‘Back to the Future’ opens in New York City 40 years ago this hour (July 3 1985)


Video: 'Back to the Future' trailer

(Wednesday, July 3, 1985, 12 noon EDT)Back to the Future, a comic science fiction film about a young man who travels into the past and almost keeps his parents from getting married, opened today at Loew’s State Twin in Times Square, New York City.


Video: 'Back to the Future's Best Scenes'

Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the film starred Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and Crispin Glover.