Back to the Future

:This article is about the first Back to the Future movie. For information about the trilogy in general, see Back to the Future trilogy.

Trivia

• Marty starts his trip back in time in the parking lot of "Twin Pines Mall," immediately arriving in 1955, he hits one of 2 pine trees. When he returns to 1985, the sign now reads "Lone Pine Mall."
• Doc Brown pronounces "gigawatt" with a hard "J" sound. Gigawatt is more commonly pronounced with a hard "G" sound, although the J sound is considered somewhat antiquated, it is correct http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=gigawatt.
• A series of tie-in computer games was released for the Amiga computer, to no great acclaim.
• The nuclear reactor which powers the time machine bears at least passing resemblence to the 1958 Ford Nucleon concept car.
• One of the episode-screens from Jazz Jackrabbit 2 is a parody of the "Back to the Future" movie-poster.
• The "present" events supposedly occur on October 26, 1985.
• This movie managed to pull Hollywood out of a slump that lasted 17 weeks, making it one of the longest in film history. Nevertheless, the total revenue of 1985 was 7% less than of 1984.
• The video camera Marty uses in the film is a JVC camcorder GR-C1U.
• The DeLorean time machine's licence plates are California vanity plates that say "OUTATIME."
• The first movie's soundtrack features 2 songs from Huey Lewis & the News; Lewis also makes a cameo early in the movie.
• Eric Stoltz was originally cast to play the role of Marty McFly. However, several weeks into filming, Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale realised he was miscast and picked Michael J. Fox instead to play Marty. Footage with Eric Stoltz still exists according to Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale. The scene in the mall parking lot where Marty is driving the time machine is early footage filmed with Eric Stoltz at the wheel of the De Lorean. It was decided that since the shots were fairly distant and the drivers face was not very visible to use the footage that had been previously filmed. Stills can be found on the internet.
• The movie that won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1955, the year to which Marty McFly goes back in time, was called Marty; however, according to Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, this is only a coincidence and was not a factor in naming the character.