Back To The Future Part III (1990)

"They've saved the best trip for last... But this time they may have gone too far."

Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Produced by Neil Canton, Bob Gale
Screenplay by Bob Gale
Story by Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale

Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F. Wilson, Lea Thompson
Music by Alan Silvestri
Cinematography: Dean Cundey
Edited by Harry Keramidas, Arthur Schmidt
Production company: Amblin Entertainment
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date: 25 May 1990 (United States)
Running time: 119 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $40 million (shared with Part II)
Box office: $244.5 million

"Back to the Future Part III" is an action adventure comedy film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Bob Gale. It's the third and final installment of the "Back to the Future" trilogy which follows Doctor Emmet Brown who is about to be killed by Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen in 1885.

Cast

• Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly and Seamus McFly
• Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown
• Mary Steenburgen as Clara Clayton
• Thomas F. Wilson as Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen and Biff Tannen
• Lea Thompson as Maggie McFly and Lorraine Baines-McFly
• James Tolkan as Marshal James Strickland
• Elisabeth Shue as Jennifer Parker
• Jeffrey Weissman as George McFly
• Flea as Douglas J. Needles

The merited finale of the great trilogy: if at the beginning of the film, you may think "Hey, what more can we see?", then viewers start to realise that something exciting still remains. As I'm keen on western pictures, I enjoy the third part almost as much as the first one: cowboys, shootings, dancing, favourite characters and splendid music. And I suppose such a wonderful ending is what all fans deserve.

Advantages

• Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly
• Christopher Lloyd as Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown
• Lea Thompson as Lorraine Baines-McFly
• Music
• Robert Zemeckis
• Logical timelines

Disadvantages

• Some scenes are overacted

"Strangenesses"

• Time travelling

Clue Moments

• Clara
• Indians
• The showdown
• The train

Soundtracks

1. Alan Silvestri - Main Title
2. Alan Silvestri - It's Clara (The Train Part II)
3. Alan Silvestri - Hill Valley
4. Alan Silvestri - The Hanging
5. Alan Silvestri - At First Sight
6. Alan Silvestri - Indians
7. Alan Silvestri - Goodbye Clara
8. Alan Silvestri - Doc Returns
9. Alan Silvestri - Point Of No Return (The Train Part III)
10. Alan Silvestri - The Future Isn't Written
11. Alan Silvestri - The Showdown
12. Alan Silvestri - Doc To The Rescue
13. Alan Silvestri - The Kiss
14. Alan Silvestri - We're Out Of Gas
15. Alan Silvestri - Wake Up Juice
16. Alan Silvestri - A Science Experiment (The Train Part I)
17. ZZ Top - Doubleback (with Alan Silvestri)
18. Alan Silvestri - End Credits

Quotations

* * *

Jennifer Parker: Dr. Brown, I brought this note back from the future and - now it's erased.
Doc: Of course it's erased!
Jennifer Parker: But what does that mean?
Doc: It means your future hasn't been written yet. No one's has. Your future is whatever you make it. So make it a good one, both of you.
Marty McFly: [Marty wraps his arm around Jennifer] We will, Doc.

* * *

Marty McFly: Hey, Doc! Where you goin' now? Back to the future?
Doc: Nope. Already been there.

* * *

Doc: Marty, you're going to have to do something about those clothes. You walk around town dressed like that, you're liable to get shot.
Marty McFly: Or hanged.
Doc: What idiot dressed you in that outfit?
Marty McFly: You did.

* * *

Doc: And in the future, we don't need horses. We have motorized carriages called automobiles.
Saloon Old Timer #3: If everybody's got one of these auto-whatsits, does anybody walk or run anymore?
Doc: Of course we run. But for recreation. For fun.
Saloon Old Timer #3: Run for fun? What the hell kind of fun is that?

* * *

Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: What's your name, dude?
Marty McFly: Uh, Mar- Eastwood. Clint Eastwood.
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: What kind of stupid name is that?

* * *

Clara Clayton: I don't dance very well when my partner has a gun in his hand.

* * *

Marty McFly: How many did he have?
Bartender: Just the one.
Marty McFly: Just the one? Come on, Doc!
Bartender: There's a fella that can't hold his liquor.

* * *

Doc: You're just not thinking fourth dimensionally!
Marty McFly: Right, right. I have a real problem with that.

* * *

Doc: Clara was one in a million. One in a billion. One in a googolplex!

* * *

Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Wake up! Get up! Let's go! I got me a runt to kill.
Buford's Gang Member #1: It's still early, boss. What's your hurry?
Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: I'm hungry.

* * *

Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen: Listen up, Eastwood! I aim to shoot somebody today and I'd prefer it'd be you. But if you're just too damn yella, I guess it'll just have to be your blacksmith friend.

* * *

Doc: [upon seeing the "Howdy Doody Show" on TV] Howdy Doody time?

* * *

Young Doc: Remember, where you're going, there are no roads.

* * *

[Marty is still wearing his 1985 shoes]
Young Doc: Marty, you have to wear the boots. You can't wear those futuristic things back in 1885. You shouldn't even be wearing them here in 1955.
Marty McFly: Alright, Doc. Look, as soon I get there, I'll put them on. I promise.

* * *

Doc: Marty, you can't go losing your judgment every time someone calls you a name. That's exactly what causes you to get into that accident in the future.

* * *

[reading his own gravestone in 1955]
Young Doc: "Shot in the back by Buford Tannen, over a matter of eighty dollars." What kind of a future do you call that?

* * *

Doc: Marty, I gave you explicit instructions not to come here but to go directly back to 1985.
Marty McFly: I know, Doc. But I had to come.
Doc: But it's good to see ya, Marty.

* * *

[after the DeLorean is smashed to bits by a freight train upon his eventual return to 1985]
Marty McFly: Well, Doc, it's destroyed. Just like you wanted.

* * *

You may see the trailer here.

Plot: 9/10

Entertainment: 9/10

Acting: 8/10

Originality: 8/10

Music and Sound: 8/10

8/10

previous Back To The Future Part II (1989)