Poster for the movie "Back to the Future"

Back to the Future

He's the only kid ever to get into trouble before he was born.

19851 h 56 minPG
Overview

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents' romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.

Metadata
Director Robert Zemeckis
Certification PG
Runtime 1 h 56 min
Release Date 3 July 1985
Original Music Composer Alan Silvestri
Details
Movie Media DVD
Movie Format
Actors
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson, Claudia Wells, Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperber, George DiCenzo, Frances Lee McCain, James Tolkan, Harry Waters, Jr., Billy Zane, J.J. Cohen, Casey Siemaszko, Donald Fullilove, Lisa Freeman, Cristen Kauffman, Elsa Raven, Will Hare, Ivy Bethune, Jason Marin, Katherine Britton, Jason Hervey, Maia Brewton, Courtney Gains, Richard L. Duran, Jeff O'Haco, Johnny Green, Jamie Abbott, Norman Alden, Read Morgan, Sachi Parker, Robert Krantz, Gary Riley, Karen Petrasek, George Buck Flower, Tommy Thomas, Granville 'Danny' Young, David Harold Brown, Lloyd L. Tolbert, Paul Hanson, Lee Brownfield, Robert DeLapp, Walter Scott, Charles L. Campbell, Deborah Harmon, Janine King, Huey Lewis, Tom Tangen, Arthur Tovey

Aside for the unnecessary language that was so prevalent in 1980’s fare, this succeeds as a fun sci-fi romp.  It takes the multiple timelines view of the time travel paradox and runs with it in both obvious and subtle ways.