- Actors: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F. Wilson
- Directors: Robert Zemeckis
- Writers: Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale
- Producers: Bob Gale, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Neil Canton, Steve Starkey
- Format: PAL
- Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Number of discs: 3
- Classification: PG
- Studio: Universal
- DVD Release Date: 2 Dec 2002
- Run Time: 328 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000062V8Q
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Before he grew up and started to become a serious filmmaker, Robert Zemeckis created arguably the most unashamedly entertaining film trilogy ever with his Back to the Future series. It's here that Zemeckis came closest to emulating his mentor Steven Spielberg, and here, too, that he showed his own talent for combining flashy visual effects and knock-about comedy. The vivacious screenplays, cowritten with Bob Gale, are chock full of forwards and backwards-looking jokes, 1950s nostalgia and wry nods to other movies. Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd, both alumni of successful small-screen sitcoms (Family Ties and Taxi respectively), bring a frenetic energy to their roles, but also the warmth and likability needed to carry the audience with them through time.
Don't try and unravel the time-travel thread running throughout, as that way lie paradoxes: just accept its inherent absurdity and enjoy the ride. Marty McFly travels from 1985 to 1955 in a souped-up DeLorean sports car (Back to the Future), then forward in time to 2015 and back to 1955 again (Back to the Future II), before going all the way back to the Old West of 1885 (Back to the Future III). Matters become progressively more complicated as actions in the past have repercussions for the future, and vice versa. Marty learns life-lessons and Doc finds love at last; the joyful, helter-skelter pace never slackens for an instant. --Mark Walker
On the DVD: Back to the Future travels through time to the DVD era with a three-disc set charting the much-loved trilogy in full, along with an abundance of special features. The real joy in this box set is the "Making of the Trilogy" featurette, which spans the three discs and offers a wealth of information on the films. The deleted scenes have not faired well with age, with the visuals and sound suffering immensely. On Disc One the anecdotes can be played along with the film as subtitles, which is more than can be said for the commentary with Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale recorded at the California University, which is simply a Q & A session--not played along with the movie--and would have been stronger as a filmed special feature. But all in all as three-disc sets go it doesn't get much better than this--and you won't need 1.21 gigawatts of electricity to enjoy it. --Nikki Disney
DVD Description
DVD Special Features:
Disc 1:
Back To the Future movie
"The Making of Back to the Future" -- a rare behind the scenes look
"Making the Trilogy: Chapter 1" -- retrospective look featuring cast and crew
All new feature commentary with Director/Writer Robert Zemeckis & Producer/Writer Bob Gale
Hilarious outtakes
Deleted Scenes
Original make-up tests
"Did you know that? Universal's animated anecdotes" -- watch the movie and learn more interesting facts
Production Archive -- photographs, original storyboards & props. Storyboards to final feature comparisons
Theatrical trailer.
Disc 2:
Back to the Future II movie
Back to the Future II featurette -- a rare behind the scenes look
"Making the Trilogy: Chapter 2" -- a retrospective look featuring cast and crew
Hilarious outtakes
Deleted Scenes
Hover Board test on location
Production Archive -- photographs, original storyboards & props
Storyboards to final feature comparisons
Theatrical trailer.
Disc 3:
Back to the Future III movie
"Making the Trilogy: Chapter 3" -- a retrospective look featuring cast and crew
Hilarious outtakes
Deleted Scenes
ZZ Top music video "Doubleback"
Production Archive -- photographs, original storyboards & props
Storyboards to final feature comparisons
Theatrical trailer.
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31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Back To The Future has finally been rereleased in a great little box set. I'll go through the story incase you've never seen these, if you haven't you're in for a treat.
"Doc" Emmett Brown invents the coolest looking time machine ever, a Delorean car with all the extra gubbins stuck on. Marty McFly accidentally gets sent back to 1955 and unwittingly stops his parents from meeting, if he doesn't get them together he'll never be born. In the genius sequel Marty and Doc go into the future to prevent a disaster in Marty's future family. The third and final part of the story finds them in the wild west in 1885, with the time machine out of action they have to find a way to get home and prevent Doc's death.
The Back To The Future movies are possibly the most enjoyable movies ever made, every installment is clever, exciting and hilarious. Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd are a perfect pairing and are on of the best on screen double acts ever.
The DVD has fully restored the movies so they look are sparkley and new and sound fantastic. There are plenty of extras on all 3 discs including a commentary (1 only), a featurette from the set and a documentary looking back with interviews by Michael J Fox, Robert Zemeckis and Robert Wade (writer), some brilliant outtakes and deleted scenes.
The best DVD set around.
21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
It's a real pleasure to be able to own the BTTF trilogy on DVD, not just because the films are so good, but also because the extras are tremendous.
By now, no one needs to be told the plot, but Zemeckis tells a brilliant tale throughout as our hero Marty zips forward and back in time righting wrongs and making sure all goes smoothly for his parents and his children whilst trying to avoid destroying the Universe by creating a time and space paradox.
It sounds confusing, but Zemeckis makes time travel fun and it's not worth trying to think too much about it and spoil the enjoyment.
The acting is tremendous throughout, with Christopher Lloyd the real star as the crazed Emmett Brown but there's not a dodgy performance to be found. My personal fave is BTTFII, where Marty has to retread his own steps in 1955, visiting the same locations where he is already in place and trying to avoid running into himself - terrific stuff.
The brilliant extras (over five hours worth) consist of cut scenes and wonderful making of documentaries from the time the film was made and also more recently filmed look-backs from the cast and crew. These are worth investing in the package for alone and the extras put shame on other releases that really don't go anywhere near enough to town on them.
These films are what movie-making should be all about; a great tale, excellently played out with top performers and a whole load of fun to boot.
By now, no one needs to be told the plot, but Zemeckis tells a brilliant tale throughout as our hero Marty zips forward and back in time righting wrongs and making sure all goes smoothly for his parents and his children whilst trying to avoid destroying the Universe by creating a time and space paradox.
It sounds confusing, but Zemeckis makes time travel fun and it's not worth trying to think too much about it and spoil the enjoyment.
The acting is tremendous throughout, with Christopher Lloyd the real star as the crazed Emmett Brown but there's not a dodgy performance to be found. My personal fave is BTTFII, where Marty has to retread his own steps in 1955, visiting the same locations where he is already in place and trying to avoid running into himself - terrific stuff.
The brilliant extras (over five hours worth) consist of cut scenes and wonderful making of documentaries from the time the film was made and also more recently filmed look-backs from the cast and crew. These are worth investing in the package for alone and the extras put shame on other releases that really don't go anywhere near enough to town on them.
These films are what movie-making should be all about; a great tale, excellently played out with top performers and a whole load of fun to boot.
41 of 45 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
At last Back to the Future is available on DVD! Hurrah! And not only that, but its in an amazing 3 disc box set! All three films are superb. Robert Zemeckis and his returning cast out do themselves each time. All three films, especially my personal favourite, Part Two, are not only ingenious but severely entertaining! Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd are brilliant together and tackle a very hard movie with ease and grace, making it seem effortless and more realistic than possible. The storylines are something from the imagination of a genius, and this DVD Box Set is a must for any Zemeckis or Sci-Fi fan. I myself am not that big a Sci-Fi fan, but these films have something for everyone. Part Three is set in the Wild West after all!
The special features include a good set of featurettes, a Making Of documentary in 3 parts, one for each film, interviews, trailers, deleted scenes, on location shoots, outtakes and much more, so you can see it is worth the money. The movies alone would be!
Buy it!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
The best sci-fi trilogy of all time
There's no doubt about it that Back To The Future is one of the best trilogies ever made but THE best? I would go as far to say that. Read more
Published 4 months ago by chaos_preacher
almost perfect
Can't really stay objective, since these movies were, to me at least, the most memorable ones during my childhood. Read more
Published 10 months ago by seponcio
Fabulous
Back to the Future Trilogy have always been three of our favourite films. Our Grandson is now 7 so we decided he was old enough to watch it. Read more
Published 19 months ago by nannyC
Simply brilliant!
The Back to the Future trilogy is perhaps one of the best trilogies ever. Each movie is as good as the one before it, and keeps you entertained till the very last minute. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Manas Kumar Datta
BTTF!
An almost forgotten jem from the 80's. Max out with Doc and Marty with the whole time travelling paradox inducing trilogy! Read more
Published on 7 Mar 2010 by J. J. Bryce
Arrived in excellent condition - and played perfectly
I ordered this product to finaly be able to watch the complete trilogy. In the past, due to my work and other demands on the TV I have never had the chance to watch them... Read more
Published on 11 Nov 2009 by L. Thompson
brill
one of the best oldies for me
being on videos was great value for me
I love watching them
being on videos was great value for me
I love watching them
Published on 16 Sep 2008 by Mrs. N. J. Head
Lightning strikes x3
A personal favourite of mine, I HIGHLY recommend this set, you get 3 dvds each containing digitally restored versions of these excellent movies. Read more
Published on 2 Jan 2008 by Sam
Back To The Future
I grew up on this Trilogy and still love every second of every film. You can't get much better than this for original storyline and characters. Read more
Published on 2 Nov 2007 by Spider Monkey
The Greatest Film Trilogy.............
For me these 3 films are the greatest Film Trilogy so far.
The first film is a true classic of cinema and I still enjoy repeated viewings, noticing things that I had... Read more
The first film is a true classic of cinema and I still enjoy repeated viewings, noticing things that I had... Read more
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