I was able to view this mostly documentary film on Netflix streaming. It was made to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the movie BTTF, and also the 30 years into the future from 1985 that is represented in BTTF 2.
It includes interviews with most of the principals involved, actors, writers, producers, etc, notably missing Crispin Glover who abandoned the franchise shortly after BTTF.
Bob and Bob (Gale and Zemeckis) share stories of how inspiration first came for BTTF (seeing an old yearbook showing his dad was class president and wondering what his dad was really like) and how many stops they needed to make to have a studio agree to the project.
It is funny, Disney wouldn't touch it because it had a mild "incest theme", when Marty's mother falls for him as a teen in 1955.
The film also features many of the BTTF fringe groups that have sprung up, the many owners of deLorean cars and their restorations, etc.
There is a good discussion of why Stoltz was removed and replaced by Fox for the Marty role and the re-filming issues that created.
I am a big fan of the BTTF movies, always have been, and while this documentary film isn't great it does offer many new insights into the BTTF lore.
I enjoyed spending the 90 minutes viewing this. Lea Thompson is still a doll!
It includes interviews with most of the principals involved, actors, writers, producers, etc, notably missing Crispin Glover who abandoned the franchise shortly after BTTF.
Bob and Bob (Gale and Zemeckis) share stories of how inspiration first came for BTTF (seeing an old yearbook showing his dad was class president and wondering what his dad was really like) and how many stops they needed to make to have a studio agree to the project.
It is funny, Disney wouldn't touch it because it had a mild "incest theme", when Marty's mother falls for him as a teen in 1955.
The film also features many of the BTTF fringe groups that have sprung up, the many owners of deLorean cars and their restorations, etc.
There is a good discussion of why Stoltz was removed and replaced by Fox for the Marty role and the re-filming issues that created.
I am a big fan of the BTTF movies, always have been, and while this documentary film isn't great it does offer many new insights into the BTTF lore.
I enjoyed spending the 90 minutes viewing this. Lea Thompson is still a doll!