Product Description
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Experience one of the most popular movie series of all time with
Back to the Future: The Complete Trilogy! Join Marty McFly
(Michael J. Fox), Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) and a time
traveling DeLorean for the adventure of a lifetime as they travel
to the past, present and future, setting off a time-shattering
chain reaction that disrupts the space-time continuum! From
filmmakers Steven Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, this
unforgettable collection features hours of bonus features and is
an unrivaled trilogy that stands the test of time.
Bonus Content:
Disc 1 - Back to the Future:
* The Making of Back to the Future
* Making the Trilogy: Chapter One
* Q&A with Director Robert Zemeckis and Producer Bob Gale
* Enhanced Conversation with Michael J. Fox
* Feature Commentary with Producers Bob Gale and Neil Canton
* Deleted Scenes
* Outtakes
* Did You Know That? Universal Animated Anecdotes
* Original Makeup Tests
* Production Archives
* Excerpts from the Original Screenplay
* Theatrical Teaser Trailer
* Cast and Filmmakers
* Production Notes
* DVD-ROM Features Including Total Axess
* Recommendations
* Special Announcements
Disc 2 - Back to the Future Part II:* The Making of Back to the
Future Part II
* Making the Trilogy: Chapter Two
* Q&A with Director Robert Zemeckis and Producer Bob Gale
* Feature Commentary with Producers Bob Gale and Neil Canton
* Deleted Scene
* Outtakes
* Did You Know That? Universal Animated Anecdotes
* Production Design
* Storyboarding
* Designing the DeLorean
* Designing Time Travel
* Hoverboard Test
* Evolution of Visual Effects s
* Production Archives
* Huey Lewis & The News "Power of Love" Music Video
* Theatrical Trailer
* Cast and Filmmakers
* Production Notes
* DVD-ROM Features Including Total Axess
* Recommendations
Disc 3 - Back to the Future Part III:* The Making of Back to the
Future Part III
* Making the Trilogy: Chapter Three
* Q&A with Director Robert Zemeckis and Producer Bob Gale
* Feature Commentary with Producers Bob Gale and Neil Canton
* Deleted Scene
* Outtakes
* Did You Know That? Universal Animated Anecdotes
* Designing the Town of Hill Valley
* Designing the Campaign
* Production Archives
* ZZ Top "Doubleback" Music Video
* The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy
* FAQ's About the Trilogy
* Theatrical Trailer
* Cast and Filmmakers
* Production Notes
* DVD-ROM Features Including Total Axess
* Recommendations
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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
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 man 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
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Additional Features
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The DVD set of the Back to the Future trilogy is as classy and
professional as the series. Both new and original materials are
included in the plethora of extras, starting with two sets of
making-of documentaries. Each disc has material on that
particular film, and some features look at the trilogy as a
whole. Producer-writer Bob Gale is the star of the extra
features, candidly presenting the original ideas and many deleted
scenes (a few with doses of crude humor). Much of the inside
stuff is repeated in the various pieces, but that's to be
expected with such exhaustive materials. Michael J. Fox chimes in
with a video commentary presented in a picture-in-picture format
(which would have worked better as a straight interview) and the
producers tackle the main commentary track, but the highlight
audio commentary is a free-flowing Q&A with Gale and director
Robert Zemeckis in front of a USC film-school audience. Long or
short, the materials are uniformly enjoyable and deft, including
segments on advertising, special effects tests, on-screen
anecdotes, outtakes, production designs, and more. --Doug Thomas
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