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Back to the Future

Robert Zemeckis, 1985

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Back to the Future
George Gipe, 1985

NOVELIZATION

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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8.5

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Movie Poster: Back to the Future (Robert Zemeckis, 1985)

8.4

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Book Cover: Back to the Future (George Gipe, 1985)

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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.

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Poster of Back to the Future, the 1985 movie by Robert Zemeckis

Year

1985

Minutes

116

Movie Rate

8.50

Source: IMDb

Movie

Back to the Future

Country: USA

Year: 1985

Length: 1h56m

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Cover of Back to the Future, the 1985 book by George Gipe

Year

1985

Pages

256

Book Rate

8.42

S: Goodreads

Book

Back to the Future

Country: USA

First published in: 1985

Length: 256 pages

Genre: Fiction

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