Back To The Future (1985 Box Office Champ)

Back To The Future (1985 Box Office Champ)

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February 18, 2026 · 1h 12m · Season 24 · Episode 1

About this episode

The episode discusses the box-office champion film Back to the Future from 1985, directed by Robert Zemeckis.

The first episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1985 features the box-office champion, Robert Zemeckis’ Back to the Future . Directed and co-written by Robert Zemeckis and starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover and Thomas F. Wilson, Back to the Future launched an enduring franchise that includes two sequels. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert ( https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/back-to-the-future-1985 ), Janet Maslin in The New York Times ( https://www.nytimes.com/1985/07/03/movies/in-future-boy-returns-to-the-past.html ), and Sheila Benson in the Los Angeles Times ( https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-07-03-ca-10392-story.html ). Check out more info and the entire archive of past episodes at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com and visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyear You can find Jason on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/ , on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/ You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/ , on Facebook at…

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Host: Awesome Movie Year

Topics covered

  • 1985 movies
  • Back to the Future
  • box office
  • film history
  • franchise

Keywords

  • Back to the Future
  • 1985
  • Robert Zemeckis
  • Michael J. Fox
  • film analysis

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Organizations: Roger Ebert, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times

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