Comparing The Film 'Back To The Future'

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‘Back to the Future’ is a 1985 American science-fiction adventure comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale. The main characters are Michael J. Fox (Marty McFly in the film) and Christopher Lloyd (Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown in the film).
The film is about a teenager called Marty McFly, who meets a mad scientist, Dr. Emmett “Doc” Brown. Doc has a DeLorean “time machine” and Marty is accidentally sent back to 1955, when his parents were in high school. Later, his mother meets Marty (who is her son) and she falls in love with him. Due to this, Marty is in trouble since he realizes that he is going to disappear. Therefore, Marty and Doc must repair the damage to history by causing Marty’s parents to fall in love.

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