Back to the Future

A 1985 science-fiction comedy film in which teenager Marty McFly travels to 1955 in a time-traveling DeLorean and disrupts his parents’ courtship.

DeLorean time machine: A modified DeLorean DMC-12 that travels through time when it reaches 88 miles per hour and receives sufficient energy. Its time circuits, plutonium-powered flux capacitor, and 88-mph threshold enable Marty’s journey.
Robert Zemeckis: An American filmmaker who directed the Back to the Future trilogy and co-wrote its first film with Bob Gale. Zemeckis directed the film and shaped its fast-paced blend of comedy and adventure.
Marty McFly: A fictional teenager portrayed by Michael J. Fox who travels from 1985 to 1955 in the Back to the Future films. Marty’s attempt to restore his parents’ relationship drives the film’s central action.
Enchantment Under the Sea dance: A 1955 school dance in Back to the Future where George and Lorraine’s romance reaches a turning point. Marty’s performance and George’s intervention at the dance restore the timeline.
Back to the Future Part III: A 1990 sequel in which Marty travels to 1885 to rescue Doc Brown in the American West. It completes the trilogy by extending the first film’s partnership into a western setting.
Flux capacitor: A fictional device that makes time travel possible in the Back to the Future films. Doc Brown’s invention supplies the story’s central, deliberately unexplained technology.
Bob Gale: An American screenwriter and producer who co-wrote the Back to the Future films with Robert Zemeckis. Gale developed the story’s central idea after wondering whether he would have befriended his father as a teenager.
Emmett Brown: A fictional eccentric scientist, known as Doc, who invents the time machine in the Back to the Future films. Doc’s invention launches Marty’s journey, while his 1955 self helps him return home.
Johnny B. Goode: A 1958 rock-and-roll song written and recorded by Chuck Berry. Marty performs the song in 1955, creating a comic link between future music and its real-world history.
Back to the Future: The Animated Series: An animated television series that continued the Back to the Future franchise from 1991 to 1992. The film’s characters and premise expanded into television after the trilogy began.

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