Why did the writers select the date November 5, 1955 in Back to …
Nov 6, 2013 · According to the BttF wiki, Bob Gale's (the guy who co-wrote Back to the Future with Robert Zemeckis) father was born on November 5th, 1922. November 5, 1955, the day Doc Brown hit his head and discovered the flux capacitor and the day Marty initially went back to, was his 33rd birthday. Though he states that the choice of date was a coincidence.
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Nov 12, 2020 · The DeLorean that goes from 1985 to 1955 in the first movie runs on gasoline (we’ll ignore any potential leaded/unleaded questions). And we know from the climax of the movie when Marty drives through Hill Valley to reach 88 mph just as the lightning strikes the clock tower that the nuclear reaction is only needed for an actual trip through time.
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May 25, 2017 · In Back to the Future, there is a flyer indicating that the lightning struck the clock tower at 10:04pm on November 12, 1955. Based on that information, Doc calculates the distance, acceleration speed and time needed for the DeLorean to reach the cable.
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Sep 2, 2019 · Doc knew that Marty went back to November 5, 1955 because he'd already experienced the 1955 events. He also knew, from the letter, that the Libyans were coming and that this would initiate Marty's journey to the past. So he set up the necessary conditions.
back to the future - What happened to Marty in the altered …
Mar 21, 2021 · In the first Back to the Future movie, there is an "original" timeline from 1955 to 1985 which includes the events described by Marty's mother about the way George and Lorraine fell in love. Marty disrupts these events; despite putting things mostly back on track, the 1985 he returns to is subtly altered from the one he left, containing an ...
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May 30, 2016 · We all know that in Back to the Future, the clock in the Hill Valley clock tower was broken when lightning struck it on Saturday, November 12, 1955, at 10:04 P.M.
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Dec 20, 2021 · In other words, since Marty already altered his parents' lives in 1955, when he hops in the DeLorean in 1955 to go back to the 80s, he's cursed by only being able to go to a alternate timeline. Maybe, it's a coincidence, and the alternate, better timeline and the original timeline just seem to have the exact same events play out.
What happens to the second Marty at the end of Back to the Future?
Feb 25, 2011 · In Back to the Future (the original movie), Marty comes back from 1955 10 mins early to prevent Doc from being shot (which he fails at). He then rolls up to the Lone Pine Mall and sees himself hit 88 mph and shoot back to 1955 (again). …
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May 31, 2015 · In Back to the Future 3, Doc (from 1955) sends Marty back in time wearing a cowboy outfit. But then, Doc (from 1885) doesn't remember that it was him who offered this outfit to Marty. Does this mean there are two different Docs (from differing timelines) or is it the same Doc but he somehow forgot the outfit.
back to the future - Why did the time circuits default to 1885 ...
Jul 15, 2015 · In Back to the Future II, on November 12 1955 the DeLorean with Doc in it gets struck by a bolt of lightning, sending him back to 12 AM 1 January 1885. The potential for this is alluded to previously when we see the time circuits flickering to this date.