Back to the Future is a movie novelization written by George Gipe in 1985 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by Robert Zemeckis in 1985. The movie features Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F. Wilson, Claudia Wells, and others.
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Storyline
In 1985, Hill Valley, California, teenager Marty McFly lives with his family: his mother Lorraine is an overweight, depressed alcoholic; his cowardly father George is bullied by his supervisor, Biff Tannen; his older siblings are professional and social failures. That night, Marty meets his eccentric scientist friend Emmett ‘Doc’ Brown in the Twin Pines mall parking lot. Doc unveils a time machine built from a modified DeLorean.
Movie vs Book
Year
1985
Minutes
116
Movie Rate
8.50
Source: IMDb
Movie
Back to the Future
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Country: USA
Year: 1985
Length: 1h56m
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Year
1985
Pages
256
Book Rate
8.42
S: Goodreads
Book
Back to the Future
Author: George Gipe
Country: USA
First published in: 1985
Length: 256 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: Back to the Future
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“I enjoy picturing the characters in the novel and then later, seeing them on the screen, comparing how they're different.”
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