“Back to the Future” is one of those movies I have watched again, again and again.
Despite its futuristic title, it’s a movie that brings me back to the past.
I was a college sophomore when the film debuted in theaters July 1985. I didn’t see the movie during its first release. I purchased the VHS years later for my first viewing.
At the time of the movie’s release, my fellow college students raved about BTTF. Even the college newspaper got into the act by featuring a picture of the campus pastor’s car, a DeLorean, on the front page.
The silver car with gull wing doors was used as the time machine in BTTF. It allowed people to travel between the past, present and future.
Today, however, the future date in the movie – Oct. 21, 2015, is now a past date.
Back in 1985 a year in the 2000s seemed very far into the future. But when you thought about it, the futuristic year placed us college kids only in our 50s.
Back in 1985, age 50 was considered old.
Thanks to Thursday’s Luverne Bank Nite at the Palace Theatre, I was able to watch the movie in a theater 30 years after its premiere.
I still enjoy the story.
Michael J. Fox plays the main character, the son named Marty, of a dysfunctional family (the McFlys). Marty is friends with an inventor/scientist Doc Brown, who develops a time machine out of a DeLorean.
In fleeing terrorists, Marty is accidently catapulted back to the year 1955.
While in the 1955 time period, Marty meets his father and mother as high schoolers and that meeting changes their lives and ultimately Marty’s family life for the better.
Thursday’s show in Luverne was the first time my 18-year-old son has seen the movie. (He isn’t into watching movies on VHS.)
Adam laughed at the funny parts and rooted for Marty as Doc found a way to get him back to the future.
I will remember my time watching BTTF in the theater for the first time with a child who wasn’t born until 1997. Hopefully Adam has the same positive memories of watching the movie for the first time by accompanying his mom.
Thank you, Bank Nite organizers, for bringing a classic to the screen. I enjoyed my journey back in time.