Product details: - Product group: DVD
- Edition: DVD
- Publisher: Universal Studios
- Format: Anamorphic, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Release Date: 2005-01-25
- Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson
- Audience rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Encoding: Region 1
- Run Time: 342 minutes
- Studio: Universal Studios
- Aspect Ratio(s): 1.85:1
- Manufacturer: Universal Studios
- Brand: UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOME ENTERTAIN.
- Package Dimensions: 7.5 x 54 x 75 inches
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 Customer reviews:  Fun trilogy to own, 2008-08-05
I bought this for my children to see. I had not seen the films since the Eighties. I must admit I only wanted to purchase the first but, being out of print and much more $$ than the triology, I decided to get this. I recall not liking the second and enjoyed the idea of the third. But seeing it after almost thirty years, they are all fun and my children loved them. We have been having interesting discussions about the time-space continum ever since. Christopher Lloyd is excellent in all three films.
I definitely recommend for your collection.
Fun movies!!!, 2008-08-04
These movies, which were made in the 80's, are a good non-thinking movie. Just good old fashioned entertainment. I was in my teens when the movies were originally released (I am now close to 40) but I actually bought this trilogy for my 17 year old niece who also loves them. The movies do have action in them and Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd are fantastic. Recommended to all. Customers who bought this item also bought:
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