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unusual facts about Back to the Future: The Ride


Darlene Vogel

Vogel's first feature film was the 1989 science fiction film, Back to the Future Part II and as the IFT intern in the pre-show segment for 1991 film ride, Back to the Future: The Ride for the Universal movie parks.


1941 Ford

In the film Back to the Future, Biff Tannen's car in 1955 was a black 1946 Ford Super De Luxe convertible.

Absent-minded professor

Examples in film of absent-minded professors include "Doc" Emmett Brown from Back to the Future, the title character in the film The Absent-Minded Professor and its less successful film remakes all based on the short story A Situation of Gravity, by Samuel W. Taylor, as well as Professor Farnsworth of Futurama and Professor Frink in The Simpsons.

Alligator Sky

His "Alligator Sky" self makes an appearance at the end of the music video for "Deer in the Headlights" where he is nearly run over by himself driving the DeLorean (from Back to the Future) after coming to the year 2015.

Andrew J. Kuehn

Mr. Kuehn developed trailers for films including the original Jaws, the Indiana Jones trilogy, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Schindler's List, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, The French Connection, The Sting, Funny Girl, Aliens, Top Gun, Back to the Future, JFK, and Witness.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: The Ride

It is based upon the famous Roald Dahl book of the same name, and takes its thematic inspiration from the illustrations of Quentin Blake.

Dave Dameshek

Dameshek also hosts Shek to the Future, a play on the movie series Back to the Future, hosting alongside Adam Rank, predicting NFL games and scores.

Duckwalk

The duckwalk was introduced to a new audience when the character Marty McFly did the duckwalk on stage while playing Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" in the movie Back to the Future.

Duke Nukem: Time to Kill

Aside from Tomb Raider, the game references The Evil Dead, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Back to the Future series and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Earth Angel

In Back to the Future, fictional band Marvin Berry and The Starlighters (with Marty McFly, the film's main character, sitting in on guitar) played the song during the "Enchantment Under the Sea" high-school dance, along with Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode".

Eric Stoltz

Originally cast as Marty McFly for Back to the Future in 1985, he was replaced after five weeks of filming, when Michael J. Fox (the director's first choice for the role) agreed to divide time between the movie and his television sitcom, Family Ties.

Ernest Cline

Cline, a huge fan of the Back to the Future film series, owns a 1982 DeLorean DMC-12 sports car that has been modified to look like the time-travelling vehicle from the films.

Foggerty's Fairy

This novel plot elements anticipates numerous fantasy and science fiction stories like Back to the Future.

Fox Photo

In the chase scene(s) in Back to the Future, the Libyan terrorists crash their van into a Fox Photo booth at the Twin Pines/Lone Pine Mall.

Giga-

The DeLorean time machine in the 1985 American science fiction film Back to the Future requires 1.21 gigawatts (pronounced "one point twenty-one gigawatts") of electrical power to travel through time, according to its inventor, Doc Brown.

Great Scott

As a distinctive but inoffensive exclamation, it has been widely used as a catchphrase in popular fiction, including the works of Mark Twain, the Rathbone–Bruce Sherlock Holmes films (said by Dr. Watson), Silver Age comics (especially Superman), the Rocky Horror Picture Show, and the Back to the Future films (Dr. Emmett Brown).

Hollywood Dream – The Ride

At the time of the ride's launch these tracks included "Homebound Train" by Bon Jovi, "Lose Yourself" by Eminem, "Get Back" by The Beatles, "Osaka Lover" by Dreams Come True, and "The Wing Named You" by Kobukuro.

Hollywood United Methodist Church

The church's facilities, in addition to housing an active congregation, are used by the private non-religious Oaks School and have been the settings for many movies including Sister Act and Back to the Future.

Humble, Texas

DeLorean Motor Company (DMC), manufacturer of the DeLorean DMC-12, a sports car made famous by the movie Back to the Future, has its only remaining private factory based in Humble.

Jared Emerson-Johnson

More recently, Emerson-Johnson was the composer behind the video games produced by Telltale Games, such as Bone, Sam & Max, Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, Poker Night at the Inventory, Back to the Future: The Game, Jurassic Park: The Game, and The Walking Dead (video game).

Jodeci discography

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John Dods

Dods also was effects supervisor on 18 episodes of the syndicated television series Monsters, and worked as a set construction supervisor on the Back to the Future theme park ride at Universal Studios Florida.

John Means

"Dr. Gonzo" can be seen on DVD on the 2 disc Back to the Future set in a special music video made for the movie, featuring "Doc Brown" Christopher Lloyd.

Montecito Tea Fire

One of the homes destroyed in the fire belonged to actor Christopher Lloyd (best known for playing "Doc" Brown in the Back to the Future trilogy).

Per Welinder

Per Welinder was a stunt double for some of Michael J. Fox´s skateboard scenes in the classic 1985 time travel movie Back to the Future.

Puente Hills

In the scene from Back to the Future (1985 film), Doc Brown introduces the iconic Delorean time machine in the parking lot of Puente Hills Mall.

Randy Waldman

He has performed on hundreds of major studio film soundtracks including Forrest Gump, Back to the Future, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Ice Age, The Bodyguard, Beetlejuice, Mission: Impossible, Romancing the Stone, The Abyss, and Titanic.

Season Pass

Some Season Passes have unique names, such as Max Payne 3's "Rockstar Pass. Also is used with all Telltale Games such as Back to the Future: The Game The Walking Dead: Season One The Walking Dead: Season Two and The Wolf Among Us."

Something Like Human

"Sister Mary Innocent" appeared by alternate name "Sister Mary" on Tommy Lee's 2005 solo album Tommyland: The Ride, with Carl Bell on guitar.

Streets of SimCity

Some examples include the De Lorean from Back to the Future, an ambulance, a fire truck, and new race cars.

Sunrise/Back to the Future

Run by Tony Colston-Hayter and Paul Staines, the organisation was occasionally front-page news.

Tales From the Bully Pulpit

The comic makes many references to other comics and film—including most notably Back to the Future, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, Maus, and Watchmen—and parodies many tropes of science fiction and pulp story-telling.

The Atomic Kid

This is the film showing at the Town Theater in 1955 Hill Valley in the 1985 science fiction comedy Back to the Future.

The Irish Filmography

Back to the Future (1985) has a detailed entry, owing to a scene in the Diner at the beginning when local bully Biff Tannan refers to Marty's father as 'Irish' in a derogatory fashion.

The World Is Hot Enough

In addition to the James Bond-like opening credits and theme song, the movie contains references to Back to the Future and Terminator.

Twist of Love

Indeed, the guitar solo was performed at the Contest in a manner similar to the iconic scene in the Back to the Future film.

Vanity plate

This can be used as a comical element, as "Outatime" in the DeLorean DMC-12 time machine featured in the science fiction film Back to the Future.

Will Hare

Hare's other distinctive film credits include Black Oak Conspiracy (1977), The Electric Horseman (1979), Eyes of Fire (1983), Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), The Aviator (1985) he also had a small appearance in the 1985 film, Back to the Future as Old Man Peabody.

Year 3000

They look out of a window to the backyard and find their neighbour Peter, played by James Bourne's brother Chris, standing next to a Vauxhall Viva customised like the DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future.

Zero4 Champ RR-Z

An example of a playable mini-story would involve a Back to the Future-type scenario about going back 300 years in time to the year 1995 in order to beat a record in drag racing using a machine this is similar to the DeLorean time machine driven jointly by Doctor Emmett Brown and Marty McFly.

Zoobilee Zoo

a completely different alternate version of the Zoobilee Zoo theme song which is featured on Shuki Levy's Official website has an upbeat tune similar to the Back to the Future song "Back in time".


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