"What car is used as a time machine in ""Back to the Future""?"
"had admissions of 363,915 in France. In 1993, a combination sequel-documentary short, """", directed by Clyde Lucas, was produced. In its third section, Michael J. Fox talks about his experience with the DeLorean sports car time machine from ""Back to the Future"". In the short's final section, written by screenwriter David Duncan, Rod Taylor, Alan Young, and Whit Bissell reprise their roles from the original 1960 film. Streaming audio The Time Machine (1960 film) The Time Machine (also known promotionally as H. G. Wells' The Time Machine) is a 1960 American science fiction film in Metrocolor from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced and"
"were plans to make a 4-door version of the car (perhaps on a longer wheelbase) for 1983. It was to have been of stainless steel, and with gullwing doors. The car gained even more attention after it was featured in the popular 1985, 1989, and 1990 films in the ""Back to the Future"" movie trilogy. The car still attracts attention, as the film remains popular and the car plays such a pivotal role in the film. The car gained a considerable amount of attention in 2015, specifically October 21, 2015. The characters Marty McFly and Emmett Brown traveled into the"
"because ""...once you cast Alex and Keanu, who look like pretty cool guys, that was hard to believe"". Originally, the time machine was to be a 1969 Chevrolet van, but the idea was abandoned as being too close in concept to the DeLorean used in the ""Back to the Future"" trilogy. Instead, despite the similarities to ""Doctor Who""s time machine, the TARDIS, the film's time machine was styled after a 1960s American telephone booth, though a newer model Ford van would be used as the rock concert ""band wagon"" for the sequel. In April 2013, Winter commented on Carlin's casting:"
"Emmett Brown Emmett Lathrop ""Doc"" Brown, Ph.D., is a fictional character in the ""Back to the Future trilogy"" in which he is the inventor of the first time machine, built out of a DeLorean sports car. The character is portrayed by Christopher Lloyd in all three films, as well as in the live action sequences of the . He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta in the animated series. The character's appearance and mannerisms are loosely inspired by Leopold Stokowski and Albert Einstein. In 2008, Dr. Emmett Brown was selected by ""Empire"" magazine as one of ""The 100 Greatest Movie Characters"
"Marty departs in the DeLorean for 1985, Doc starts a family with Clara; the couple have two sons, Jules and Verne. He eventually builds another time machine out of a steam locomotive, and the Browns return to 1985 in order to pick up Einstein before setting out for another adventure. Emmett Brown Emmett Lathrop ""Doc"" Brown, Ph.D., is a fictional character in the ""Back to the Future trilogy"" in which he is the inventor of the first time machine, built out of a DeLorean sports car. The character is portrayed by Christopher Lloyd in all three films, as well as"
"many ways in which the Courthouse building has been redressed over the years to suit the needs of a production. Many of the cars that appear in the 2015 scenes are either modified for the film or concept cars. Examples include Ford Probe, Saab EV-1, Citroën DS 21, Pontiac Banshee Concept, Pontiac Fiero and Volkswagen Beetle. Cars reused from other science fiction films include the ""Star Car"" from ""The Last Starfighter"" (1984) and a ""Spinner"" from ""Blade Runner"" (1982). Griff's car is a modified BMW 633 (which was notably never in the convertible form seen in the film). For ""Back"
"Rick Champagne from Arizona. Over a decade after the release of ""Back to the Future Part III"", one of the DeLorean time machines stunt cars used in the film was sent to Barris for restoration purposes to be put on display at the Petersen Auto Museum in Los Angeles. The car was returned to Universal Studios in 2003. Barris later purchased a stock DeLorean DMC-12 and converted it into a replica of the ""Back to the Future"" DeLorean, which he used to promote himself and his company. While Barris never officially stated that he had anything to do with the"
"DeLorean DMC-12 The DeLorean DMC-12 (commonly referred to simply as ""the DeLorean"", as it was the only model ever produced by the company) is a sports car originally manufactured by John DeLorean's DeLorean Motor Company for the American market from 1981 to 1983. The car features gull-wing doors and an innovative fiberglass body structure with a steel backbone chassis, along with external brushed stainless-steel body panels. It became widely known and iconic for its appearance, and because a modified DMC-12 was immortalized as the DeLorean time machine in the ""Back to the Future"" media franchise. The first prototype appeared in"
"basis of entrapment. The DeLorean DMC-12 was memorably featured in the ""Back to the Future"" movie trilogy as the model of car made into a time machine by eccentric scientist Doc Brown, although the company had floundered before the first movie was made. In 1995, Liverpool-born mechanic Stephen Wynne started a separate company using the ""DeLorean Motor Company"" name and shortly thereafter acquired the remaining parts inventory and the stylized ""DMC"" logo trademark of DeLorean Motor Company. This current DeLorean Motor Company, located in Humble near Houston, Texas, is not, and has never been, associated with the original company, but"
"only three of the cars still exist, with one that was destroyed at the end of ""Back to the Future Part III"", two additional were abandoned, and the fiberglass replica was scrapped. Universal Studios owns two of the remaining cars, occasionally putting them on display or using them for other productions, and the last resides in a private collection after having been extensively restored. The official ""Back to the Future"" DeLorean can be viewed at the Petersen Automotive Museum. A number of production DeLoreans have been modified by the aftermarket into ""Back to the Future"" time machine replicas, whose bodies"
"curving shapes, such as the De Tomaso Mangusta, Iso Grifo, and Maserati Ghibli. However, as the 1970s approached, Giugiaro's designs became increasingly angular, culminating in the ""folded paper"" era of the 1970s. Straight-lined designs such as the BMW M1, Lotus Esprit S1, and Maserati Bora followed before a softer approach returned in the Maserati Merak, Lamborghini Calà, Maserati Spyder, and Ferrari GG50. Giugiaro is widely known for the DeLorean DMC-12, featured prominently in the Hollywood blockbuster series Back to the Future. His most commercially successful design was the Volkswagen Golf Mk1. In 1976, Giugiaro explored a new taxi concept with"
"replaced his Ford Cortina, as seen in ""Life on Mars"", with an imported Audi Quattro. He is also displayed to be more professional, less aggressive and calmer than when last seen in ""Life on Mars"", set in 1973. Hunt first meets Alex Drake (Keeley Hawes), the protagonist, during a police drugs raid at a party. Initially, he mistakenly believes that she is a prostitute and is unaware that like Sam Tyler, she has travelled back in time from the future. During the series, the main storyline follows Alex Drake in her struggle to return to the present day. In order"
"side markers. These are replaced by a single small round European-style indicator side repeater, situated on the front wing (fender). The body rubstrips are also of a different configuration in order to cover the areas that would otherwise have had federal side marker lenses fitted. Several special-edition DMC-12 cars have been produced over the years, and the car is most notably featured as the time machine in the ""Back to the Future"" film trilogy. Six DeLorean chassis were used during the production, along with one manufactured out of fiberglass for scenes where a full-size DeLorean was needed to ""fly"" on-screen;"
"of time travel—travelling backwards and forwards through time—has always been a popular staple of science fiction film and science fiction television series. Time travel usually involves the use of some type of advanced technology, such as H. G. Wells' classic ""The Time Machine"", the commercially successful 1980s-era ""Back to the Future"" trilogy, ""Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure"", the ""Terminator"" series, ""Déjà Vu"" (2006), ""Source Code"" (2011), ""Edge of Tomorrow"" (2014), and ""Tomorrowland"" (2015). Other movies, such as the ""Planet of the Apes"" series, ""Timeline"" (2003) and ""The Last Mimzy"" (2007), explained their depictions of time travel by drawing on physics"
"""gangster special"" that belonged to gangster Mickey Cohen, and an 1895 Benz Velo, imported to New Zealand in 1900. A DeLorean DMC-12, the car best known from the ""Back to the Future"" movie series, is also on display. It is one of few public examples of the car worldwide, and the only DeLorean on public display in New Zealand. The car collection was the work of Sir Len Southward and his wife, Vera, Lady Southward. They began collecting cars in 1956. After achieving success in business, Sir Len dedicated time and money to buying and restoring old cars, adding to"
"the family dog, Einstein, moved into a farm. As with the films, time travel was achieved through the use of a modified DeLorean, which had apparently been re-built after it was destroyed at the end of the trilogy. The DeLorean now has voice-activated """"time circuits"""" and can also travel instantaneously to different locations in space and time, in addition to folding into a suitcase. The characters also traveled through time using the steam engine time machine Doc invented at the end of the third film. Although Marty McFly is the show's main character and Jennifer Parker making occasional appearances, the"
"with the use—and in some cases the destruction—of expensive and alluring foreign automobiles; including a Ferrari Daytona, a Porsche 928, a Jaguar XJ, as well as brief appearances of a Cadillac Allante and a Rolls-Royce Silver Spirit. A vintage gull-wing Mercedes-Benz 300SL is also presented in the film, being personally driven by Braga's character in an introductory sequence before a large-scale climactic car chase scene. In addition to driving a newly redesigned Mercedes-Benz 500SL for the 1990 model year, Eastwood's character is also seen conveying his distaste for the Lime Green color on the Lotus Esprit and later driving said"
"sting operation where he was attempting to sell cocaine to save his struggling company. He was acquitted of all charges in 1984, but too late for the DeLorean Motor Company, which closed down in 1983. The DMC-12 gained renewed fame afterward as the time machine in the ""Back to the Future"" film trilogy. The imposition of CAFE fuel-mileage standards in 1979 spelled the end of big-block engines, but performance cars and convertibles reemerged in the 1980s. Turbochargers were widely used to boost the performance of small cars, and technology from fuel injection began to take over from the widely used"
"PlayStation 4 version included Sweet Tooth's car from the ""Twisted Metal"" series. As a separate DLC, the DeLorean time machine from the ""Back to the Future"" film franchise, was released on October 21, 2015, corresponding with Back to the Future Day. The Xbox One release includes platform-exclusive ""Gears of War"" and ""Halo""-themed vehicles. In 2016, Psyonix announced their wish to include KITT from the 1980s television series, ""Knight Rider"". The Batmobile, as seen in the 2016 film """", was offered as a playable vehicle in March 2016, while Dominic Toretto's Dodge Charger from the film ""The Fate of the Furious"""
"time input. """" features a chronal duplicate of the original DeLorean, which Doc Brown recovered from the timestream after the destruction of the original. This DeLorean is created at the end of ""Back to the Future Part II"", when the original time machine was struck by lightning: while the DeLorean itself is sent to 1885, a fully functional duplicate appears (apparently unmanned and undamaged) in 2025, where Doc retrieves it with the Hover Train. He later traveled to 1931 and sent the DeLorean to 1986 to get Marty to rescue him from 1931 before he can be killed. This duplicate"
"and goods wagons are combined with extensive railway memorabilia, interactive displays and visitor facilities. One of the collection's main attractions is Great Southern Railways Class 800 locomotive No. 800 ""Maeḋḃ"", one of the three largest and most powerful steam locomotives ever to be built and run in Ireland. The new Road Transport Galleries boast a large collection of vehicles ranging from cycles and motorcycles to trams, buses, and cars. One of its most famous attractions is a DeLorean DMC-12 car, the model made famous by the ""Back to the Future trilogy"", and manufactured by the DeLorean Motor Company in Belfast."
"DeLorean time machine from ""Back to the Future"", the Plymouth Fury from ""Christine"", the light cycle from ""Tron"", the Mach 5 from ""Speed Racer"", the Ford Falcon from ""Mad Max"", the van from the ""A-Team"", the Bigfoot monster truck and Kaneda's motorcycle from Akira. The Batmobile is destroyed during the race when it is hit by another vehicle and explodes. In """", a version of the Batmobile appears with a design heavily influenced by the one used in ""Batman"" (1989 film) and """". In the game, it is vandalized by Harley Quinn and the Blackgate prisoners. Batman later controls the"
"The ""Mr. Fusion"" device apparently converts household waste into electrical power; the name suggests nuclear fusion. Due to a ""hover conversion"" made in 2015, the car also becomes capable of hovering and flight, though it lost this ability at the end of the second film. The DeLorean returns to 1985 and proceeds to travel to October 21, 2015, to stop Marty's future son from committing a crime. While there, the DeLorean is stolen by Biff who then travels back to November 12, 1955, the same day as the climax of the first film, to give his past self a sports"
"showed classic American and European cars, micro-cars, military vehicles, motorcycles, scooters, bicycles, and various related memorabilia. The exhibition areas exceeded 250,000 square feet and was capable of displaying more than 1,000 vehicles. Cars included in the collection are the 1948 Ford from ""Grease"", the 1959 Cadillac from ""Ghostbusters"" (a replica), the 1981 DeLorean from ""Back to the Future"", an original Batmobile, the Land Rover from ""Skyfall"", and a T-55 Soviet tank from ""GoldenEye"". In 2011, the museum acquired the original Pursuit Special driven by Max Rockatansky in Mad Max and Mad Max 2. The collection was started by Micheal Dezer,"
"bedroom. After Charlie Simpson starts singing, they hear an explosion-like sound outside. They look out of a window to the backyard and find their neighbour Peter, played by James Bourne's brother Chris, standing next to a Vauxhall Viva customised like the DeLorean time machine from ""Back to the Future"". They get in the car and Peter takes them to the future. The song continues as they go through a time vortex, and arrive in the year 3000. They see lots of changes, such as various aliens, flying cars and the fact that everyone now lives under the ocean. They also"
"Boone's character drives a brown 1965 3-litre MKII Coupé, which is eventually blown up. A 1961 3-litre MKI is being banger raced in the 1982 television play ""Made in Britain"". Claire drives (and rolls) a P5B Coupé in the 1991 film ""Until the End of the World"". It survives the rollover and she continues on her journey, with the aid of expanding foam to seal the windscreen. In 2003 Richard Hammond did a piece featuring the P5 on ""Top Gear (2002 TV series)"" Series 2 Episode 2. A marroon coloured example is seen in the 2004 biographical film, ""The Life"
"past in order to save the universe, even if it costs him his friendship with Mordecai. When questioned for details, Mordecai explains they created the time machine because Rigby got into their dream college, College University, but Mordecai did not. Benson tries to convince everyone the whole thing is a hoax until Muscle Man finds a plasma shotgun and blows up Benson's car with it. After preparing for the mission, the employees use the ship to reach Mordecai and Rigby's high school days but damage the ship's engines in the process. Skips, Muscle Man and Hi-Five Ghost stay behind to"
"110-minute version. The Gadgetmobile, designed by Brenda Bradford, is a white & chrome 1964 Lincoln Continental convertible instead of a Matra Murena/Toyota Celica hybrid from the cartoon and can't transform from a minivan to a police vehicle and often drives by itself. It has an artificial intelligence with a male persona. Like most anthropomorphic cars, ""his"" front bumper is his mouth and he has eyes in his headlights. However, unlike those cars, who have two eyes, he has four. He also has a face on a computer screen on the dashboard and a license plate that reads ""GADGET"". Among other"
"""Back to the Future"" films, he did like to indulge in stating that he had built a ""Back to the Future"" DeLorean, but never disclosed that it was a replica car. In 2007 Universal Studios officials sent Barris a cease and desist order demanding that he never again make misrepresentations regarding any involvement with the Back to the Future films. They called upon Barris to remove images of the flying DeLorean from his company's website and restrict his display of replicas of the gull-wing car used by Michael J. Fox in the popular 1985 movie and its sequels. ""Back to"
"icons, including a photography camera, a clock mechanism, a police box as a reference to the TARDIS in ""Doctor Who"", a wormhole-like tunnel effect from the opening sequence, a DeLorean DMC-12 sportscar referring to the ""Back to the Future"" series, and a child playing with a model ship from the ""Star Trek"" franchise. On the Japanese release, ""The Time Machine"" is named ""H.G. Force"" (a reference to H.G. Wells). ""Dr. Evil (edit),"" features the voice of Mike Myers from the second Austin Powers movie, """", in which The Alan Parsons Project is mentioned. It is available on most releases which"
"one used by the Trotters has attained cult status and is currently on display at the Cars of the Stars exhibition at the National Motor Museum, alongside many other vehicles from British and American television and movies, such as the Batmobile and the DeLorean from ""Back to the Future"". Boxer Ricky Hatton, a fan of the show, purchased one of the original vans in 2004. Another of the vans used in the series was sold at auction in the UK for £44,000 in February 2007. During the media frenzy surrounding ""The Independent""'s revelations that the new bottled water Dasani, marketed"
"Back to the Future: The Ride Back to the Future: The Ride was a simulator ride at Universal Studios theme parks. It was based on and inspired by the ""Back to the Future"" film series and is a mini-sequel to 1990's ""Back to the Future Part III"". It was previously located at Universal Studios Florida and Universal Studios Hollywood, where it has since been replaced by ""The Simpsons Ride"" and at Universal Studios Japan where it has since been replaced by ""Despicable Me Minion Mayhem"". The ride's story centered on a first-person adventure in pursuit of Biff Tannen through time."
"the 12-cylinder Cadillac Solitaire and the pivoting-canopied Plymouth Slingshot. During the 1991 show, organizers brought three Deloreans used in the filming of Back to the Future and a pre-production model of the Dodge Viper. For 1996, the show included models of the Cadillac Catera, the Plymouth Prowler, and the Lamborghini Diablo. Also in 1996, the auto show became the first convention to use the Edward Jones Dome for convention space. The 2001 show featured a pre-production model of the Ford Thunderbird and the GMC Envoy, while the 2005 show included the Jeep Hurricane concept car. St. Louis Auto Show The"