The A car has since been moved to a new location. So, Bob Gale and his crew repaired the car, restoring it to near perfect condition and placed it in a clear display at Universal's theme park, out of the reach of sticky-fingers visitors. It was an ideal location for viewing, but some visitors could not resist removing parts and pieces, taking them home as souvenirs. When the filming of Back to the Future III finished, the vehicle was put on display at Universal Studios Hollywood. The most detailed vehicle used during production was the “A” car, also known as the “Hero” car. The Universal Studios special effects department built three principal DeLorean time machines and designated them the A, B, and C cars.
Perhaps the producers felt the fictional device was necessary since the real-life DeLorean equipped with a Volvo engine was a notorious underperformer.įilm crews employed seven different vehicles throughout all three films.
The Back to the Future DeLorean time machine used a flux capacitor to generate the 1.21 gigawatts of power required to reach 88 miles per hour and enter time travel. John DeLorean’s futuristic car with brushed SS304 austenitic stainless-steel body and sports car styling, along with the “flux capacitor,” made it the ideal choice for traveling in time. However, the film is best identified, not for all the 1985 accolades but for the DeLorean time machine. The story addresses the dream of almost every adolescent: Time travel, and it features memorable and quirky characters and an intriguing storyline. Most fans watch all three films more than once, and Back to the Future has developed a cult following.īack to the Future won numerous awards: An Academy Award for Best Sound Effects, the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film, the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, five Bafta nominations, and four Golden Globe nominations, including Best Motion Picture in the Musical Comedy category. Back to the Future became the highest-grossing movie of 1985, and the trilogy was one of Universal Studios’ most successful franchises.Ī creation of Director Robert Zemeckis, the script was written by Zemeckis and Bob Gale, produced by Steven Spielberg, and starred Michael J Fox, who was under contract to the TV series “Family Ties” at the time.
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