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Back to the Future

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Adventure

Comedy

Sci-Fi

Release Date

July 3, 1985

Runtime

116 minutes

Director

Robert Zemeckis

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Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.

Writers

Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale

Main Genre

Sci-Fi

Writers

Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale

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