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Michael J. Fox Recreates 'Back To The Future' With Surprise 'Johnny B. Goode' Performance

Posted 11/14/11 12:23 pm EST by in Around the Blogosphere, Video


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Twenty-six years after the world witnessed Marty McFly perform Chuck Berry's hit "Johnny B. Goode" on the big screen in "Back to the Future," Michael J. Fox has returned to the stage to perform again.

Fox took to the stage at his A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinsons charity benefit at the Waldorf-Astoria. Based on the video released of the performance, it looks like Fox closed out the event in high style with some pretty epic guitar shreds. Fox surprised attendees with his last-minute performance.

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Michael J. Fox And Lea Thompson On The Impact Of 'Back To The Future,' Getting Hit On By Young Fans

Posted 10/27/10 6:55 pm EST by in DVD, Interviews, News, Video


Going "Back to the Future" seems to have paid off for both Michael J. Fox and Lea Thompson: 25 years after the time-travel comedy became a worldwide sensation and the highest-grossing movie of 1985, the stars are still amazed by the impact the film had back then... and still has today.

At a recent event to celebrate the release of the "Back to the Future" Trilogy 25th Anniversary Collection on DVD and Blu-ray, Fox told MTV News that while he doesn't remember "large chunks" of making the film -- he was also starring in "Family Ties" at the time and was thus working 20-hour days -- he does remember what happened when the movie hit theaters. "I was away in England when it opened," he said. "And I was getting these calls from the States saying, 'You have no idea how big this is.' And when I came back, it was a different world."

Thompson, meanwhile, marveled that she's now getting recognized by a whole new generation of fans. "It's kind of crazy, you know. I see these kids and they're like, 'Oh my God -- you're Lorraine McFly! And you're so hot!' And I'm like, 'You were -10 when I made this movie. That's so cool!'" Read More...

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'Back To The Future' Cast Reunites To Reminisce About Hoverboards, Kisses And... 1.21 Gigawatts!

Posted 10/26/10 6:00 pm EST by in DVD, Interviews, Video


It's hard to believe that it's been 25 years since Marty McFly first hopped in a DeLorean and traveled back in time, 25 years since Doc Brown first screamed "1.21 gigawatts!," 25 years since Marty's mom accidentally tried to put the moves on her own son, and 25 years since "Back to the Future" became a pop-culture phenomenon that spawned two sequels and a deluge of still-quoted one-liners. Ah, but it has... and as proof, the cast and filmmakers gathered in New York City last night to celebrate the release of the "Back to the Future" Trilogy 25th Anniversary Blu-ray Collection.

MTV News was on hand for the red-carpet event and was able to "go back in time" with stars Michael J. Fox, Lea Thompson and Christopher Lloyd, as well as director Robert Zemeckis, all of whom reminisced about their favorite lines and scenes from the movie and the questions they most often get from diehard "BTTF" fans.

"The thing that people ask me about more than anything else is the hoverboard," Fox (a.k.a series hero Marty McFly) said of the flying skateboard he rides in "Back to the Future: Part II." "People want to know where they can get a hoverboard. I don't know. I wish I had a hoverboard because I was hanging from cranes and swung through the courtyard, dangling like a puppet and a hoverboard stapled to my feet." Read More...

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'Back to the Future' Creator Bob Gale On Easter Eggs, Eric Stoltz, Sequels And The 25th Anniversary

Posted 10/25/10 4:06 pm EST by in Interviews, News


'Back to the Future'Twenty-five years after it first opened in theaters, "Back to the Future" continues to light up Bob Gale's life. Literally. The franchise creator and scribe keeps a Mr. Fusion prop that has been turned into a lamp.

And, metaphorically at least, Gale has had many an occasion recently to flip on some "BTTF" illumination, as the 25th anniversary of that first film arrived this year. To celebrate the creation of the greatest film ever made in the history of this world or any other world (that's a fact, end of story), Universal has released a special Blu-ray trilogy pack, and Gale has been making the media rounds.

Recently, Gale called up MTV News, and after I stopped drooling into the receiver, we got down to our nerdy business. In a wide-ranging conversation, he spoke about gigawatts and speed limits, prequels and sequels, Easter eggs and quotable lines, Eric Stoltz and Michael J. Fox. Read More...

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Michael J. Fox Goes Back To 'Back To The Future' In New Teaser Trailer

Posted 10/13/10 5:18 pm EST by in Trailers, Video


In case the just-released footage of Eric Stoltz as the original Marty McFly wasn't enough to get you screaming "1.21 gigawatts!," here's some more "Back to the Future" awesomeness: a newly shot "Back to the Future" teaser trailer starring the man who replaced Stoltz behind the wheel of the time-traveling DeLorean, Michael J. Fox.

The new clip was shot to hype the "Back to the Future" reunion taking place at Spike's 2010 Scream Awards on October 19. Cast members Fox, Lea Thompson (Marty's mom Lorraine) and Elizabeth Shue (Marty's girlfriend Jennifer... from "Back to the Future: Part II" and "Part III," but not the original) will gather on stage to celebrate the original film's 25th anniversary.

The new teaser is basically a shot-for-shot remake of the film's original 1985 trailer... but with one very big difference at the end... which you can check out for yourself. Read More...

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'Back To The Future'... With Eric Stoltz As Marty McFly?!

Posted 10/13/10 1:25 pm EST by in Hot Stuff, News, Video


It's hard to imagine anyone but Michael J. Fox playing Marty McFly in "Back to the Future"; he and the character are one, like Tony Stark and Iron Man. But believe it or not, Fox was not the first actor to portray the orange-vested, "Power of Love"-loving time traveler in the 1985 classic. That honor goes to another '80s idol, Eric Stoltz.

A bonus video clip -- located below for your viewing pleasure, courtesy of E! Online -- from the "Back to the Future" 25th Anniversary Trilogy collection (out October 26 on Blu-ray and DVD), offers a glimpse of Stoltz in the role. And it is quite the strange experience to see someone else as Doc Brown's DeLorean-driving pal, kind of like if Clint Eastwood had played Superman instead of Christopher Reeve. But I digress... In the same clip, director Robert Zemeckis and executive producer Steven Spielberg reveal that they shot a whopping five weeks of footage with Stoltz McFly-ing it up as Marty. So what happened? How did Fox end up with the part?

"He's a magnificent actor, but his comedy sensibilities were very different from what I had written with Bob [Gale]," Zemeckis says in the clip. "And he and I were just never able to make that work." Read More...

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'Back To The Future' Trilogy Blu-Ray Release Gets A Trailer...Watch It Now!

Posted 8/25/10 5:28 pm EST by in DVD, Video


For any child of the '80s, "Back to the Future" was a cultural cornerstone in our movie-going development. Few films deliver the excitement, the electricity that Robert Zemeckis' century-spanning magnum opus delivers across its three films. And now it's headed to Blu-ray on October 26, tied to the franchise's 25th anniversary.

We already ran down the collection's bevy of special features, and now Universal has released a brand new trailer to give fans an extra shot of anticipation. Check it out below and don't forget to check back here in October for our first look at the box set.

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On 'Back To The Future' Day, We Celebrate The Discovery Of Time Travel!

Posted 11/5/09 6:30 pm EST by in Photos


Great Scott! On this day in 1955 -- in the fiction of "Back to the Future" anyway -- Dr. Emmett Brown (Christopher Lloyd) discovered the secret of time travel. In his own words: "I was standing on the edge of my toilet hanging a clock, the porcelain was wet, I slipped, hit my head on the sink, and when I came to I had a revelation! A vision! A picture in my head! A picture of this!" This? What is this? It's THIS!

In honor of Dr. Brown's momentous discovery, we've decided to celebrate this day with a small image gallery. Click the image above to check out our flipbook, featuring images of the iconic DeLorean time machine and stars Lloyd, Michael J. Fox and Lea Thompson.

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'Back To The Future Part III' Hits 88MPH In Today's Sick Day Stash

Posted 10/21/09 5:00 pm EST by in Sick Day Stash


Call them "cult classics." "Guilty pleasures." "Comfort movies." We all have a mental rolodex of flicks that may not be terribly popular but, for one reason or another, they resonate in a very special way. Maybe you saw it at the right moment. Maybe you just see gold where everyone else sees feces. Whatever the case, these are the special favorites that you keep stashed away for sick days. Here are some of ours.

The time circuits are on, the flux capacitor is fluxing and I'm gonna take today's Sick Day Stash on a journey through time with the help of "Back to the Future Part III." The movie may be the weakest entry in this venerable trilogy but it's by no means a weak movie. Dare I say it's 1.21 gigawatts of marvelous? Read More...

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