Posts Tagged “Back to the Future”
guest-blogs | FanFare Guests
Guest blogger Will Silver writes:
Back to the Future (1985). Starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson, Claudia Wells, Marc McClure, Wendie Jo Sperber, George DiCenzo, Frances Lee McCain, James Tolkan.
Directed by Robert Zemeckis.
Expectations: I know exactly what to expect. Pure greatness.
Four stars? Really? Perhaps I am being overly generous due to a good 26 years of unadulterated love for this movie, but after re-watching it for what is probably the 50th time, Back to the Future still excites, delights and is just flat-out awesome. As I’m sure everyone has seen the film, this is nothing close to a revelation, but as Back to the Future is one of my favorite films, I simply could not watch it and not write something about it.
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Jerry Frebowitz | Staff Notes
Here are 10 trivia facts about Back to the Future from 1985, which originally appeared as our Mystery Movie Quiz on our Facebook page. There are lots of pieces of behind-the-scenes information about this movie. Please feel free to comment and add more trivia we might have missed.
1. This movie is an Oscar winner - but not for a major award.
Despite its wide popularity, Oscar's major categories eluded Back to the Future. However, it was nominated for four Academy Awards: Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen; Best Original Song, "The Power of Love," lyrics by Huey Lewis, who has a cameo in the film as one of the band contest judges; Best Sound; and it won the Oscar for Best Sound Effects Editing.
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Guest blogger Rick 29 writes:
I have always been intrigued by the concept of time travel, so I thought it'd be fun to list what I consider the best time travel films and then learn what readers have to say about the subject. Starting from the top:
1. Time After Time
This ingenious concoction of science fiction, thriller, and romance comes from the fertile imagination of Nicholas Meyer. Meyer first gained recognition with his best-selling mystery The Seven Per Cent Solution, which teamed up Sherlock Holmes and Sigmund Freud. Meyer serves up a second unique pairing in Time After Time--only with two nifty differences. Instead of working together, the pair are friends-turned-adversaries in the form of H.G. Wells (Malcolm McDowell) and Jack the Ripper (David Warner) . And instead of setting the plot in the past, it involves time travel from the past to 1979 San Francisco. The usual time travel conumdrums are explored here, but they never get in the way of a delightful love story and clever social satire. In short, an underrated gem.
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Chris Cummins | New Releases This Week
Boo! Although Halloween is just around the corner, there's nothing scary about this week's new releases. So take a break from your trick-or-treating plans and take a look at what new DVD and Blu-ray offerings are now available.
Tonight: 4 Decades of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Here's...some of the greatest late night talk ever produced! From 1962 to 1992, Johnny Carson reigned as the King of Late Night television, tucking Americans in nightly on "The Tonight Show," the most popular late-night show in history. This spectacular collection presents over 50 hand-selected episodes--the best of the best from 40 years of the celebrated show--and features interviews with some of Johnny's greatest guests, including Woody Allen, Frank Sinatra, Muhammad Ali, Bette Davis, Burt Reynolds, Tina Turner, and more. Forget Team Coco and Team Jay, it's Team Johnny all the way.
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Tags: Back to the Future, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson, Michael J Fox, Robert Zemeckis