What better time, then to celebrate it in the most in-depth and gripping way possible, in a book you can see, feel, and smell? Back to the Future: The Ultimate Visual History by Michael Klastorin with Randal Antamaniuk is a treasure trove of information and pictures taking the reader all the way from the kernel of an idea in the heads of Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale, all the way through to the Universal Studios ride and and Saturday morning cartoon. This is probably not a unique story for people of my generation these are movies beloved by millions.

More than any other films, the travails of Doc and Marty were my childhood. I didn’t care! The second that came out on tape, we bought it. I think I saw it when I was, I dunno, 4 years old? I definitely know I saw Back to the Future Part II in the theaters with my grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousins and I remember them being aghast at the foul language they had allowed a 5-year-old to hear.

I was only one year old when Back to the Future came out, but when I think about being a tiny child watching movies, it’s the one that comes to mind the most.

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