Back to the Future Back to the Future Back to the Future is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale. It stars Michael J. Fox as teenager Marty McFly, who accidentally travels back in time to 1955, where he meets his future parents and becomes his mother's romantic interest. Christopher Lloyd portrays the eccentric scientist Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown, inventor of the time-traveling DeLorean, who helps Marty repair history and return to 1985. Zemeckis and Gale wrote the script after Gale wondered whether he would have befriended his father if they had attended school
Back to the Future (franchise) the cast and crew along with the cultural impact of the trilogy 30 years later. October 21, 2015, the date used for the setting of the future events during the first act of the second film, has been called ""Back to the Future" Day" by the media. The year 2015 also commemorated the 30th anniversary of the release of the original film. Many promotions were planned to mark the passing of the date, with many playing to the depiction of the future in the film, including: Cast members appeared on "Today" and "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on October 21, 2015. Nearly