Back To The Future (1985): 22 Things You Never Knew!

[@kurtisduke2685]

Disney didn't embrace star wars disney DESTROYED star wars.

[@eauhomme]

When I was in college in the early 1990s, I went to a shopping mall in a nearby town, and when I drove into the parking lot, the place seemed really familiar. Once I re-watched Back to the Future, I realized I was at the Twin Pines/Lone Pine Mall. In real life, it was the Puente Hills Mall in the City of Industry, Ca.

[@Clannluan]

Not a mention of the fact that the actress who plays Jennifer being replaced between the 1st and 2nd movie! :)

[@robbnutter4665]

I was stationed in Germany (USAF) when this came out - we saw it twice!

[@stamford70]

My favourite Movie 👍

[@DavesEmpire1981]

The clocks were slow, which is why Marty was late. He thought he had more time.

[@karlepaul6632]

The clocks weren't set ahead, they were set behind... remember, Marty was late for school because of it.

[@stasinossofroniou7430]

Great info video!!!!

[@kenvaughan6694]

A bit of trivia: The location of downtown Hill Valley, was later used in the CBS supernatural drama The Ghost Whisperer. It was also seen in one episode of NCIS!😅

[@thomascossuto4824]

two things incorrect here. 1. Marty went to Doc's because he bought up all the resistors or something he needed from the Stereo shop. While searching for one of them Doc caught him and then story is correct as told. 2. The "to be continued.." put at the end of Home video release was intended to be a joke. They never intended to do anymore or they would have not brought Jennifer along as it presented so many challenges in shaping the last two movies. This has been said in countless other video's and by Bob Gale himself. Thank you for showing me the blooper on the scarecrow. I know pretty much everything on these movies and I did not know that until today!!!

[@kratibnoi10310]

I love this movie, thanks for the video 😍

[@drmusic3641]

Two iconic things happened that week. First BTTF was released followed by Live Aid. I remember going out to see the film but not before setting my VHS to record the concert.

[@jtreut]

I believe “To be continued” was in some theaters. I saw the movie in the theater when it came out and remember seeing this on the screen.

[@Clannluan]

I remember it too.

[@patrickscott5936]

The “to be continued” at the end of the movie was shown in Canadian theatres.

[@Olkv3D]

Doc's original time machine was NOT a refrigerator on a pickup. - The time machine that Doc had in his laboratory/bootleg VHS business was a stationary device that resembled the shrink-ray from Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. The refrigerator/pickup truck was devised by the 1947 Doc (not set in 1955) in order to harness the nuclear power released during the Trinity Explosion of the 1st test of the Manhatten Project. Marty had to drive the truck towards ground zero, then climb out of the cab and in to the refrigerator in order to protect himself from the blast.

[@jtkirkfan2002]

Being a huge fan, I knew 21 out of 22.

[@rockywatchesmovies]

Which one didn't you know?

[@joshuaburba1048]

I'm a massive movie buff myself, and I knew all of these except the one about originally wanting a primate rather than a dog. Never knew that. The rest were already known though. Sorry, I'm just a nerd who knows way too much useless info about movies. I'm loving this channel though (just discovered it a few weeks ago), and love the narration. The host is doing an excellent job.

[@DudeEnglish]

There are loads more things about this movie that need explanation. Glover and his aversion to following direction and use of likeness and also the links between Greek mythology. Make a part 2!!!!! 😊

[@userxiaomi4365]

Best Movie Ever

[@jennifer_m.8613]

#12 - meanwhile, Michael J Fox's wife Tracy Pollan (who portrayed Alex's girlfriend Ellen on Family Ties in season 4) is taller than him

[@maniac1075]

It's a Hollyweed thing. Not a real life thing.

[@PJZombie]

OK at least one of these I didn't know. The rest were definitely not unknown things.

[@kenvaughan6694]

Trivia questions: In the opening segment of ticking clocks, a classic alarm clock can be seen with an image of a pro NFL helmet on it. What is the football team's hemet seen?

[@jamessharkin]

Last night, Darth Vader came down from Planet Vulcan and told me that if I didn't take Lorraine out, he'd melt my brain. 😆

[@gregtracy9322]

Wonder what the character thought years after when Vulcan and Vader became part of pop culture.

[@TheLonerSupreme]

Lot of changes in Back to the Future 2

[@eauhomme]

Including Crispin Glover, who refused to be in it. They hired a different actor, but also used scenes from the first film that had Glover in it, and Glover ended up suing and winning.

[@robertmandl9326]

I was hoping to hear about why the actress that played Jennifer in part one was replaced for parts 2 and 3.

[@eauhomme]

Her mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer and she retired from acting to take care of her, opening a clothing store to support herself. She didn't return to acting until the late 2000s.

[@WonkaVator72]

Eddie Van Halen didn’t do his Darth Vader solo specifically for BTTF. He recorded it originally for the 1984 film _The Wild Life._ For that, the solo was known as “Out The Window.” m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ7GZ5looKisgrc

[@Ron-d2s]

I wonder if the legal team had something to say about kids mimicking the movie and locking themselves into fridges?

[@Ron-d2s]

Wait... two sequels? They wanted to make part two with the future being the first hour and the past being the second. But there was too much going on to make one movie, so they split it into two.

[@biakabutooka]

I've read that Zemeckis actually filmed about one third of the movie with Eric Stolz as Marty McFly but for some unknown reason decided the film just wasn't working. So he fired Stolz and hired Fox even though Fox was still filming his tv series Family Ties concurrently. That has to be the damndest movie story I ever heard! To hire the lead actor for a film, after what I'm sure was an exhaustive audition and vetting process, film roughly 33% of the movie over several weeks and then simply come to the conclusion that you ultimately hired the wrong person and have to restart the whole bloody process from scratch! I know lead actors are fired because of whatever serious problems they may cause during filming( no less than Marilyn Monroe was fired from a movie with Dean Martin called "Something's Gotta Give" shortly before her death). But to simply have the director say "Sorry Dude, but I've decided your just not right for this role,so I'm just gonna fire you and start over. Please be off the Lot by 5pm today. Have a nice life, let's do lunch sometime." I don't know that that's ever happened before or since.

[@eauhomme]

Stoltz reportedly played the role too seriously and dramatically. Plus Zemeckis wanted Fox all along.

[@biakabutooka]

@@eauhomme But wouldn't Zemeckis have noticed that during the AUDITION PROCESS. I mean is not that the whole point of an audition. If Stoltz read his lines too "dramatically and seriously" when he auditioned for the part then why in God's name would Zemeckis hire him in the first place? Perhaps I'm a bit slow on the uptake, but that rather seems to defeat the whole point of having auditions. To wit, to find out BEFORE you hire an actor whether or not they'll play the role in the manner the director desires. In any event thank you for your reply.

[@eauhomme]

@@biakabutooka One, I would think that any actor would read the lines how they interpreted the role, and then adjust to the way the director wanted it done. The actor cannot read the director's mind prior to the audition. So Zemeckis could see Stoltz read the lines more dramatically, hire him, then ask him to put more comedy into it. Two, the script wasn't entirely ironed out, as they mentioned in the video. As parts were developed, things changed, and perhaps the mood changed some while they were at it. Three, Fox was the original choice but he wasn't available. Zemeckis could have decided that no matter how Stoltz played the part, he was not Fox, and Zemeckis was going to try to get Fox in any way he could. When Fox finally agreed to do the role and juggle his schedule, Zemeckis could tell everyone that Stoltz didn't play the part right, rather than simply saying he didn't want Stoltz in the first place.

[@biakabutooka]

​@@eauhomme You make some good points there which I hadn't considered (that darn "slow on the uptake" thing). Personally, explanation #3 seems like the most plausible, although it was most likely a combination of all three to varying degrees. Anyway thanks again for your reply,as the situation now makes a lot more sense to me than it did before. Trivia question if you're interested: name the actor who only appeared in 5 films,all of which were nominated for Best Picture and 3 of which won.

[@eauhomme]

@@biakabutooka Obviously we're talking about either a major actor with a very brilliant career that was cut short, or a person who maybe was not a professional actor, but someone who just happened to be in the right place at the right time. My guess is the first. I'm going to guess James Dean.

[@MegaCunnie]

I’ve never seen it. Is it any good ?

[@biakabutooka]

Welcome to the club. I've never seen it either. For some reason I've never had any desire to. Maybe because I was about 25 when the movie came out and it didn't contain any nudity and/or sex scenes. I'm sure I'd enjoy Crispin Glover's performance, though I find the freneticism of Christopher Lloyd to be rather tiresome.

[@ryanworkman3032]

Besides the scientific limitations on time travel, there is also the fact that the delorrean’s top speed is only 85 miles per hour.

[@covid-19ispsychologicalwar10]

Dang!

[@raidmagic]

That's not true. It was said by the manufacture to be 130 but was only 110 when tested. Road and Track had the manual at 117

[@coffinwood-blackheim]

The DMC-12's top speed was much higher (130 mph), only the speedometer was limited to a Vmax of 85 due to a law passed by then President Carter. Also, the car was heavily modified by Doc Brown, including a custom speedometer, which leaves a lot of room for a custom engine with much higher acceleration and top speed than the "vanilla" DMC-12 could make. 88 mph for time travel was supposedly chosen because it looked cool on the speedometer.

[@robtech341]

Dock Brown never planned to harness the power of a "Nucular" explosion as there in so such thing as Nucular. The word is Nuclear.

[@rooster8442]

Tom Wilson has also had to insist that his character in the sequel wasn't based on Trump.

[@nuaru100]

Fox took guitar lessons to pretend to play those guitar licks. Before guitar playing was resigned to nothing more than a dopey video game, most young people could play the guitar or piano at least enough for them and their friends to enjoy it. For shame, Michael. For shame, today's youth. Pick up a guitar and play.

[@maniac1075]

Nothing here we didn't know already.

[@karlepaul6632]

Relax, it didn't cost you anything 😋

[@deeferguson9272]

narcissistic much ?

[@DougWillis-u5d]

No NEW facts here. Any BTTF fan already knew all of these things as they've been covered in other videos numerous times.

[@rockywatchesmovies]

It's for us oldies out there who tend to forget things in our wrinkly years 😂

[@machupikachu1085]

Time for your own video of 'never before heard' trivia then?

[@thomascossuto4824]

@@machupikachu1085 read the drafts for the movies. So much rich information in there. You can find them through google.

[@karlepaul6632]

Relax, it didn't cost you anything 😋

[@montecorbit8280]

At 2:15 The refrigerator.... I knew that, but you didn't mention why it was changed. Producers were worried about children crawling into refrigerators and killing themselves because they wanted time travel, or pretend to time travel. So they opted for a car instead....

[@machupikachu1085]

And they also reused the refrigerator bit for that lousy Indiana Jones 4 film.