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List Price: $27.98 | | Label: Universal Studios
Salesrank: 653
Released: January 25, 2005 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
Experience theiComplete Trilogy!Presented by Steven Spielberg directed by Oscar® winner Robert Zemeckis and starring time travelers Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd the phenomenally popular Back To The Future films literally changed the future of the adventure movie genre. Now this unprecedented Back To The Future DVD Trilogy immerses you in all the breathtaking action outrageous comedy and sheer moviemaking magic of one of the most brilliantly inventive wildly entertaining motion picture triumphs in Hollywood history!System Requirements:Starring: Michael J. Fox Christopher Lloyd Crispin Glover Elisabeth Shue and Lea Thompson. Directed By: Robert Zemeckis. Running Time: 344 Min. (Total) Color. These films are presented in "Widescreen" format. Copyright 2002 Universal.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG UPC: 025192212123 Manufacturer No: 61022121
Description of Back to the Future - The Complete Trilogy (Widescreen Edition):
Filmmaker Robert Zemeckis topped his breakaway hit Romancing the Stone with Back to the Future, a joyous comedy with a dazzling hook: what would it be like to meet your parents in their youth? Billed as a special-effects comedy, the imaginative film (the top box-office smash of 1985) has staying power because of the heart behind Zemeckis and Bob Gale's script. High schooler Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox, during the height of his TV success) is catapulted back to the '50s where he sees his parents in their teens, and accidentally changes the history of how Mom and Dad met. Filled with the humorous ideology of the '50s, filtered through the knowledge of the '80s (actor Ronald Reagan is president, ha!), the film comes off as a Twilight Zone episode written by Preston Sturges. Filled with memorable effects and two wonderfully off-key, perfectly cast performances: Christopher Lloyd as the crazy scientist who builds the time machine (a DeLorean luxury car) and Crispin Glover as Marty's geeky dad. --Doug Thomas
Critics and audiences didn't seem too happy with Back to the Future, Part II, the inventive, perhaps too clever sequel. Director Zemeckis and cast bent over backwards to add layers of time-travel complication, and while it surely exercises the brain it isn't necessarily funny in the same way that its predecessor was. It's well worth a visit, though, just to appreciate the imagination that went into it, particularly in a finale that has Marty watching his own actions from the first film. --Tom Keogh
Shot back-to-back with the second chapter in the trilogy, Back to the Future, Part III is less hectic than that film and has the same sweet spirit of the first, albeit in a whole new setting. This time, Marty ends up in the Old West of 1885, trying to prevent the death of mad scientist Christopher Lloyd at the hands of gunman Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson, who had a recurring role as the bully Biff). Director Zemeckis successfully blends exciting special effects with the traditions of a Western and comes up with something original and fun. --Tom Keogh
Back to the Future - The Complete Trilogy (Widescreen Edition) Reviews:
Love the box set 
2008-10-01 - I remember going to the theater to see all 3 of these when I was a kid. We recently took our kids to Universal Studios Orlando where we met the Doc Brown character and my kids didn't know who he was! I couldn't believe it! So as soon as we came home I ordered the trilogy which we then watched over the next 3 weeks for family movie night. Now these movies hold a special place in my kids hearts too. Thank you for that.
Must for the fans 
2008-09-27 - I think we all know by now the true fans have the DVD versions of something (really big fans with money have Blu-Ray or whatever). This is a great collection of what I think is one of the best trilogies ever made. It's fun, actiony, with plenty of humor and random and contradictory sci-fi. What more could you want? The three movies are there, plus the usual fun assortment of bonus features. Great collection.
Excellent Collection!
2008-09-22 - I'm not gonna fill my review by babbling about the films, everyone in the world knows that this franchise is a classic. having said that, the 1st is definitely the best but the other 2 is great as well. and the best to have all 3 films is to get this collection. the audio and video are great, and loads of cool extras for fans like myself. i'm from jakarta, and i was very pleased that the dvd came in about 20 days.... do yourself a favor and buy this collection. movielovers should have this. i love this collection :)
The past and the future is alot of fun.
2008-09-19 - All 3 movies are in full screen. Formatted to fit your screen.
BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)
Eric Stoltz was filming his scenes at Puente Hills Mall for "Back To The Future", however it just wasn't working out right. Stoltz was replaced.
Enter Michael J. Fox who won the part to play "Marty McFly". He was working on the "Family Ties" tv series at the time and stayed up all night to work on the Mall parking lot scene with Christopher Lloyd.
"Back to the Future" was released July 3, 1985 and the story begins on October 26, 1985.
Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is a high school student who helps Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) take care of his house while the doctor is away. That night, he must meet Doc at the Twin Pines Mall. With a DeLorean automobile turned into a time machine, Doc explains to Marty he is going 25 years into the future (2010). When the Libyans find Doc and shoot at him, Marty escapes in the time machine and ends up in the past, November 5, 1955 in Hill Valley at the exact spot.
There he meets his own father (Crispin Glover) and his mother (Lea Thompson) who are teenagers.
Like "Star Trek", you are not suppose to alter the past in anyway, but in Marty's case, he must find Doc in 1955 to help him with a time machine and get his mother and father to kiss at the dance, so Marty can exist and get back to 1985.
Very cute movie and a lot of fun to watch.
Also in the cast: Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperber, Thomas F. Wilson, Clauia Wells, Deborah Harmon, George DiCenzo, James Tolkan, Jeffery Jay Cohen, Casey Siemaszko, Billy Zane, Elsa Raven, Jason Hervey.
Note: The Puente Hills Mall is known as "Twin Pine Mall" and later "Lone Pine Mall". The mall today still exists in City of Industry, California, although it has changed businesss and re-construction over the years.
Running Time: 1:55 rated PG.
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BACK TO THE FUTURE, PART II (1989)
When Marty came back to 1985, not everything was quite right. Because Marty interferred in the past with Biff almost sexually assaulting his mother and his father stopping Biff and how his mother and father finally connected, the present 1985 is not how it should be.
So Doc returns in the DeLorean time machine to pick up Marty and Jennifer because their kids in the future, October 21, 2015, are not right either. However, when Marty runs into his son on the square, buys an almanac which Old Biff gets a hold of and then Biff takes the DeLorean time machine for a quick spin to who knows where, it alters 1985 once again.
While Hill Valley and the McFly family is in dispair, Biff is all-powerful rich. Doc and Marty must go back to November 5, 1955 and make things right again and not run into themselves or let themselves see them.
Returning cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilon, Casey Siemaszko, Jeffrey J. Cohen, Billy Zane, Buck Flower.
Also in the cast: Elisabeth Shue, Charles Fleischer, Darlene Vogel, Jason Scott Lee, Elijah Wood, Flea, James Ishida.
Running Time: 1:47 Rated PG
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BACK TO THE FUTURE, PART III (1990)
When lightning struck the DeLorean time machine, it disappeared, but now that 1955 and 1985 have been corrected, Marty is still stuck in 1955 and a 70 year old letter delivered by Western Union to Marty says Doc is now in the Old West 1885.
Not to worry, the DeLorean has been in an old mining tunnel for 70 days waiting for 1985 Marty and 1955 Doc.
Another mistake: Dr. Emmett Brown died one week after writing the letter to Marty in 1885. He was shot by "Buford 'Mad Dog' Tannen".
marty goes back to the Old West, Hill Valley, September 2, 1885, to try and bring back 1985 Doc, so he can exsist in the future.
Marty meets his ancestors, the McFly's in the Old West.
Returning Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, James Tolkan, Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperber, Flea, ZZ Top.
Also in the cast: Mary Steenburgen, Matt Clark, Richard Dysart, Pat Buttram, Harry Carrey Jr, Dub Taylor.
Running Time: 1 hr. 58 min. Rated PG.
Western location filmed in Sonora County, California and Jamestown, California. It was destroyed in 1996 by fire by a bolt of lightning.
All three movies are here and all 3 discs contain interesting featurettes, behind-the-scenes, deleted scenes, outtakes, audio commentaries and a Bonus Feature: Animated Anecdotes that when turned "on", during playback of the film, you will get some interesting facts.
Reunions: Christopher Lloyd played "Doc" in the Universal Studios attraction ride, "Back To The Future...The Ride" in 1990.
In 1991, Michael J. Fox was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson Disease.
Christopher Lloyd appears as "Doc" and Tom Wilson and Mary Steenburgen lent their voice for the CBS animated series, "Back To The Future"(1991-93).
Christopher Lloyd and Elizabeth Shue appeared in Twenty Bucks (1993).
Christopher Llyod appeared as a gust with Michael J. Fox in "Spin City" tv series, February 1999.
January 2007, Christopher Lloyd appears as "Doctor Emmett Brown" in new footage with old original "Back To The Future,Part II" footage for a DirecTV commercial.
There were rumors years ago that they might do another "Back To The Future" movie, but Michael J. Fox said he would not do it.
Classic Comedy at 88 Miles Per Hour
2008-09-16 - In 1985, director Robert Zemeckis (Used Cars and Romancing the Stone) released a film that was destined to become not only a summer hit, but also the beginning of a classic comedy trilogy. Back to the Future had it all; a great cast, a brilliant soundtrack, and a clever time travel story. It also didn't hurt that the film was produced by hotshot filmmaker Steven Spielberg (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Indiana Jones films, and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial) and the original story was written by Bob Gale (1941), who was first inspired by looking through his father's old high school yearbook.
Back to the Future - 1985
`80s teen Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) is accidentally sent back in time to the 1950s when his parents were his age. Desperate to return to the future, he looks up Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), the eccentric inventor who would later create the time machine. But things become complicated when Marty fortuitously alters history, preventing his mother, Lorraine (Lea Thompson) from falling in love with his father, George (Crispin Glover). With Marty's very existence at stake, Doc prepares an elaborate setup that will send Marty back to the future but Marty must first unite his parents while avoiding high school bully, Biff (Thomas F. Wilson).
Naturally after the success of Back to the Future, both Robert Zemeckis and Universal Studios wanted to make a sequel. Universal got more than they bargained for when Zemeckis offered to direct two sequels. With Back to the Future Part II, writer Bob Gale decided to tell a more complicated story that dealt with the consequences of altering the timeline. The film was unfairly criticized for its complex story and the dark vision of an alternate 1985, but it still was rewarded with commercial success and it built up anticipation for the third film. Back to the Future Part III took the characters to the Old West and returned to the more lighthearted comedy/romance of the first film, but it ended unsatisfactorily with the destruction of the time machine.
Back to the Future Part II - 1989
Doc Brown returns from the future to warn Marty that his future children are in great danger. He, Marty, and Marty's girlfriend, Jennifer (Elisabeth Shue) travel from the year 1985 into the year 2015 in order to save Marty's children, Marlene and Marty Jr. (Michael J. Fox) from the corruptive influence of Biff's grandson, Griff (Thomas F. Wilson). Biff steals the time machine and travels into the past. When Marty and Doc return to 1985, they arrive in their hometown to find that it's become a haven for crime and disorder. Biff rules the town, and worse, he's married to Marty's mother. Now, Doc and Marty must travel back to 1955 to correct the timeline and restore the future to its normal state.
Back to the Future Part III - 1990
After the time machine is struck by lightning and Doc is sent back in time to the year of 1885, Marty seeks the aid of Doc in the year 1955 so that he can repair the time machine. But Marty discovers that the Doc in 1885 was murdered by Biff's pugilistic ancestor, Mad Dog Tannen (Thomas F. Wilson). Marty travels back to 1885 to rescue Doc, who's living out his dream of life in the Old West. Doc's fallen in love with a schoolteacher, Clara Clayton (Mary Steenburgen), and Marty must now convince him to return to the future.
The Back to the Future trilogy has become one of the most successful trilogies ever made, as well as being one of the greatest examples of time travel in films. Blessed with a brilliant ensemble cast headed by Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd, a stirring score by Alan Silvestri and amazing special effects, the Back to the Future films are now regarded as classics.
The 3-disc DVD set, available in both Widescreen and Full Screen versions*, includes the following bonus features:
Disc 1: Back to the Future
The Making of Back to the Future vintage featurette, Making the Trilogy: Chapter One featurette, Q&A with Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, an enhanced conversation with Michael J. Fox, audio commentary with producers Bob Gale and Neil Canton, deleted scenes, outtakes, Did You Know That? animated anecdotes, original makeup tests, production archives, excerpts from an early draft of the screenplay, teaser trailer, cast & filmmakers' bios, production notes, and more.
Disc 2: Back to the Future Part II
The Making of Back to the Future Part II vintage featurette, Making the Trilogy: Chapter Two featurette, Q&A with Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, audio commentary with producers Bob Gale and Neil Canton, deleted scenes, outtakes, Did You Know That? animated anecdotes, Production Design featurette, Storyboarding featurette, Designing the DeLorean featurette, Designing Time Travel featurette, Hoverboard test, Evolution of Visual Effects Shots featurette, production archives, Huey Lewis & the News music video, trailers, cast & filmmakers' bios, production notes, and more.
Disc 3: Back to the Future Part III
The Making of Back to the Future Part III vintage featurette, Making the Trilogy: Chapter Three, Q&A with Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, audio commentary with producers Bob Gale and Neil Canton, deleted scene, Did You Know That? animated anecdotes, Designing the Town of Hill Valley featurette, Designing the Campaign featurette, production archives, ZZ Top music video, The Secrets of the Back to the Future vintage documentary hosted by Kirk Cameron, FAQs About the Trilogy, trailers, cast & filmmakers' bios, production notes, and more.
* When the original DVD release of the trilogy came out in 2002, a colossal mistake was made on the Widescreen version set. Rather than preserving the original aspect ratios of the films, the DVD technicians simply placed black bars over the Full Screen version of films (the Full Screen version of the trilogy was not affected by this error). The accident caused an outpouring of complaints by so many fans that in 2005, Universal released a corrected version of the complete trilogy.
