25th Anniversary of Back to the Future is this weekend

MzHartz

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Date: Fri Oct 22 07:25 2010

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This post from Jen at EPBOT is loaded full of more goodies than I could accumulate myself: I'm having a rough and rushed week this week, guys, but I had to drop in with these geekalicious Back to the Future goodies. You, uh, DO know that this weekend is the 25th anniversary of Back to the Future, right? RIGHT? And you also know it's going to be shown in select AMC theaters across the U.S. both this Saturday afternoon and Monday night, right? John and I are hoping to make the Saturday matinee. Or perhaps I should say: we're hoping I'll be able to sit through the whole movie without any problems. I haven't been in a theater since the last Star Trek movie due to some pesky health issues, but by golly, I'm chancing it for this! Not to mention it'll be a great time for John to wear the new Woot shirt I got him: Aw yeeah. (You can get it here for $15.) If you're a fellow BttF fan, you'll also want to see the original props and wardrobe currently being auctioned off byProfiles in History. There's no way any of us plebeians could afford so much as a matchbook, of course, but it's fabulous fun to gawk at: This shoe (that's singular, mind you) is estimated to go for $12,000 - $15,000. And compared with how it looked on screen, it looks terrible. Heh. Funny how props are like that. I saw a screen-used Storm Trooper helmet from the original trilogy once, and it had peeling stickers on it. Seriously. Here's the real jackpot, though: Marty's jacket here is expected to go for up to $50,000 at auction. Unlike the shoes there was only one ever made, though, so I can see why - and the money goes to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, which is awesome. Oh, and did you ever wonder how Marty's re-sizing jacket worked? Prepare to be amazed. Or at least to laugh: Yep, the movie magic was achieved with lots of tubes and cables operated by guys lying at Fox's feet. Ha! Love it. For more affordable souvenirs, I found replica Hoverboards, OUTATIME license plates, and of course those ridiculous color-changing hats all on Ebay: They sold these hats (or ones just like them) at Universal for the longest time, back when the BttF ride was still there. Man, I miss that ride. [sob] Curse you, Simpsons!! Ahem. I'm sure you've probably seen this by now, but in case you haven't, here are some clips of the original Marty, EricStolz: Popout It's surreal seeing someone else in those scenes, isn't it? And you can see what people mean when they say it was a much darker look for the film; Fox really was the perfect choice. UPDATE: Oh! Almost forgot! Spike TV teamed up with Michael J. Fox to recreate a BttF teaser trailer, frame-for-frame. Which is cool. You can see both vids (for comparison) here on GeekDad. And finally, for the real BttF geeks, here's a great post discussing the alternate drafts for Back to the Future 2 (plus a truly bizarre clip of Cripin Glover losing it on Letterman.) Fascinating stuff. __________________

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Date: Fri Oct 22 08:29 2010

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I wonder if JR will go out and try and see it in the theater. __________________ Stop trying to be what you see. Be what you ought to be.

Lady Strange

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Date: Fri Oct 22 09:45 2010

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I actually saw this movie in the theater. Man, I'm old. __________________ "Tell me, does it move you, Does it soothe you, Does it fill your heart and soul with the roots of rock & roll? When you can't get through it you can listen to it with a 'na na na na', Well I've been there before" -"Been There Before" by Hanson