Back to the Future Page #6

Synopsis: In this 1980s sci-fi classic, small-town California teen Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is thrown back into the '50s when an experiment by his eccentric scientist friend Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) goes awry. Traveling through time in a modified DeLorean car, Marty encounters young versions of his parents (Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson), and must make sure that they fall in love or he'll cease to exist. Even more dauntingly, Marty has to return to his own time and save the life of Doc Brown.
Director(s): Robert Zemeckis
Production: Universal Pictures
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 19 wins & 25 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.5
Metacritic:
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Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
PG
Year:
1985
116 min
$2,925,880
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mind.

George:
Nothing's coming to my mind.

Marty:
Jesus, George, it's a wonder I was ever born.

George:
What, what?

Marty:
Nothing, nothing, nothing, look tell her destiny has brought you

together, tell her that

she's the most beautiful you have ever seen. Girls like that stuff.

What, what are you doing

George?

George:
I'm writing this down, this is good stuff.

Marty:
Yeah okay.

George:
Oh.

Marty:
Let's go.

George:
Oh.

Marty:
Will you take care of that?

George:
Right. Lou, gimme a milk, chocolate. Loraine, my density has

popped me to you.

Loraine:
What?

George:
Oh, what I meant to day was-

Loraine:
Hey, don't I know you from somewhere?

George:
Yes, yes, I'm George, George McFly, and I'm your density. I

mean, I'm your destiny.

Loraine:
Oh.

Biff:
Hey, McFly, I thought I told you never to come in here. Well it's

gonna cost you. How

much money you got on you?

George:
Well, Biff.

Biff:
Alright, punk, now-

Marty:
Whoa, whoa, Biff, what's that?

Loraine:
That's Calvin Klein, oh my god, he's a dream.

Marty:
Whoa, whoa, kid, kid, stop, stop, stop, stop.

Kid:
Hey.

Marty:
I'll get it back to you, alright?

Kid:
You broke it. Wow, look at him go.

Biff:
Let's get him.

Girl:
What's that thing he's on?

Boy:
It's a board with wheels.

Loraine:
He's an absolute dream.

Marty:
Ah. Whoa.

Biff:
I'm gonna ram him.

Biff, Matches, 3-D, & Skinhead: Sh*t.

Marty:
Thanks a lot, kid.

Biff:
I'm gonna get that son-of-a-b*tch.

Girlfriend #1:
Where does he come from?

Girlfriend #2:
Yeah, where does he live?

Loraine:
I don't know, but I'm gonna find out.

Doc:
My god, they found me. I don't know how but they found me. Run for

it, Marty. My god,

they found me. I don't know how but they found me. Run for it, Marty.

Marty:
Doc.

Doc:
Oh, hi , Marty. I didn't hear you come in. Fascinating device, this

video unit.

Marty:
Listen, Doc, you know there's something I haven't told you about

the night we made that

tape.

Doc:
Please, Marty, don't tell me, no man should know too much about

their own destiny.

Marty:
You don't understand.

Doc:
I do understand. If I know too much about my own future I could

endanger my own

existence, just as you endangered yours.

Marty:
Your, your right.

Doc:
Let me show you my plan for sending you home. Please excuse the

crudity of this model,

I didn't have time to build it to scale or to paint it.

Marty:
Its good.

Doc:
Oh, thank you, thank you. Okay now, we run some industrial strength

electrical cable

from the top of the clocktower down to spreading it over the street

between two lamp posts.

Meanwhile, we out-fitted the vehicle with this big pole and hook which

runs directly into the

flux-capacitor. At the calculated moment, you start off from down the

street driving toward the

cable execrating to eighty-eight miles per hour. According to the flyer,

at !0:
04 pm lightning will

strike the clocktower sending one point twenty-one gigawatts into the

flux-capacitor, sending

you back to 1985. Alright now, watch this. You wind up the car and

release it, I'll simulate the

lightening. Ready, set, release. Huhh.

Marty:
You extol me with a lot of confidence, Doc.

Doc:
Don't worry, I'll take care of the lightning, you take care of your

pop. By the way, what

happened today, did he ask her out?

Marty:
Uh, I think so.

Doc:
What did she say? It's your mom, she's tracked you down. Quick,

let's cover the time

machine.

Loraine:
Hi, Marty.

Marty:
Uh, Loraine. How did you know I was here?

Loraine:
I followed you.

Marty:
Oh, uh, this is my Doc, Uncle, Brown.

Loraine:
Hi.

Marty:
Hello.

Loraine:
Marty, this may seem a little foreward, but I was wondering if

you would ask me to the

Enchantment Under The Sea Dance on Saturday.

Marty:
Uh, you mean nobody's asked you?

Loraine:
No, not yet.

Marty:
What about George?

Loraine:
George McFly? Oh, he's kinda cute and all, but, well, I think a

man should be strong,

so he could stand up for himself, and protect the woman he loves. Don't

you?

Marty:
Yeah.

George:
I still don't understand, how am I supposed to go to the dance

with her, if she's already

going to the dance with you.

Marty:
Cause, George, she wants to go to the dance with you, she just

doesn't know it yet.

That's why we got to show her that you, George McFly, are a fighter.

You're somebody who's

gonna stand up for yourself, someone who's gonna protect her.

George:
Yeah, but I never picked a fight in my entire life.

Marty:
Your not gonna be picking a fight, Dad, dad dad daddy-o. You're

coming to a rescue,

right? Okay, let's go over the plan again. 8:55, where are you gonna be.

George:
I'm gonna be at the dance.

Marty:
Right, and where am I gonna be?

George:
You're gonna be in the car with her.

Marty:
Right, okay, so right around 9:00 she's gonna get very angry with

me.

George:
Why is she gonna get angry with you?

Marty:
Well, because George, nice girls get angry when guys take

advantage of them.

George:
Ho, you mean you're gonna touch her on her-

Marty:
No, no, George, look, it's just an act, right? Okay, so 9:00

you're strolling through the

parking lot, you see us struggling in the car, you walk up, you open the

door and you say, your

line, George.

George:
Oh, uh, hey you, get your damn hands off her. Do you really

think I oughta swear?

Marty:
Yes, definitely, god-dammit George, swear. Okay, so now, you come

up, you punch me

in the stomach, I'm out for the count, right? And you and Loraine live

happily ever after.

George:
Oh, you make it sound so easy. I just, I wish I wasn't so

scared.

Marty:
George, there's nothing to be scared of. All it takes is a little

self confidence. You know,

if you put your mind to it, you could accomplish anything.

Radio:
This Saturday night, mostly clear, with some scattered clouds.

Lows in the upper

forties.

Doc:
Are you sure about this storm?

Marty:
When could weathermen predict the weather, let alone the future.

Doc:
You know Marty, I'm gonna be very sad to see you go. You've really

mad a difference in

my life, you've given me something to shoot for. Just knowing, that I'm

gonna be around to se

1985, that I'm gonna succeed in this. That I'm gonna have a chance to

travel through time. It's

going to be really hard waiting 30 years before I could talk to you

about everything that's

happened in the past few days. I'm really gonna miss you, Marty.

Marty:
I'm really gonna miss you. Doc, about the future-

Doc:
No, Marty, we've already agreed that having information about the

future could be

extremely dangerous. Even if your intentions are good, they could

backfire drastically.

Whatever you've got to tell me I'll find out through the natural course

of time.

Marty:
Dear Doctor Brown, on the night that I go back in time, you will

be shot by terrorists.

Please take whatever precautions are necessary to prevent this terrible

disaster. Your friend,

Marty.

Cop:
Evening, Doctor Brown, what's with the wire?

Doc:
Oh, just a little weather experiment.

Cop:
What you got under here?

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