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cool!  big_smile

"Life is about movies; anything else is a bonus!"- Me   cool

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I sorta know him too, as we made Knudson Menace together.  I also got to film that car when it was the Mr Fusion Delorean.

That's right, he did a full restore to a Mr. Fusion, tore it down, and rebuilt it to an A car.

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"Life is about movies; anything else is a bonus!"- Me   cool

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That's my buddy (and husband of Amy "Pink FIve" Earhart) Terry Matalas in that clip.

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Yup.  Who also writes for Nikita and is writing a ST:TNG comic book as well.  Who also produced Knudson Menace with me.

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So, I was listening to a movie podcast called Battleship Pretension. It's a really good podcast, but both hosts do not like BTTF.

Can you believe that? I mean, who the fuck doesn't like BTTF!

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Nice!  Never seen it all laid out like that before...

A few others I can think of  -

At first Marty's sister is unpopular, then at the end is told by the brother "hey, I can't keep track of all your boyfriends" or some such.

The scene with Jennifer in the town square is completely crammed with setups - in addition to the clock tower flyer, there's also:

Marty sees the 4x4 truck, later he will own it.

Marty frets about sending his demo tape to record companies, and Jennifer says "Like Doc says, if you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything".  Marty answers with "what if they say I'm no good?...  Jesus, I'm starting to sound like my old man",    Later George says the same thing almost verbatim about his writing to Marty, and Marty gives him the "put your mind to it" line.   Which George then echoes again at the end, talking about his novel - "It's like I always say, if you put your mind to it..."

And the demo tape itself is a setup - (I believe) it's the same tape he later uses to melt George's brain.   (I admit I could be wrong on this one).

EDIT - oh, you had the 4x4 in there already, I missed it.   Carry on.

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This is great! I can't wait to see more.

"The Doctor is Submarining through our brains." --Teague

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I'd agree the act break comes when Marty has gotten his parents to fall in love, and the final act is all about getting Marty back to the future.   

I think that makes the actual break Marty's final scene with his mom in the stairwell, where we find out for sure that Lorraine has chosen George.   Once that's settled, we immediately cut to Marty meeting up with Doc at the clock tower and the race to the finish is on.

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Cool stories bros!  cool

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According to Bob Gale on his commentary, they couldn't get the entire band to agree to be featured in the movie, but Eddie Van Halen was fine with it, so they just labeled the tape Edward (small letters) VAN HALEN and, I guess, hoped we wouldn't notice. ... All of this begs the question, WHY IN THE WORLD would you not want to be in Back to the Future!?

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What, you mean that kids movie with Huey Lewis in it? Oh, sure, THAT sounds like a rock'n good time...

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Not only is Huey Lewis in it, his songs are all over the soundtrack!

Wait, wait - come back... I haven't even told you that we just replaced the original movie star lead with some kid from tv!

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Or that this kid's sidekick is Reverend Jim from 'Taxi', with white hair!