1985, to give Back to the Future more time in theaters. Back to the Future was filmed in and around California and on sets at Universal Studios. This included re-filming scenes already shot with Stoltz and adding $4 million to the budget.

Shortly after principal photography began in November 1984, Zemeckis determined Stoltz was not right for the part and made the concessions necessary to hire Fox. Fox was the first choice to portray Marty, but he was unavailable Eric Stoltz was cast instead. A development deal was secured following Zemeckis' success directing Romancing the Stone (1984). They were desperate for a successful film after numerous collaborative failures, but their idea was rejected over 40 times by studios because it was not considered raunchy enough to compete with the successful comedies of the era. Trapped in the past, Marty inadvertently prevents his future parents' meeting-threatening his existence-and is forced to reconcile the pair and somehow get back to the future.īack to the Future was conceived of in 1980, by Gale and Zemeckis. Set in 1985, the story follows Marty McFly (Fox), a teenager accidentally sent back to 1955 in a time-traveling DeLorean automobile built by his eccentric scientist friend Doctor Emmett "Doc" Brown (Lloyd). Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, and Thomas F.

Written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale, it stars Michael J. Back to the Future is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis.
