Back to the Future Part III (1990)

Director:

Robert Zemeckis

Writers (WGA):

Robert Zemeckis (characters) &
Bob Gale (characters) ...
(more)

Release Date:

25 May 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Western

Tagline:

They've saved the best trip for last... But this time they may have gone too far.

Plot:

Enjoying a peaceable existence in 1885, Doctor Emmet Brown is about to be killed by Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen. Marty McFly travels back in time to save his friend.

Plot Keywords:

Time Machine | Band | Blacksmith | Teacher | Outlaw

Awards:

4 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Michael J. Fox	...	Marty McFly / Seamus McFly
Christopher Lloyd	...	Dr. Emmett Brown
Mary Steenburgen	...	Clara Clayton
Thomas F. Wilson	...	Buford 'Mad Dog' Tannen / Biff Tannen
Lea Thompson	...	Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly
Elisabeth Shue	...	Jennifer Parker
Matt Clark	...	Chester the Bartender
Richard Dysart	...	Barbwire Salesman
Pat Buttram	...	Saloon Old Timer
Harry Carey Jr.	...	Saloon Old Timer
Dub Taylor	...	Saloon Old Timer
James Tolkan	...	Marshal James Strickland
Marc McClure	...	Dave McFly
Wendie Jo Sperber	...	Linda McFly
Jeffrey Weissman	...	George McFly
Christopher Wynne	...	Buford Tannen's Gang / Needles' Gang
Sean Sullivan	...	Buford Tannen's Gang (as Sean Gregory Sullivan)
Mike Watson	...	Buford Tannen's Gang
Hugh Gillin	...	Mayor Hubert
Burton Gilliam	...	Colt Gun Salesman
Bill McKinney	...	Engineer
Donovan Scott	...	Deputy
Flea	...	Douglas J. Needles
J.J. Cohen	...	Needles' Gang
Ricky Dean Logan	...	Needles' Gang
Marvin J. McIntyre	...	Mortician
Kaleb Henley	...	Strickland's Son
Todd Cameron Brown	...	Jules Brown
Dannel Evans	...	Verne Brown
Leslie A. Prickett	...	Celebration Man
Dean Cundey	...	Photographer
Jo B. Cummings	...	Pie Lady
Steve McArthur	...	Festival Man #1
John Ickes	...	Festival Man #2
James A. Rammel	...	Festival Dance Caller
Michael Klastorin	...	Townsman #1
Michael Mills	...	Townsman #2 (as Michael John Mills)
Kenny Myers	...	Townsman #3
Brad McPeters	...	Eyepatch
Phinnaes D.	...	Toothless
Rod Kuehne	...	Ticket Agent
Leno Fletcher	...	Conductor
Joey Newington	...	Joey
Larry Ingold	...	Train Fireman
Tim Konrad	...	Barbwire Salesman's Companion
Glenn Fox	...	Boy with Gun
Foster	...	Copernicus
Freddie	...	Einstein
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Frank Beard	...	Band Member #1 at Party (uncredited)
Billy Gibbons	...	Band Member #2 at Party (uncredited)
Dorothy Hack	...	Townswoman (uncredited)
Dusty Hill	...	Band Member #3 at Party (uncredited)
Marion Tumen	...	Prostitute at Palace Saloon (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Zemeckis

Writing credits (WGA)
Robert Zemeckis		(characters) &
Bob Gale		(characters)
Robert Zemeckis		(story) &
Bob Gale		(story)
Bob Gale		(screenplay)

Produced by
Neil Canton	....	producer
Bob Gale	....	producer
Kathleen Kennedy	....	executive producer
Frank Marshall	....	executive producer
Steven Spielberg	....	executive producer
Steve Starkey	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Alan Silvestri

Cinematography by
Dean Cundey		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Harry Keramidas
Arthur Schmidt

Casting by
Mike Fenton
Valorie Massalas
Judy Taylor

Production Design by
Rick Carter

Art Direction by
Margie Stone McShirley
William James Teegarden		(as Jim Teegarden)

Set Decoration by
Michael Taylor

Costume Design by
Joanna Johnston

Makeup Department
Ellis Burman Jr.	....	additional makeup artist (as Ellis Burman)
Dorothy Byrne	....	key hair stylist
Hazel Catmull	....	key hair stylist
Dorothy D. Fox	....	hair stylist: Michael J. Fox
Nancy J. Hvasta Leonardi	....	additional makeup artist (as Nancy Hvasta)
Dale Miller	....	additional hair stylist
Michael Mills	....	key makeup artist
Kenny Myers	....	key makeup artist
Bron Roylance	....	makeup artist: Michael J. Fox
Brad Wilder	....	makeup artist: Mary Steenburgen (as Bradley Wilder)
Joy Zapata	....	hair stylist: second unit
Elizabeth Rabe	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Sharleen Rassi	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Brian Wade	....	makeup effects technician (uncredited)

Production Management
David L. Beanes	....	unit production manager: second unit (as David Beanes)
Joan Bradshaw	....	unit production manager
Martin Cohen	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carla Corwin	....	second second assistant director
Cara Giallanza	....	second assistant director
Mark Hansson	....	dga trainee
Max Kleven	....	second unit director
F. Cameron MacRae	....	dga trainee (as Cameron McRae)
David McGiffert	....	first assistant director
Bruce Moriarty	....	first assistant director: second unit
Jay Tobias	....	second assistant director: second unit
Sebastián Silva	....	additional second assistant director: action unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Jeff Ackerman	....	assistant property master
Scott M. Anderson	....	assistant property master
Craig Baron	....	assistant property master (as Craig Barron)
Daniel R. Bentley	....	property master: second unit (as Dan Bentley)
Randy Bostic	....	set dresser
Richard Brown	....	greensman
Cary Conway	....	painter
Erin M. Cummins	....	assistant art director (as Erin Cummins)
Beverli Eagan	....	set designer
Jerry Gadette	....	standby painter
Walt Hadfield	....	construction coordinator
Mike J. Hanrahan	....	set dresser
Sean Haworth	....	set designer
Ted Heimerdinger	....	greensman
Martha Johnston	....	set designer
Martin A. Kline	....	production illustrator (as Marty Kline)
Larry Lennert	....	greensman
Kevin Mangan	....	greensman: second unit
Tom McCown	....	leadman
Nancy Mickelberry	....	set designer (as Nancy Nickelberry)
Lisa Newman	....	set designer
Dan Ondrejko	....	greensman
Lee Orlikoff	....	leadman
Joseph G. Pacelli Jr.	....	set designer (as Joseph G. Pacelli)
Curt Powley	....	paint foreman
David Robbie	....	plaster foreman (as Dave Robbie)
Jerry Sargent	....	construction foreman
Paul Sonski	....	set designer
John Sweeney	....	set dresser
Eugene M. Texeira	....	greensman
John Tyrrell	....	paint foreman
Ed Verreaux	....	assistant art director
James F. Walker	....	construction foreman (as Jim Walker)
John Warnke	....	assistant art director
'Dangerous' Bob Widin	....	assistant property master
John Zemansky	....	property master
Glenn Forbes	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Laura Molina	....	props (uncredited)
Drew Struzan	....	poster artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Rick Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer
Peter C. Barbour	....	assistant sound editor
Kevin Bartnof	....	foley artist
James Bolt	....	sound re-recording mixer
Charles L. Campbell	....	supervising sound editor
Paul Timothy Carden	....	sound editor
Larry Carow	....	sound editor
Louis L. Edemann	....	supervising sound editor
D.G. Fisher	....	cable person
Richard C. Franklin	....	sound editor (as Richard Franklin)
Jessica Gallavan	....	adr editor
Leonard T. Geschke	....	sound editor
Nils C. Jensen	....	sound editor
William B. Kaplan	....	production sound mixer
Pamela G. Kimber	....	assistant sound editor (as Pam Kimber)
Donald J. Malouf	....	sound editor
Mickey McGovern	....	assistant sound effects editor
Colin C. Mouat	....	sound editor
Gary Mundheim	....	sound editor
Robb Navrides	....	sound effects editor: restoration
Chuck Neely	....	sound editor
Mel Neiman	....	processed sound effects
Alan L. Nineberg	....	adr editor
Bob O'Brien	....	sound editor
Greg Orloff	....	foley mixer
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer (as Charlene Richards)
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Rod Rogers	....	adr assistant
Albert Romero	....	sound recordist
Joseph T. Sabella	....	foley artist (as Joseph Sabella)
Earl Sampson	....	boom operator (as Earl F. Sampson)
Dennis S. Sands	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Dennis Sands)
Larry Singer	....	adr supervisor
Stephanie D. Singer	....	adr assistant
Carolyn Tapp	....	foley recordist
Tom Gerard	....	additional sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Alan Howarth	....	special sound effects (uncredited)
Susumu Tokunow	....	additional sound mixer (uncredited)
Susumu Tokunow	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
David Blitstein	....	special effects: second unit
Randy Cabral	....	special effects: second unit
Donald Elliott	....	special effects foreman
Joss Geiduschek	....	special effects
Don Kerns	....	mechanical effects
Louie Lantieri	....	special effects
Michael Lantieri	....	mechanical effects supervisor
William Lee	....	special effects: second unit
Matt McDonnell	....	special effects purchaser
Michael Meier	....	pyrotechnician
Tim Moran	....	special effects: second unit
Mark Noel	....	special effects (as Mark T. Noel)
Dan Ossello	....	special effects
Tom Pahk	....	special effects (as Thomas Pahk)
Chuck Ray	....	mechanical effects
Tom Ryba	....	special effects: second unit
Michael Smith	....	pyro technician (as Mike Smith)
Brian Tipton	....	special effects
Judith Weaver	....	special effects coordinator
Randy Algoe	....	visual effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Barbara Affonso	....	chief model maker
Jon Alexander	....	optical camera operator
Carl Assmus	....	stage construction
Charles Bailey	....	model maker
Randall K. Bean	....	computer graphics
Kathleen Beeler	....	rotoscope artist
John Bell	....	visual effects art director
Maggie Bell-Corbridge	....	visual effects extra
Tom Bertino	....	rotoscope supervisor
Patricia Blau	....	visual effects producer
Barbara Brennan	....	rotoscope artist
Kim Bromley	....	visual effects coordinator
Lanny Cermak	....	camera engineer
Donald Clark	....	optical camera operator
Michael Cooper	....	optical line-up
Gail Currey	....	camera engineering coordinator
Giovanni Donovan	....	model maker
Jeff Doran	....	optical camera operator
Loring Doyle	....	visual effects artist
Timothy Eaton	....	visual effects editor (as Tim Eaton)
Selwyn Eddy	....	vistaglide operator (as Selwyn Eddy III)
John Ellis	....	optical photography supervisor
Scott Farrar	....	visual effects supervisor
Bob Fernley	....	optical processing
Robert Finley Jr.	....	supervising pyro technician
Jon Foreman	....	model maker
Jack Gallagher	....	plate photography coordinator: ILM
George Gambetta	....	optical line-up
Steve Gawley	....	supervising model maker
Tim Geideman	....	optical processing
Joanne Hafner	....	rotoscope artist
James Hagedorn	....	optical camera operator
Eleanor Harrold	....	model maker
Jack Haye	....	model maker
Rebecca Heskes	....	rotoscope artist (as Rebecca Petrulli)
Sandy Houston	....	rotoscope artist
Tony Hudson	....	modeler: ILM
Peg Hunter	....	optical line-up
Nancy Jencks	....	assistant editor: ILM
Ken Jenkins	....	model maker
Brad Jerrell	....	supervising stage technician
Keith Johnson	....	optical camera operator
Ed Jones	....	executive in charge of post-production: ILM
David Karpman	....	optical line-up
Sandra Ford Karpman	....	computer graphics (as Sandra R. Ford)
Douglas S. Kay	....	computer graphics
Ira Keeler	....	model maker
Bill Kimberlin	....	visual effects editor
Jennifer Knoll	....	visual effects coordinator
Tad Krzanowski	....	model mechanical designer
Brad Kuehn	....	optical line-up
Greg Lake	....	model maker
Jennifer Lee	....	optical line-up
James Lim	....	optical camera operator
Keith London	....	model maker
Greg Maloney	....	optical line-up
Scott McNamara	....	chief model maker
Richard Miller	....	model maker
Russell Mitchell	....	stage construction
Terry Molatore	....	rotoscope artist
Jack Mongovan	....	rotoscope artist
Mark Moore	....	mechanical model design
Mark Emery Moore	....	model mechanical designer
Rodney Morgan	....	model mechanical designer
Jim Morris	....	executive in charge of production: ILM
Ellen Mueller	....	rotoscope artist
Patrick T. Myers	....	effects camera operator
Lori J. Nelson	....	optical line-up
Buck O'Hare	....	stage construction
Jeff Olson	....	model maker
Dawn Oltman	....	editorial coordinator
Randy Ottenberg	....	model maker
Ken Ralston	....	visual effects supervisor
Christopher Reed	....	model maker (as Chris Reed)
Carolyn Ensle Rendu	....	rotoscope artist (as Carolyn Rendu-Ensle)
Pat Repola	....	optical camera operator
Scott Ross	....	general manager: ILM
Susan Ross	....	model maker
Thomas Rosseter	....	optical line-up (as Tom Rosseter)
Mark Siegel	....	model maker
Kenneth Smith	....	optical camera operator
Thomas J. Smith	....	optical camera operator (as Thomas Smith)
Douglas Smythe	....	computer graphics
Eben Stromquist	....	model mechanical designer
Eric Swenson	....	effects camera operator
Wes Takahashi	....	animation supervisor
Larry Tan	....	model maker
Wim van Thillo	....	model maker
Lisa Vaughn	....	optical coordinator
Bruce Walters	....	effects camera supervisor
John Whisnant	....	optical processing
Chuck Wiley	....	model maker
Jeffrey Wilkins	....	model mechanical designer
Susan Adele Colletta	....	post production coordinator (uncredited)
Peter Daulton	....	visual effects cameraman (uncredited)
Jenny Fulle	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Michael Joyce	....	model maker (uncredited)
Vance Piper	....	plate camera assistant (uncredited)

Stunts
Will Cascio	....	stunts
Danny Costa	....	stunts
Charles Croughwell	....	stunts
Marguerite Happy	....	stunts
Robert Jauregui	....	stunts
Walt La Rue	....	stunts (as Walt LaRue)
Mike H. McGaughy	....	stunts (as Mike McGaughy)
Daniel K. Moore	....	stunts (as Danny Moore)
Gary Morgan	....	stunts
Daniel O'Haco	....	stunts
Jeff O'Haco	....	stunts
James Pratt	....	stunts (as Jim Pratt)
Ben Scott	....	stunts
Walter Scott	....	stunt coordinator
Brian Smrz	....	stunts
R.L. Tolbert	....	stunts
Jennifer Watson-Johnston	....	stunts (as Jennifer Watson)
Bob Yerkes	....	stunts
Bobby Aldridge	....	stunts (uncredited)
Charles Croughwell	....	stunt double: Michael J. Fox (uncredited)
Debbie Evans	....	stunt double: Elisabeth Shue (uncredited)
Marguerite Happy	....	stunt double: Mary Steenburgen (uncredited)
Marco Paul	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael J. Bailey	....	best boy: second unit (as Michael Bailey)
Bill Barr	....	electrician
Josh Bleibtreu	....	camera operator: second unit
Clyde E. Bryan	....	first assistant camera
Don Burgess	....	director of photography: second unit
Tom Cantrell	....	lighting technician
Ron Cardarelli	....	key grip
Sean M. Casey	....	still photographer
Steve Chandler	....	lighting technician
Peter Clarson	....	gaffer: second unit
Tom Cloutier	....	electrician
Dwight Dalzell	....	video playback: second unit
Peter Daulton	....	camera operator
Larry D. Davis	....	second assistant camera (as Larry Dean Davis)
Scott R. Davis	....	grip best boy: second unit (as Scott Davis)
Marty Dobkousky	....	grip
Dick Dova	....	grip
Michael Ferris	....	camera operator: second unit (as Mike Ferris)
Bob Finley III	....	electrician
Ray Gilberti	....	camera operator
David Hanks	....	assistant camera
David Heron	....	electrician (as Dave Heron)
Bobby Huber	....	key grip: second unit
Larry Hunter	....	electrician
Ian Kelly	....	video engineer
Demetre Lagios	....	camera engineer
Geoffrey Lake	....	electrician
George Llerena	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Sid Lucero	....	best boy grip
Patrick McArdle	....	assistant camera (as Pat McArdle)
Dave Murphy	....	electrician
Ralph Nelson	....	still photographer (as Ralph Bahnsen Nelson)
Kerry Nordquist	....	still photographer
John O'Grady	....	grip
Kate O'Neill	....	assistant camera
Michael Ohta	....	grip
Orlando Orona	....	electrician
David Owen	....	still photographer
Fred Perdue	....	grip
Vance Piper	....	assistant camera
Jim Rankin	....	grip
Robin Roberts	....	grip
Mark Soucie	....	lighting technician
Scott Sproule	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Raymond Stella	....	camera operator (as Raymond N. Stella)
Duncan Sutherland	....	assistant camera
Edward R. Thompson Jr.	....	lighting technician (as Ed Thompson)
Jack Todd	....	rigging gaffer
Pat Turner	....	key camera operator
Dave Wachtman	....	dolly grip
Mark Walthour	....	chief lighting technician (as Mark D. Walthour)
Jolanda R. Wipfli	....	camera loader
Anthony Wong	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Peter Chrimes	....	key grip: second unit (uncredited)
Peter Clarson	....	chief lighting technician: second unit (uncredited)
Moshe Levin	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Ron Newburn	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)

Animation Department
Gordon Baker	....	animator
Peter Crosman	....	animator
Sean Turner	....	animator

Casting Department
Joni Kearney	....	casting assistant
Jay Newington	....	extras casting: Sonora/Jamestown
Jennifer Thurman	....	extras casting: Sonora/Jamestown

Costume and Wardrobe Department
James P. Cullen	....	costumer (as Jim Cullen)
Kelly Lindquist	....	costumer
Maurice Palinski	....	costumer: men, second unit (as Frank 'Maurice' Palinski)
Chuck Velasco	....	costume supervisor: men
Barcie Waite	....	assistant costume designer
Pamela Wise	....	costume supervisor: women (as Pam Wise)

Editorial Department
Jeffrey Cranford	....	apprentice editor
Eric C. Daroca	....	assistant editor
Ron Fode	....	negative cutter
Alexandra Leviloff	....	assistant editor
Peter Lonsdale	....	associate editor
Janet Fiona Mason	....	first assistant editor
Roberto McGrath	....	negative cutter
Louis Rivera	....	negative cutter
Stephen R. Sheridan	....	color timer (as Steve Sheridan)
Carin-Anne Strohmaier	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
David Bifano	....	music programmer
Tom Boyd	....	musician: oboe soloist
Julian Bratolyubov	....	music prep
James B. Campbell	....	orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor
Kenneth Karman	....	music editor (as Ken Karman)
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer (as Dennis Sands)
Jacqueline Tager	....	assistant music editor
James Thatcher	....	musician: French horn solos
Chuck Domanico	....	musician: bass (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Denny Caira	....	transportation captain: second unit
Steve Collins	....	transportation captain
Dale Henry	....	transportation captain
Russell McEntyre	....	transportation coordinator
Keith O'Brien	....	transportation co-captain
Bruce Richardson	....	train transportation crew
Wayne Stone	....	transportation co-captain
Tiny Trammell	....	train transportation crew
Lyle Christensen	....	shotmaker driver (uncredited)
Tom Marchetti	....	driver (uncredited)
Lowell D. Smith	....	driver: horse truck (uncredited)

Other crew
Todd J. Adelman	....	first aid
Alia Agha	....	production assistant
Scott M. Anderson	....	asst. prop master
Colleen Arnaud	....	assistant accountant
Rebecca Baehler	....	production assistant
Robert Bennett	....	stand-in: Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Burmeister	....	location manager
Leslie Cook	....	assistant choreographer
Bret Culpepper	....	technical advisor
Matilda de Cagny	....	dog trainer (as Matilda De Cagny)
Mary Anne De Simone	....	assistant: Mr. Gale
Thomas S. Dickson	....	location projectionist (as Tom Dickson)
Dick Elder	....	humane society
Roger Evetts	....	location projectionist
Sharon Felder	....	production assistant
Mark Forbes	....	dog trainer
Spencer Franklin	....	production assistant
Walt Freitas	....	mechanic
Reuben Goldberg	....	pyro technician
Tim Gonzales	....	craft service: second unit
Scott Harris	....	production assistant
Harry Hauss	....	helicopter pilot: second unit
T.J. Healy II	....	assistant: Christopher Lloyd
Ray Herbeck Jr.	....	re-enactor coordinator
Michael Higgins	....	dance double: Michael J. Fox (as Michael W. Higgins)
Kevin Holloway	....	photo double: Marty
Joanna Hoyle-Davis	....	production assistant
Don Immerman	....	first aid: second unit
Brad Jeffries	....	choreographer
Pam Kaye	....	production accountant
Julie Kingsdale	....	assistant: Mr. Zemeckis
Michael Klastorin	....	unit publicist
Stevie Lazo	....	production accountant
Tali Lipa	....	construction accountant
Mike MacKenzie	....	vistaglide engineer
Marc Madrick	....	assistant accountant
Gary McClendon	....	pyro technician
Hayley B. Miller	....	assistant: Mr. Starkey
Mark Miller	....	train location coordinator
Randy Miller	....	bear supplier
Tim Monich	....	dialect coach
Leanne Moore	....	supervising production accountant
Arvo Ojala	....	advisor: gunslinger
Paul Pav	....	location manager
Brian Pulaski	....	assistant: Michael J. Fox
Willie Radcliff	....	craft service
Bonne Radford	....	production controller
Mary T. Radford	....	assistant: Mr. Marshall (as Mary Radford)
Corky Randall	....	ramrod
Susan Spencer Robbins	....	co-production coordinator
Richard Edgar Rollins IV	....	production assistant (as Richards Rollins IV)
Brigette Roux-Lough	....	assistant: Michael J. Fox (as Bridget Roux-Lough)
Lata Ryan	....	supervising production coordinator
Rebecca Sanders	....	production assistant
Jay Shapiro	....	production assistant
Jacqueline A. Shea	....	assistant production coordinator
Gordon A. Spencer	....	wrangler (as Gordon Spencer)
Todd L. Thomas	....	production assistant (as Todd Thomas)
Jack Tice	....	studio teacher
Marion Tumen	....	script supervisor (as Marion Tumen-Jones)
Gene Walker	....	wrangler
Kelly C. Wallace	....	assistant: Mr. Canton (as Kelly Carlyle Wallace)
Hope Williams	....	script supervisor: second unit
Adam Pinkstaff	....	vehicle fabricator (uncredited)
Alexander Xavier Ponce-Bonano	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Byron Berline	....	thanks
Wendy Greene Bricmont	....	thanks
Clint Eastwood	....	thanks
Mitch Holder	....	thanks
Michael Jackson	....	thanks
Frank Marocco	....	thanks
Laura Perlman	....	thanks
Steve Schaeffer	....	thanks
Dennis Setchet	....	thanks
Bob Smith	....	thanks (as Buffalo Bob Smith)
Simon Wells	....	thanks
Michael Winslow	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures
• Amblin Entertainment
• U-Drive Productions

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1990) (USA) (theatrical)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1990) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1990) (France) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1990) (UK) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1990) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1990) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (1990) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Argentina Video Home (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)
• CIC Video (1992) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc)
• CIC Vídeo (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (1990) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (199?) (USA) (VHS)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (199?) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MCA/Universal Pictures (????) (USA) (VHS)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1991) (USA) (TV)
• Pioneer LDC (199?) (Japan) (video) (laserdisc)
• Pioneer LDCE (199?) (Europe) (video) (laserdisc)
• Pioneer (1997) (UK) (video) (laserdisc)
• Universal Home Video (200?) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2002) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (25th anniversary trilogy)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray) (25th anniversary trilogy)

Special Effects

• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Cinema Research  opticals
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Navajo Nation, The  the producers wish to thank
• Pacific Title  opticals
• People of Tuolumne County, California, The  the producers wish to thank
• Post Logic Studios  digital film mastering
• Ritek Digital Studios  dvd mastering
• Saxon/Ross Film Design  titles designed by
• Softitler  English subtitles
• Sunrise Films  negative cutting
• TAJ Soundworks  foley
• Tony's Food Service  catering
• Varèse Sarabande  original soundtrack score on (as Varèse Sarabande CDs and Cassettes)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)

Certification:

Netherlands:MG6 (DVD rating) | South Korea:12 | Brazil:Livre | Ireland:G | Spain:T | Canada:G (Quebec) | Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) | Germany:12 (video rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-10/7 | Iceland:L | Italy:T | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

161 N. Magnolia Avenue, Monrovia, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Director Trademark: [Robert Zemeckis] [citation]When Marty walks along the railroad tracks and finally reaches the town, he comes to the railway station. Then he walks into the town, while the camera slowly rises up above the station and finally shows Marty at a large distance walking into the town. This scene is shot exactly the same way as the scene in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), when Jill arrives at the station.

Goofs:

Continuity: Position of the Indians in different shots when Marty arrives in 1885.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Marty McFly:Doc! Doc! Doc!
Doc:[not paying attention] What?
Marty McFly:Doc!
Doc:What?
Marty McFly:Doc!
Doc:[finally seeing him] Aaaah!
Marty McFly:Okay, relax, Doc, it's me! It's me! It's Marty!
Doc:No, it can't be! I just sent you back to the future!
Marty McFly:Oh, I know you did send me back to the future. But I'm back! I'm back from the future.
[...]

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Featured in "The Angry Video Game Nerd: Back to the Future (#1.6)" (2006)

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Battle Cry of Freedom

The difficult third part in the trilogy

Even in the best franchises which proved that sequels can be just as good, if not better than the originals, the third parts are often fairly controversial. Look no further than to the third entries in "The Godfather" and "The Terminator" movies. "Back To The Future III" is no exception to that rule as it clearly is the weakest part in the trilogy, but it's still one hell of a great ride.

Writer/producer Bob Gale and writer/director Robert Zemeckis are two very clever men. They know the difficulties of sequels well. As Zemeckis explains somewhere on the "BTTF"-DVD set, the hardest part is to give the audience something new without moving too far away from the original's spirit. "Back To The Future II" achieved that goal gloriously (although Zemeckis who is very critical about his own work is always downsizing the greatness of it). Maybe the two Bobs went a bit too far away from what audiences loved about the original in part 3.

Although the movie is set mainly in the Wild West, it's still seen through the eyes of two people from the 80's. There are shootouts, horse chases and train robberies, but "Back To The Future III" is never a real Western. What makes this movie seem different from its predecessors is that fittingly it doesn't have a lot to do with teen culture anymore (save for a Michael Jackson-reference). Marty himself seems to have grown up quite a bit and you'll be surprised to see him behaving more focused on his mission than Doc in the latter half of the movie. This change of places by the characters was a deliberate decision by the writers and it does push the story and the relationship of Marty and Doc forward, but something about it just doesn't feel right.

It's intriguing to learn about the origins of Hill Valley and the ancestors of the McFly-clan. However, the earnest Seamus McFly and his family - that for some reason includes a woman looking like Marty's mother - seem strangely out of place in a BTTF-movie. They're just not quirky enough.

What makes the story seem even more estranged is the introduction of a new character, Clara Clayton, with whom Doc falls madly in love. Now, although we should all be happy for Doc having found his own private happiness, somehow we don't want him to behave like that. It's not Doc as we know and love him - and that's exactly the problem Robert Zemeckis was talking about. Marty and Doc used to be a team. Was anyone happy for John when Yoko got between him and The Beatles?

I still think "Back To The Future III" is an amazing accomplishment, a fine finale to one of the best trilogies ever made. You can't give enough praise to Zemeckis and Gale for not just making these movies for financial reasons but for actually trying to make them as good as possible. Personally, I love this movie to bits and I don't think it could have been realized any better. The only explanation I got for why this brilliant sequel got a lukewarm rating of 6.7 from IMDb users, is the dilemma Zemeckis himself was aware of, but couldn't fully avoid.

Fans who are still longing for a fourth part should keep that in mind and would be best advised to let it go. Zemeckis and Gale have said repeatedly that they don't plan on ever continuing the story. And why should they? Everything has been said, everything has been done. The movies are perfect the way they are. Let's be thankful there are still filmmakers that stick to their artistic conviction.