Back to the Future

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Back to the Future is a 1985 science-fiction comedy film about a teenager who accidentally travels back in time and must ensure his parents fall in love to preserve his own existence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedy film
film
science fiction film
time travel film
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing
basedOn original screenplay
character Biff Tannen
Dr. Emmett Brown
George McFly
Lorraine Baines
Marty McFly
cinematographyBy Dean Cundey
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Robert Zemeckis
distributor Universal Pictures
editedBy Arthur Schmidt
Harry Keramidas
executiveProducer Steven Spielberg
featuresVehicle DeLorean time machine
fictionalLocation Hill Valley
followedBy Back to the Future Part II
genre adventure
comedy
science fiction
hasSequel Back to the Future Part II
Back to the Future Part III
hasSettingPlace Hill Valley
hasSettingTime 1955
1985
hasTheme changing the past
family relationships
time travel
mpaaRating PG
musicBy Alan Silvestri
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay
Academy Award for Best Original Song
notableSong The Power of Love
originalLanguage English
partOf Back to the Future self-linksurface differs
surface form: Back to the Future franchise
plotSummary Teenager Marty McFly accidentally travels from 1985 to 1955 and must ensure his parents fall in love to preserve his own existence.
producer Bob Gale
Neil Canton
productionCompany Amblin Entertainment
Universal Pictures
ratingSystem MPAA film rating system
surface form: MPAA
releaseDate 1985-07-03
releaseYear 1985
runtimeMinutes 116
songBy Huey Lewis and the News
starring Christopher Lloyd
Crispin Glover
Lea Thompson
Michael J. Fox
Thomas F. Wilson
writer Bob Gale
Robert Zemeckis

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Robert Zemeckis notableWork Back to the Future
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