Director
Robert Zemeckis
Leading Actors/Actresses
Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd
Supporting Actors/Actresses
Leah Thompson, Crispin Glover, and Thomas F. Wilson
Genre
Sci-Fi
Language
English
Awards
Into the Wild (2007) was nominated for four Academy Awards, one of which it won: Best Sound Effects Editing (Winner), Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound, and Best Original Song for Huey Lewis and the News' "The Power of Love"
Date of Release
July 3rd, 1985
Producer
Bob Gale and Neil Canton
Setting and Context
The film is set in California in both 1955 and 1985.
Narrator and Point of View
The film is told through the point of view of Marty McFly.
Tone and Mood
Energetic, Mysterious, Quirky, Strange, Happy, Confusing, Fun, Funny, Intense, Scientific, and Inventive
Protagonist and Antagonist
Marty McFly/Biff Tannen
Major Conflict
The major conflict of the film is Marty's struggle to survive the 1950's and get back to the present (1985).
Climax
When Marty figures out how to go back to the future with the help of lightning
Foreshadowing
The picture of Doc Brown hanging from clock hands foreshadows the end of the film, when his character hangs from clock hands.
Understatement
The profound effect Marty has on the timeline when he travels Back to the Future is understated the film.
Innovations in Filming or Lighting or Camera Techniques
Back to the Future is undeniably well-made and well-shot, but it isn't innovative in filming or lighting or camera techniques.
Allusions
To popular culture, books, history, geography, cultural movements, other films, mythology, the Bible, religion, philosophy, and science.
Paradox
Marty's mother is attracted to him and wants to date him in 1955, but she is his mother.
Parallelism
The film as a whole presents different realities that, though parallel in some ways, often feature reversed power dynamics (for example, between Biff and Marty's father).
