25 Things You May Not Have Known About Back to the Future

For those who enjoy “Fun Facts,” here are 25 of them about the Back to the Future trilogy in honor of its 25th Anniversary.

1. Tony Hawk was credited as helping choreograph the skateboard scenes.

2. When Claudia Wells temporarily dropped out due to scheduling conflicts, Melora Hardin was briefly cast as Jennifer, but had to be replaced when it was discovered she was taller than Michael J. Fox.

3. In the opening sequence, all of Doc’s clocks read 7:53 (25 minutes slow) except for one clock. It is on the floor next to the case of plutonium and it reads 8:20.

4. CRM -114 is seen on the key to turning Doc’s giant amplifier on in the beginning of the movie. CRM-114 is also referenced in Dr. Strangelove as well as the number of the spacecraft in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

5. Doc’s middle name is “Lathrop.”

6.  Ralph Macchio turned down the role of Marty McFly.

7. The Ingredients of Doc’s “Wake Up Juice” – Tabasco sauce, cayenne pepper, chili peppers, onion, and mustard seed.

8. The Libyan terrorists actually have English speaking lines. They are:

Terrorist #1: “Damn Soviet gun!” (after the gun jams)

Terrorist #2: “Damn German car!” (after the car won’t start)

9. Old man Peabody and his son Sherman were an ode to Peabody and Sherman from Rocky and Bullwinkle…also frequent time travelers.

10. Mayor Goldie Wilson gets his nickname because of his gold tooth.

11. In Part 2 and 3, the OUTATIME license plate has been replaced by a futuristic barcode version of itself.

12. Doc’s kid, Verne was a pervert.

13. Biff’s Pleasure Palace was actually the Plaza Casino and Hotel in Las Vegas.

Two things about this picture:

14. The clock is unloaded from the train with the time reading 10:04… the same time it was struck by lightning in 1955.

15. See that woman in the back wearing the purple hat and dress? That’s Clara Clayton waiting for Doc to pick her up.

#16-25 = Famous  Cameos – Here are some of the celebrity cameos that appeared as minor roles throughout the trilogy. Click the pics for their individual IMDB pages:

Elijah Wood

That's Like A Baby's Toy

Jason Hervey

What's a Rerun?

Billy Zane

How the hell does he change clothes so fast?

Casey Siemaszcko

He's in disguise!

Huey Lewis

I'm afraid you're just too darn loud.

Charles Fleischer

Wish I could go back to the beginning of the season, put some money on the Cubbies.

Flea

Hey! The Big "M." How's it hangin' McFly?

Mary Ellen Trainor

47? That's a hell of a face lift.

Deborah Harmon

ZZ Top

On July 3rd, 1985 the world was introduced to Back to the Future for the very first time. 25 years later it still remains as one of the greatest movies ever to be released. We here at The Gunaxin Show are huge fans of the movie so we decided we’d give it a nice big silver anniversary tribute with a bunch of articles, a Back to the Future themed Gunaxin Show, as well as an interview with Doctor Emmitt L. Brown himself – Christopher Lloyd. That’s right we pull out all the stops on this one.

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