This opening is so jam packed with exposition, it's honestly unreal. We learn literally everything we need to know about Doc Brown from one tracking shot: he's obsessed with time, he's an inventor, his inventions don't often work, his mansion burned down, he has a dog named Einstein, somebody stole plutonium and - oh wait - there it is under the table. All that information is given to you subliminally in less than 4 minutes before you're even introduced to any of the main characters.

I remember seeing this at the cinema in Dec 1985. It made such an impression, and was so good, that as I walked out of the theatre on that Friday night I was practically convinced that time travel was real. A brilliant, brilliant movie.

As many times as I've seen this movie, I never get tired of this sequence. There's not much dialogue, but it says a lot about Doc...and Marty turning up the amps always makes me laugh.

Am I the only one who never got bored by this movie even after watching it for many time ?? In my opinion, one of the best time travel movie of all time

I’ll never understand how doc could invent a time machine but couldn’t invent a self cooking toaster that worked properly

I love Marty's jean jacket in this movie!

Saw this in the theater when I was a kid with my family. I think it's still one of the most fun times I had at the movies ever. There was such a fun-spirited connection in the audience to each other through the film; and a complete knowing that we were all seeing a really great, brilliant and different kind of movie. It was an experience.

The best movie i ever seen, thats for sure.

Marty getting his ass blown away by the amp overloading is gonna live rent free in my head till the end of time.

This is my childhood movie! I will never, ever stop watching it!

steven spielberg, robert zemeckis, michael j fox, and christopher lloyd did a good job on making a classic!!!

I was born in 1983.....First memory ever is of this opening scene!!!! PURE NOSTALGIA!!!!

@ 1:01 .... never noticed the "doc hanging off of the clocktower" clock until now!!! cool easteregg!!

Not only is this my favorite 80's Movie, but it is my favorite film of all time. I couldn't stop talking about this movie. As a child, I had my parents rent this for me at least five or more times (my parents may as well have bought the VHS tape). Between this and Family Ties, I became a die hard Michael J. Fox Fan.

watched this film for the very first time yesterday. i wish i could relive the feeling. i was born very much in the late 90s, on the cusp of 2000 so you'd think i would've seen this movie at some point, but i had to voluntarily sit down and watch this myself because i don't think this has ever crossed my path naturally. i kind of don't want to watch the sequels - i feel like the first one ended so satisfyingly, but i'd miss out on more doc and marty interactions.

To me this is the most perfect movie ever made. Truly magical joy.

I showed my dad this and he’s never heard of KZfaq. This place is like a time machine for him.

As a clock collector (new, vintage, and antique and mostly grandfather, wall or mantle clocks) I love this scene a LOT. and actually own some of the same clocks, like the kit cat clock and emperor grandmother clock. I also am a jeep enthusiast and the 3 jeeps later on in the opening (The cj-5 he holds onto while skateboarding, and the cherokee chief xj and grand wagoneer sj in the background) are awesome.

God knows how long it must have taken Doc to set the time on all of those clocks.

The original opening was much different. I've read how it was supposed to be in the original script. They shot part of it when Eric Stoltz was playing Marty. It starts off with a light flashing off a video projector. It's a classroom filled with students watching a documentary about atomic testing going on in the 1950's. There's a reflection of a mushroom cloud off a pair of reflective porshe sunglasses being worn by Marty. Marty is listening to his walkman in class while taping his foot, not paying attention to the film. But the teacher catches him, she removes his sunglasses to see that he's got his eyes closed. She takes off his headphones, where he opens his eyes and smiles weakly at her. She tells him, "Detention!" Marty reports to Strickland's office. Strickland takes Marty's walkman, puts it in a wooden vice attached to his desk and crushes it with the vice. He hands it back to Marty, Strickland: That's number 3, isn't it? Marty: Four. Strickland: You don't like school, do you, McFly? Marty:(being a wise guy) Oh no, sir, I LOVE school. Strickland: You've got a real attitude problem, you know that? You're a slacker, McFly. You've got aptitude but you don't apply yourself. You're just like your father. He was a slacker, too. Strickland tells Marty that Marty has 2 weeks detention for slacking off and having an attitude problem starting this afternoon. Marty tells Strickland that he has a band audition this afternoon but Strickland just says, "Too bad, McFly. I guess this isn't your day." Later, in detention with Strickland in charge, Marty figures out a way to get out. He attaches some gum to a matchbook and uses a rubber band to slingshot it up to the ceiling near a smoke detector. He takes the lens from the projector and uses it and his shades to magnify sunlight onto the matchbook causing it to ignite setting off the fire alarm and the sprinklers(one of which sprays Strickland in the face). Marty borrows a skateboard from someone, promising to return it. He skateboards out of the school and across town, grabbing onto cars and gets to the YMCA where the auditions are being held, makes it just in time for his band's audition and of course is rejected. Later, when he and Jennifer are walking around the part of town where the clocktower is, Doc shows up in an RV. He invites them and it's filled with clocks(just as we see here in this video) all in perfect sync. When they all chime at once, Doc says that he loves that sound and reminds Marty about meeting him at the mall at 1:15 am. Marty also mentions to Jennifer that he met Doc a few years ago and that Doc hired him to sweep out his garage and that he pays him $50 a week. He mentions that Doc's cool and fun to hang around with. The shots at the school were filmed for sure but not the scenes where the clocktower is because when they made the movie, they shot all the 50's scenes at the clocktower first and then aged the set for the 80's shots. There was no way they could've done that all over again for the Michael J. Fox scenes. They recycled the sequence of grabbing onto cars while skateboarding when Marty's late for school.

I remember one day, my father turned on Back to the Future, and I kept hearing and seeing the name Michael J. Fox and thought in my head, "I just heard and read the name 'Michael J. Fox. ' Well, WHO IS HE?!"

Watching this movie on tv. Can never get tired of it, super classic!!. "Wutter You Lookin' At Butthead"..

10/10 Fantastic Probably my favorite movie of all time. This one is often considered a cinematic classic, and for great reason!

The guitar amp that Michael J Fox plays is so underrated that it needs a comeback.

Damn that speaker goes ALL THE WAY UP!!!!! Oh and I can imagine the THX Theme playing on that big-ass speaker too LMFAO

I like how in part 3 they would re-use some of this opening sequence in one scene.

Wow, of all the times I've seen this movie, I'd never noticed the efforts at the clock tower are, indeed, foreshadowed at around the one-minute mark. It's sort of like in Jurassic Park, when Sam Neil is in the helicopter on the way to the island and discovers his seatbelt has two female receptacles -- but he "finds a way" to make the seatbelt work.

I love the fact that this movie,which is characterized by fast-paced humor, explosive car chases, and rock and roll music opens up so quietly in a really slow long take. You can spot that contrast even within its own two sequels.

4:17 and Marty would be deaf for life after that one.

Love the giant Amp explosion! When I would watch this in the 80's I would put it on the stereo & blast it as loud as possible, I play guitar & wish I had an Amp that big! 😁🔊🎸💥💗

Too bad it cuts off at the best part, the mindbogglingly best part. After Marty gets up, the phone rings. He picks up and Doc says "Hello Marty? Yeah Marty I need you to meet me at 1:15 am ok?" 115 is an element on the periodic table known as ununpentium, it is said to be the key to interstellar and or time travel. I've revisited this movie a few times and I could go on for days at the stuff that blows my mind each time. Absolute Genius and curious all the while.... -HP

2:19-2:32 flat earth clock on the wall. Nice, Doc really is a genius

Best opening to a movie ever. Do not fight me on this .

You left out the best part when Marty says "Rock n roll." I'm sure a lot of people when they saw Steven Spielberg's name on there they were thinking, this oughta be an awesome movie!!! One thing that I noticed a while ago was that one of the clocks that Doc has becomes a foreshadow to the movie with the clock of Harold Lloyd hanging from a clock.

One of the many things established right here in the first 5 minutes is that if the movie is portraying a young man being literally blown off his feet by the SOUND from an amplifier, then the movie is not to be taken THAT seriously. Light-hearted fun. It’s already ridiculous. I love that.

I remember I was 12 the first time I saw this movie and instantly fell in love with Michael J Fox.

Ok, 2 things. 1, I'm amazed Marty didn't go def after this, and 2? I'm amazed he's alive after that!!

RIP Tony Pope 😢 🙏 💔 😪 😔 😞 (the radio announcer at 1:30). You were one of the most talented voice actors to have ever walked this earth 🌎. You really helped shape my childhood with the JumpStart computer games. I'll never forget those.

I love the *Harold Lloyd clock at 1:01 mark. So cool. That *Harold Lloyd clock, for those that may not know, is a reference to the 1923 film "Safety Last". A novel recreation of the classic and iconic "hangin' from the clock hands scene".

I still can't believe this film was directed by Robert Zemicks who also directed Who Framed Roger Rabbit. However I love 80s films. I feel like that decade had the best films. From Virginia Clark. ☺🍒🐦🌍🌎🌏🏡

4:14 me playing electric guitar on a tube amp for the first time

That's a lot of clocks!

No dramatic loud music no intense stuff just clocks ticking its perfect how it is

Shows that the Doc was gone but hasn't been gone for too long. Excellent sequence. Totally forgot about the pic of him hanging on the clock.

The jazzy poster type logo wasn't introduced until the VHS release. The original title was in the same font as the credits.

We have the whole movie set on DVD and I remember watching all 3 so many times when I was super young. Such a good trilogy

One of the best movies of all time.

Opening credits differences for all 3 parts: -In Parts 1 and 2, "Starring" appears above Michael J. Fox's name, but not in Part 3. Also in Parts 1 and 2, Lea Thompson is billed third after Christopher Lloyd, but in Part 3, she's billed last. -In Parts 1 and 3, the opening credits are white. In Part 2, they're yellow. The title cards for Parts 1 and 3 are displayed over black screens. The one for Part 2 is displayed over clouds. -In Part 1, there's no music playing when the title card appears onscreen. Just the sound of clocks ticking. In Parts 2 and 3, there is music playing when the title cards appear. Did I miss anything?

best movie of all time

All the clocks say 7:53 except for one on the ground sitting on its side near the plutonium that reads 8:18. Since the clock is on the ground on its side it was most likely was used in a DeLorean time travel experiment when Doc calls and says it worked.

Friday 7th February 2020. I love Back To The Future. One of the best 80s films ever. :) :( ;) Virginia

Thursday 9th January 2020. I love Back To The Future. It is one of the best films ever. ❤ Virginia

Those clocks are quite mesmerizing.

I've always wondered if the clock experiment had anything to do with time travel.

I will never bored about this movies Are GREAT!

I love it when he runs over the tree and changes the name of the mall.

who in their right minds would dislike this

2:29 brilliant! A dog food machine!

"Rock n' Roll"

Everyone's talking about that hanging-Doc-easter-egg @ 1:00 but don't yall realize that it's Doc Brown's own past?

This has been my favorite movie for a while and since I have become a Black Sabbath fan I like it even more

change my mind, this is the best movie of all time.

I had me a pair of Nike's like Martys wearing back then in school!! But who didn't!! Lol

This was the first movie i saw alone. It blew my mind

Hard to believe that Michael was 26 when she shot this thanks for the upload..xd

Wednesday 1st July 2020. Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd are both wonderful. Michael suffers from Parkinson Disease and he still makes everyone smile. Such a star. ❤ Virginia Clark.?! ;) ;( :) 😀🎤🐶🦊

Einstein is da best science doge ever!

0:48. You see that clock with the man leaning on a pole swigging some alcohol? I think that might be a reference to Red Thomas, the guy who says "crazy, drunk driver" just after Marty returns to 1985 at the end of the film. He was drunk on a bench when Marty returned to the future at the end of the film.

4:15 I wish I could do that obe day

Back to the future pt.2 added the concept of paradigm shift to my vocabulary.

One of the greatest films of all time ^^

Saudades. Bom Lembrar.

FUN FACT: At 1:30, the radio announcer's voice in this scene is done by none other than the late great Tony Pope, perhaps best known for his voice work on the original Jumpstart games produced by Knowledge Adventure. Here, he sounds very much like his Mr. Hopsalot voice from both the 1994 and 1998 versions of JumpStart Kindergarten.

Waw is my feveret actor and best movie ever.am very excited about watching the film now👌👍👍😀😚😚

I love the part in this movie where it forewarns you about 9.II

Living in Overdrived Mode is Fantastic !!! ...

😎🚞 De vuelta al futuro. La mejor. película futurista.

Timeless

Brilliant

Huh, never noticed that Plutonium theft thing.

That chord knocked his socks off. 🎸 💥

Thank god I can watch it

The opening was my favorite part

Did anyone else have a crush on MJF's hands from this sequence?

This movie is a classic .

Great movie

Good job

I love that 1960's " kit cat owl clock" @ 1:06

When u want to be a the awesome guitar guy in a band when u grow up!

Honestly, this is the most random intro I’ve ever seen. Especially the guitar part. But I love it

That's rock and roll!

Love it

1:01 Emmet Brown hanging at the clock tower

Nobody: Me: Get's a Calvin Klein ad...

Classic open, classic movie.

LOL!😄 Luv it!!! 🎬😎⚡⏰📻

3:21 Still to this day i have no idea about the settings that marty is setting all the way to the max.....

all the ideas they had for the future when this was made,has come true.how mad is that,woww

People think that the man hanging from the clock but i believe it's from an old black and white movie called "Safety Last" Where a man hangs from a clock

One of the best movies ever made