Back To The Future Movie Facts
50 of the most interesting Back To The Future facts you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Back To The Future movie message.
Buford 'Mad Dog' Tannen asks Marty McFly "What's your name, dude?" In the 19th century, 'dude' was an insult. It was used to refer to dandies; city dwellers who dressed in fancy clothes and who came west to their "dude ranches," or rich hobby farms.

Back To The Future Movie Trivia Facts
These trivia from Reddit and other sources can be used as questions with answers in quizzes or games.
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The director of Jaws 19 is Max Speilberg, Steven Speilberg's real son, who was born in 1985.
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A stunt woman hits the left pillar during the hover board scene. She didn't make it inside due to this. The crew member cut the cables thinking she made it into city hall. She fell 30 feet onto concrete rather than the mats inside and ended up with multiple broken bones
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a billboard can been seen advertising "Surf Vietnam". A subtle nod to Apocalypse Now
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Michael J. Fox picked the initial "J" to distinguish himself from Michael Fox, a 50s actor. In 'Back To The Future' (1985), young George McFly says he's a big fan of the show 'Science Fiction Theater,' which often featured Michael Fox.
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The storm clouds were actually fiber fill that they shined a flashlight on.
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Eric Stolz who was initially cast as Marty Mcfly before being replaced by Michael J. Fox is present in one brief shot in the scene where Marty punches Biff in the diner
Back To The Future Easter Eggs
Hidden objects, characters, easter eggs, and their meanings are wonderful ways to discover the filmmaker's perspectives of any given movie.
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: Doc Brown's hat gets shot off at the town festival. His hat retains a bullet hole in every scene afterwards. -
Mr. Peabody's son is named Sherman. -
Marty's band tries out to play at the dance. The song they play is 'Power of Love' by Huey Lewis and the News. Huey Lewis was the judge that told them to stop because they were "Too darn loud."
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Chuck Berry's song Johnny B. Goode was accredited to Marty -
Marty performs a duck walk across the stage while playing "Johnny B Goode." He does this while Chuck Berry's cousin is watching, implying that Marty was the original pioneer of the duck walk, not Chuck Berry (detailed explanation in comments) -
They used Centauri's car from The Last Starfighter as one of the background vehicles.
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Doc's son Verne motions the camera in for a closer look and points at his dangly bits.
Back To The Future Hidden Facts




The theatre in the background behind the clock tower shows "Orgy American Style" being shown. This is an actual porno from 1973. The male star from that porno played Red the Bum in the film, calling Marty a crazy drunk driver when returns to the present.
The Statler family has been providing Hill Valley with transportation since (at least) 1885.



Doc is so obsessed with time that he is constantly wearing two watches.



As Calvin Klein was relatively unknown in Europe at the time, Marty is mistaken for Levi Strauss and Pierre Cardin in some Euro versions
The time machine is left in a mine for over 70 years. The Delorean is one of the few cars made of stainless steel, which doesn't rust.
The fake USA Today newspaper that Marty reads in the future of 2015


This clock you see in Doc's workshop in the opening minute of Back to the Future






Laser Disc Trash
Doc wears a steam train themed button-up shirt to foreshadow the next movie in the trilogy. I have no idea how I never noticed this. It's worn in the first quarter during their visit to 2015.








Back To The Future Plot
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the eccentric scientist Doc Brown.
Cast and Details
Here are the full cast and crew of Back To The Future. The goofs, crazy credits, and trivia they have performed may have not taken your attention. Some are hidden for a reason, while others randomly forgotten.
Genre | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi |
Director | Robert Zemeckis |
Stars | Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover |
IMDB score | 8.5 |