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"Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me that you built a time machine... out of a DeLorean?"
Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents’ first meeting and attracting his mother’s romantic interest. Marty must repair the damage to history by rekindling his parents’ romance and - with the help of his eccentric inventor friend Doc Brown - return to 1985.
Release date: July 3, 1985 (USA)
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Running time: 1h 56m
Awards: Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
MPAA rating: PG
Distributed by: Universal Pictures, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment