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Back to the Future Part III (1990) or, The DeLorean Time Traveler's Final Adventure

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Exciting graphics and fonts, bright colors and an expertly crafted painted image with the three stars provoke imagination and anticipation on this poster for Robert Zemeckis' Back to the Future Part III
 

Doc Brown falls in love during a time travel to the Wild West of 1885. Will Marty McFly succeed in getting his pal to return with him, back to the future?

 

Back to the Future Part III is written by co-writer/co-producer Bob Gale (1941 (1979)), with Illinoisan master filmmaker, co-writer/director Robert Zemeckis (I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)) contributing story elements. It is the 3rd and final film in Gale/Zemeckis' Back to the Future trilogy (1984; 1989; 1990) and Zemeckis' 8th feature.
The movie is driven by the same love of storytelling and effects as the two first, and the story and script are again intelligent and fun. But the exciting time aspects of Part II are mostly left for a romance that, however sweet feels somewhat recycled.
Part III is still a good and exciting film, and Michael J. Fox (Spin City (1996-2001)) and Christopher Lloyd (Taxi (1978-1983)) are still an entertaining delight as its lead duo.

 

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Cost: 40 mil. $
Box office: 245 mil. $
= Huge hit (returned 6.12 times its cost)

[Back to the Future Part III was released 25 May (North America) and runs 118 minutes. Fox was paid 5 mil. $ for his performance in the film. The old West setting was reportedly chosen based on a remark by Fox made during production of the first film. Shooting took place back to back with Part II (11 months of production in total) from August 1989 - January 1990 in California, Utah and Arizona. The film opened #1 to a 19 mil. $ first weekend in North America, where it spent another 3 weekends in the top 5 (#2-#3-#5), grossing 87.7 mil. $ (35.8 % of the total gross). Roger Ebert gave the film a 2.5/4 star review, translating to a notch under this one. Zemeckis returned with Two-Fisted Tales (1992, TV movie, segment) and theatrically with Death Becomes Her (1992). Fox returned in The Hard Way (1991); Lloyd with a voice performance in DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Last Lamp (1990) and physically in Suburban Commando (1991); and Mary Steenburgen (Antiquities (2018)) with a voice performance in The Long Walk Home (1990) and physically in The Butcher's Wife (1991). Back to the Future Part III is certified fresh at 80 % with a 6.70/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.]

 

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