Today in history: My favorite movie of all time was released

July 3rd is an important day for me because it is the day that "Back to the Future" was released in cinemas. The year was 1985 (just like in the film) and I was still very young.

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I'm not going to get into what this film is about because honestly, this film and the 2 that followed it are so legendary that I don't think they need any sort of introduction. Basically, if you haven't seen it you really shouldn't be waiting... go see it now. I know I recommend a lot of films but this is my favorite movie of all time and you only get one of those!

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_{even the opening credits are incredibly entertaining}

Robert Zemeckis was the director and writer of the gem and at that point in time he was a relatively new face on the scene. He has gone on to write and direct a number of super-huge hits (including Forrest Gump, which is definitely in my top ten.) I believe he has an outstanding vision that simply makes his films a lot of fun regardless of the topic at hand.

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Back to the Future was my "go-to" film on VHS anytime I stayed home from school. There were a lot of times that I was sick or was pretending to be sick and it was a common practice for us kids when this happened to park our butts on the sofa downstairs in the "playroom" with a blanket and watch movies (basically just stay out of Mom's way.) I would say that there is a very good chance that I have seen BTTF around a hundred times and if it was on right now, i would gladly watch it again despite the fact that I can quote dialogue pretty much through the entire film and know exactly what is going to happen at all times.

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I just love so many parts of this film. Including the "Jonny B. Goode" performance where the overdubbed vocals are very very clearly not Michael J. Fox's own.

Fun Facts about Back to the Future

• In a very early version of the BTTF story, the time machine was an old refrigerator (glad that got wrote out)
• Eric Stoltz was originally cast for the role of "Marty"(because Michael J. Fox had a scheduling confilct - MJF was always their first choice) but the chemistry between Eric and the script as well as the other actors was so god-awful that the film was put on hold. Eric accidentally made it to the final cut, but the scene is very difficult to spot.
• Some genius from the exec department thought the name of the film was no good and tried to have it changed to "Spaceman from Pluto".... I'm wondering if this guy even read the script at all
• The script was originally rejected by every major studio
• There were no sequels planned when making the first film (that just shows great writing since the films tie together so well in the end of it all)
• Johnny Depp tried out for the role of Marty... his performance was so unmemorable that the casting director forgot he actually had tried out and they had to return to some very old audition notes to confirm this

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The story, the music, the acting, almost all of the CGI is just perfect and I wouldn't really change a thing about it to be honest. This legendary film debuted on July 3rd, 1985.