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 Part II new set included a featurette called "Doc Brown Saves the World", where Lloyd, reprising his role as Doc Brown, explains the reasons for the differences between the future of 2015 as depicted in "Back to the Future Part II" and in real life. The soundtrack was released by MCA Records on November 22, 1989. "AllMusic" rated it four-and-a-half stars out of five. On October 12, 2015, Intrada Records released the complete score of "Back to the Future Part II" in a 2-disc set including early scoring sessions and alternative takes. Back to the Future Part II Back to the Future