Back to the Future (suggested title: Spaceman from Pluto)
Back to the Future (suggested title: Spaceman from Pluto)
1985
Director: Robert Zemekis
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson
Genre: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Unit: Time Warp
Tag Line: He’s the only kid ever to get in trouble before he was born.
Plot Synopsis: Doc Brown builds time machine in 1985. Marty McFly ends up stuck in 1955. Marty interrupts his mother’s and father’s introduction, setting off the potential deletion of his life in the future.
Ultimately, the film uses the premise of time-travel to breach the generation gap
Quotes:
George McFly: Last night, Darth Vadar came down from planet Vulcan and told me that if I didn’t take Lorraine out that he’d melt my brain.
Symbols:
Clock Tower: portal to past and future
Plutonium: advances in the future/unable to acquire in 1955
Lightning: energy source that replaces plutonium
The Letter: dangers of knowing your future
Pre time-travel: Marty’s dysfunctional family
Post time-travel: healthier, more stable family unit
Picture of siblings: being deleted from existence
1950s-era that teenage culture was born
Flux Capacitor- responsible for time travel
Themes:
Achieving anything one sets their mind to doing
Generation gap between child and parents
The past affects the future
The limitless possibilities of technology
Facing your fears
Father/Son relationship
Music: Huey Lewis and the News-Power of Love (nominated for Academy Award)
Alan Silvestri-Composer (later does Forrest Gump)
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