Back to the Future Part III (1990)

Director:

Robert Zemeckis

Writers (WGA):

Robert Zemeckis (characters) &
Bob Gale (characters) ...
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Release Date:

25 May 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi | Western

Tagline:

They've saved the best trip for last... But this time they may have gone too far.

Plot:

Enjoying a peaceable existence in 1885, Doctor Emmet Brown is about to be killed by Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen. Marty McFly travels back in time to save his friend.

Plot Keywords:

Time Machine | Band | Outlaw | Dog | Blacksmith

Awards:

4 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Michael J. Fox	...	Marty McFly / Seamus McFly
Christopher Lloyd	...	Dr. Emmett Brown
Mary Steenburgen	...	Clara Clayton
Thomas F. Wilson	...	Buford 'Mad Dog' Tannen / Biff Tannen
Lea Thompson	...	Maggie McFly / Lorraine McFly
Elisabeth Shue	...	Jennifer Parker
James Tolkan	...	Chief Marshal James Strickland
Matt Clark	...	Chester the Bartender
Dub Taylor	...	Saloon Old-Timer #1
Harry Carey Jr.	...	Saloon Old-Timer #2
Pat Buttram	...	Saloon Old-Timer #3
Christopher Wynne	...	Buford's Gang Member #1 / Needles' Gang Member #1
Sean Sullivan	...	Buford's Gang Member #2 (as Sean Gregory Sullivan)
Mike Watson	...	Buford's Gang Member #3
Marc McClure	...	Dave McFly
Wendie Jo Sperber	...	Linda McFly
Jeffrey Weissman	...	George McFly
Flea	...	Douglas J. Needles
Todd Cameron Brown	...	Jules Brown
Dannel Evans	...	Verne Brown
Hugh Gillin	...	Mayor Hubert
Burton Gilliam	...	Colt Gun Salesman
Richard Dysart	...	Barbed-Wire Salesman
Bill McKinney	...	Engineer
Donovan Scott	...	Strickland's Deputy
J.J. Cohen	...	Needles' Gang Member #2
Ricky Dean Logan	...	Needles' Gang Member #3
Marvin J. McIntyre	...	Undertaker
Kaleb Henley	...	Marshal Strickland's son
Leslie A. Prickett	...	Celebration man
Dean Cundey	...	Photographer
Jo B. Cummings	...	Pie lady
James A. Rammel	...	Festival dance caller
Brad McPeters	...	Eyepatch
Phinnaes D.	...	Toothless
Rod Kuehne	...	Ticket agent
Leno Fletcher	...	Conductor
Larry Ingold	...	Train fireman
Joey Newington	...	Joey (Palace Saloon employee)
Glenn Fox	...	Boy holding Marty's gun
Tim Konrad	...	Barbed-wire salesman's companion
Michael Klastorin	...	Townsman #1
Michael John Mills	...	Townsman #2
Kenny Myers	...	Townsman #3
Steve McArthur	...	Festival man #1
John Ickes	...	Festival man #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Foster	...	Copernicus
Freddie	...	Einstein
Dorothy Hack	...	Townswoman
Frank Beard	...	Band member #1 at party (uncredited)
Billy Gibbons	...	Band member #2 at party (uncredited)
Dusty Hill	...	Band member #3 at party (uncredited)
Marion Tumen	...	Prostitute at Palace Saloon (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Zemeckis

Writing credits (WGA)
Robert Zemeckis		(characters) &
Bob Gale		(characters)
Robert Zemeckis		(story) &
Bob Gale		(story)
Bob Gale		(screenplay)

Produced by
Neil Canton	....	producer
Bob Gale	....	producer
Kathleen Kennedy	....	executive producer
Frank Marshall	....	executive producer
Steven Spielberg	....	executive producer
Steve Starkey	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Alan Silvestri

Cinematography by
Dean Cundey

Film Editing by
Harry Keramidas
Arthur Schmidt

Casting by
Mike Fenton
Valorie Massalas
Judy Taylor

Production Design by
Rick Carter

Art Direction by
Margie Stone McShirley
William James Teegarden

Set Decoration by
Michael Taylor

Costume Design by
Joanna Johnston

Makeup Department
Ellis Burman Jr.	....	makeup artist
Dorothy Byrne	....	key hair stylist
Hazel Catmull	....	key hair stylist
Dorothy D. Fox	....	hair stylist
Nancy Hvasta	....	makeup artist
Dale Miller	....	hair stylist
Michael Mills	....	makeup artist
Kenny Myers	....	key makeup artist
Bron Roylance	....	makeup artist
Brad Wilder	....	makeup artist
Sharleen Rassi	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Brian Wade	....	makeup effects technician (uncredited)

Production Management
Joan Bradshaw	....	unit production manager
Martin Cohen	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carla Corwin	....	second second assistant director
Cara Giallanza	....	second assistant director
Mark Hansson	....	dga trainee
Max Kleven	....	second unit director
David McGiffert	....	first assistant director
Bruce Moriarty	....	first assistant director: second unit
Sebastián Silva	....	additional second assistant director: action unit (uncredited)
Jay Tobias	....	second assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Jeff Ackerman	....	assistant property master
Craig Baron	....	assistant property master
Randy Bostic	....	set dresser
Richard Brown	....	greensman
Erin M. Cummins	....	assistant art director
Beverli Eagan	....	set designer
Walton D. Hadfield	....	construction coordinator
Mike J. Hanrahan	....	set dresser
Sean Haworth	....	set designer
Ted Heimerdinger	....	greensman
Martha Johnston	....	set designer
Martin A. Kline	....	production illustrator
Larry Lennert	....	greensman
Tom McCown	....	lead man
Nancy Mickelberry	....	set designer
Lisa Newman	....	set designer
Dan Ondrejko	....	greensman
Lee Orlikoff	....	lead man
Joseph G. Pacelli Jr.	....	set designer
Jerry Sargent	....	construction foreman
Paul Sonski	....	set designer
Eugene M. Texeira	....	greensman
Ed Verreaux	....	assistant art director
James F. Walker	....	construction foreman (as Jim Walker)
John Warnke	....	assistant art director
John Zemansky	....	property master
Glenn Forbes	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Drew Struzan	....	poster artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Rick Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Richard Alexander)
Peter C. Barbour	....	assistant sound editor
Kevin Bartnof	....	foley artist
James Bolt	....	sound re-recording mixer
Charles L. Campbell	....	supervising sound editor
Paul Timothy Carden	....	sound editor
Larry Carow	....	sound editor
Louis L. Edemann	....	supervising sound editor
D.G. Fisher	....	cable person
Richard C. Franklin	....	sound editor
Jessica Gallavan	....	adr editor
Leonard T. Geschke	....	sound editor
Nils C. Jensen	....	sound editor
William B. Kaplan	....	production sound mixer
Pamela G. Kimber	....	assistant sound editor
Donald J. Malouf	....	sound editor
Mickey McGovern	....	assistant sound effects editor
Gary Mundheim	....	sound editor
Robb Navrides	....	sound effects editor: restoration
Chuck Neely	....	sound editor
Mel Neiman	....	processed sound effects
Alan L. Nineberg	....	adr editor
Bob O'Brien	....	sound editor
Greg Orloff	....	foley mixer
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Rod Rogers	....	adr assistant
Albert Romero	....	sound recordist
Joseph T. Sabella	....	foley artist
Earl Sampson	....	boom operator
Dennis S. Sands	....	sound re-recording mixer
Larry Singer	....	adr supervisor
Stephanie D. Singer	....	adr assistant
Tom Gerard	....	additional re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Alan Howarth	....	special sound effects (uncredited)
Carolyn Tapp	....	foley recordist (uncredited)
Susumu Tokunow	....	additional sound mixer (uncredited)
Susumu Tokunow	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
David Blitstein	....	special effects supervisor
Donald Elliott	....	special effects foreman
Joss Geiduschek	....	special effects
Don Kerns	....	mechanical effects
Louie Lantieri	....	special effects
Michael Lantieri	....	mechanical effects supervisor
Matt McDonnell	....	special effects purchaser
Michael Meier	....	pyrotechnician
Mark Noel	....	special effects
Dan Ossello	....	special effects
Tom Pahk	....	special effects
Chuck Ray	....	mechanical effects
Michael Smith	....	pyro technician (as Mike Smith)
Brian Tipton	....	special effects
Judith Weaver	....	special effects coordinator
Randy Algoe	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Barbara Affonso	....	chief model maker
Jon Alexander	....	optical camera operator
Carl Assmus	....	stage construction
Charles Bailey	....	model maker
Randall K. Bean	....	computer graphics
Kathleen Beeler	....	rotoscope artist
Maggie Bell-Corbridge	....	visual effects extra
John Bell	....	visual effects art director
Tom Bertino	....	rotoscope supervisor
Patricia Blau	....	visual effects producer
Barbara Brennan	....	rotoscope artist
Kim Bromley	....	visual effects coordinator
Lanny Cermak	....	camera engineer
Donald Clark	....	optical camera operator
Michael Cooper	....	optical line-up
Gail Currey	....	camera engineering coordinator
Giovanni Donovan	....	model maker
Jeff Doran	....	optical camera operator
Timothy Eaton	....	visual effects editor (as Tim Eaton)
Selwyn Eddy	....	vistaglide operator (as Selwyn Eddy III)
John Ellis	....	optical photography supervisor
Scott Farrar	....	visual effects supervisor
Bob Fernley	....	optical processing
Robert Finley Jr.	....	supervising pyro technician
Jon Foreman	....	model maker
Jack Gallagher	....	plate photography coordinator: ILM
George Gambetta	....	optical line-up
Steve Gawley	....	supervising model maker
Tim Geideman	....	optical processing
Joanne Hafner	....	rotoscope artist
James Hagedorn	....	optical camera operator
Eleanor Harrold	....	model maker
Jack Haye	....	model maker
Rebecca Heskes	....	rotoscope artist (as Rebecca Petrulli)
Sandy Houston	....	rotoscope artist
Tony Hudson	....	modeler: ILM
Peg Hunter	....	optical line-up
Nancy Jencks	....	assistant editor: ILM
Ken Jenkins	....	model maker
Brad Jerrell	....	supervising stage technician
Keith Johnson	....	optical camera operator
Ed Jones	....	executive in charge of post-production: ILM
David Karpman	....	optical line-up
Sandra Ford Karpman	....	computer graphics (as Sandra R. Ford)
Douglas S. Kay	....	computer graphics
Ira Keeler	....	model maker
Bill Kimberlin	....	visual effects editor
Jennifer Knoll	....	visual effects coordinator
Tad Krzanowski	....	model mechanical designer
Brad Kuehn	....	optical line-up
Greg Lake	....	model maker
Jennifer Lee	....	optical line-up
James Lim	....	optical camera operator
Keith London	....	model maker
Greg Maloney	....	optical line-up
Scott McNamara	....	chief model maker
Richard Miller	....	model maker
Russell Mitchell	....	stage construction
Terry Molatore	....	rotoscope artist
Jack Mongovan	....	rotoscope artist
Mark Emery Moore	....	model mechanical designer
Mark Moore	....	mechanical model design
Rodney Morgan	....	model mechanical designer
Jim Morris	....	executive in charge of production: ILM
Ellen Mueller	....	rotoscope artist
Patrick T. Myers	....	effects camera operator
Lori J. Nelson	....	optical line-up
Buck O'Hare	....	stage construction
Jeff Olson	....	model maker
Dawn Oltman	....	editorial coordinator
Randy Ottenberg	....	model maker
Ken Ralston	....	visual effects supervisor
Christopher Reed	....	model maker (as Chris Reed)
Carolyn Ensle Rendu	....	rotoscope artist (as Carolyn Rendu-Ensle)
Pat Repola	....	optical camera operator
Thomas Rosseter	....	optical line-up (as Tom Rosseter)
Scott Ross	....	general manager: ILM
Susan Ross	....	model maker
Mark Siegel	....	model maker
Kenneth Smith	....	optical camera operator
Thomas J. Smith	....	optical camera operator (as Thomas Smith)
Douglas Smythe	....	computer graphics
Eben Stromquist	....	model mechanical designer
Eric Swenson	....	effects camera operator
Wes Takahashi	....	animation supervisor
Larry Tan	....	model maker
Wim van Thillo	....	model maker
Lisa Vaughn	....	optical coordinator
Bruce Walters	....	effects camera supervisor
John Whisnant	....	optical processing
Chuck Wiley	....	model maker
Jeffrey Wilkins	....	model mechanical designer
Susan Adele Colletta	....	post production coordinator (uncredited)
Peter Daulton	....	visual effects cameraman (uncredited)
Jenny Fulle	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Michael Joyce	....	model maker (uncredited)
Vance Piper	....	plate camera assistant (uncredited)

Stunts
Will Cascio	....	stunts
Danny Costa	....	stunts
Charles Croughwell	....	stunt double: Michael J. Fox
Charles Croughwell	....	stunts
Marguerite Happy	....	stunts
Robert Jauregui	....	stunts
Walt La Rue	....	stunts
Mike H. McGaughy	....	stunts
Daniel K. Moore	....	stunts
Gary Morgan	....	stunts
Daniel O'Haco	....	stunts
Jeff O'Haco	....	stunts
James Pratt	....	stunts
Ben Scott	....	stunts
Walter Scott	....	stunt coordinator
Brian Smrz	....	stunts
R.L. Tolbert	....	stunts
Jennifer Watson-Johnston	....	stunts
Bob Yerkes	....	stunts
Bobby Aldridge	....	stunts (uncredited)
Debbie Evans	....	stunt double: Elisabeth Shue (uncredited)
Marguerite Happy	....	stunt double: Mary Steenburgen (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Bill Barr	....	electrician
Clyde E. Bryan	....	first assistant camera
Tom Cantrell	....	lighting technician
Ron Cardarelli	....	key grip
Sean M. Casey	....	still photographer
Steve Chandler	....	lighting technician
Tom Cloutier	....	electrician
Peter Daulton	....	camera operator
Larry D. Davis	....	second assistant camera
Marty Dobkousky	....	grip
Dick Dova	....	grip
Bob Finley III	....	electrician
Ray Gilberti	....	camera operator
David Hanks	....	assistant camera
David Heron	....	electrician (as Dave Heron)
Larry Hunter	....	electrician
Ian Kelly	....	video engineer
Demetre Lagios	....	camera engineer
Geoffrey Lake	....	electrician
Sid Lucero	....	best boy grip
Patrick McArdle	....	assistant camera (as Pat McArdle)
Dave Murphy	....	electrician
Ralph Nelson	....	still photographer (as Ralph Nelson Jr.)
Kerry Nordquist	....	still photographer
John O'Grady	....	grip
Michael Ohta	....	grip
Kate O'Neill	....	assistant camera
Orlando Orona	....	electrician
David Owen	....	still photographer
Fred Perdue	....	grip
Vance Piper	....	assistant camera
Jim Rankin	....	grip
Robin Roberts	....	grip
Mark Soucie	....	lighting technician
Scott Sproule	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Raymond Stella	....	camera operator
Duncan Sutherland	....	assistant camera
Edward R. Thompson Jr.	....	lighting technician (as Ed Thompson)
Jack Todd	....	rigging gaffer
Pat Turner	....	key camera operator
Dave Wachtman	....	dolly grip
Mark Walthour	....	chief lighting technician
Jolanda R. Wipfli	....	camera loader
Anthony Wong	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Don Burgess	....	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
Peter Chrimes	....	key grip: second unit (uncredited)
Peter Clarson	....	chief lighting technician: second unit (uncredited)
Moshe Levin	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Ron Newburn	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)

Animation Department
Gordon Baker	....	animator
Peter Crosman	....	animator
Sean Turner	....	animator

Casting Department
Joni Kearney	....	casting assistant
Jay Newington	....	extras casting: Sonora/Jamestown

Costume and Wardrobe Department
James P. Cullen	....	costumer
Kelly Lindquist	....	costumer
Chuck Velasco	....	costume supervisor: men
Barcie Waite	....	assistant costume designer
Pamela Wise	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Jeffrey Cranford	....	apprentice editor
Eric C. Daroca	....	assistant editor
Ron Fode	....	negative cutter
Alexandra Leviloff	....	assistant editor
Peter Lonsdale	....	associate editor
Janet Fiona Mason	....	first assistant editor
Roberto McGrath	....	negative cutter
Louis Rivera	....	negative cutter
Carin-Anne Strohmaier	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
David Bifano	....	music programmer
James B. Campbell	....	orchestrator
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor
Kenneth Karman	....	music editor
Dennis S. Sands	....	music editor
Jacqueline Tager	....	assistant music editor

Transportation Department
Steve Collins	....	transportation captain
Bruce Richardson	....	train transportation crew
Tiny Trammell	....	train transportation crew
Lyle Christensen	....	shotmaker driver (uncredited)
Tom Marchetti	....	driver (uncredited)
Lowell D. Smith	....	driver: horse truck (uncredited)

Other crew
Todd J. Adelman	....	production medic
Alia Agha	....	production assistant
Robert Bennett	....	stand-in: Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Burmeister	....	location manager
Leslie Cook	....	assistant choreographer
Bret Culpepper	....	technical advisor
Dick Elder	....	humane society
Reuben Goldberg	....	pyro technician
Harry Hauss	....	helicopter pilot: second unit
T.J. Healy II	....	assistant: Christopher Lloyd
Michael Higgins	....	dance double: Michael J. Fox
Kevin Holloway	....	photo double: Marty
Brad Jeffries	....	choreographer
Pam Kaye	....	production accountant
Mike MacKenzie	....	vistaglide engineer
Gary McClendon	....	pyro technician
Mark Miller	....	train location coordinator
Randy Miller	....	bear supplier
Tim Monich	....	dialect coach
Leanne Moore	....	supervising production accountant
Arvo Ojala	....	advisor: gunslinger (as Arvo Ajala)
Paul Pav	....	location manager
Bonne Radford	....	production controller
Corky Randall	....	ramrod
Susan Spencer Robbins	....	co-production coordinator
Lata Ryan	....	supervising production coordinator
Jacqueline A. Shea	....	assistant production coordinator
Gordon A. Spencer	....	wrangler (as Gordon Spencer)
Marion Tumen	....	script supervisor (as Marion Tumen-Jones)
Gene Walker	....	wrangler
Spencer Franklin	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Ray Herbeck Jr.	....	re-enactor coordinator (uncredited)
Stevie Lazo	....	production accountant (uncredited)
Tali Lipa	....	assistant production accountant (uncredited)
Adam Pinkstaff	....	vehicle fabricator (uncredited)
Alexander Xavier Ponce-Bonano	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Byron Berline	....	thanks
Wendy Greene Bricmont	....	thanks
Clint Eastwood	....	thanks
Mitch Holder	....	thanks
Michael Jackson	....	thanks
Frank Marocco	....	thanks
Laura Perlman	....	thanks
Steve Schaeffer	....	thanks
Dennis Setchet	....	thanks
Bob Smith	....	thanks (as Buffalo Bob Smith)

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures
• Amblin Entertainment
• U-Drive Productions

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1990) (USA) (theatrical)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1990) (UK) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1990) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1990) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (199?) (Argentina) (VHS)
• CIC Video (1992) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc)
• CIC Vídeo (199?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (1990) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (199?) (USA) (VHS)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (199?) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• MCA/Universal Pictures (????) (USA) (VHS)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1991) (USA) (TV)
• Pioneer LDC (199?) (Japan) (video) (laserdisc)
• Pioneer LDCE (199?) (Europe) (video) (laserdisc)
• Pioneer (1997) (UK) (video) (laserdisc)
• Universal Home Video (200?) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2002) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM)

Other Companies

• Central Casting  extras casting
• Cinema Research  opticals
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Pacific Title  opticals
• Post Logic Studios  digital film mastering
• Ritek Digital Studios  dvd mastering
• Saxon/Ross Film Design  titles
• Softitler  English subtitles
• Sunrise Films  negative cutting
• TAJ Soundworks  foley recorded at
• Tony's Food Service  catering
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Three (USA) (fake working title)

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby SR (35 mm prints)

Certification:

Netherlands:MG6 (DVD rating) | South Korea:12 | Brazil:Livre | Ireland:G | Spain:T | Canada:G (Quebec) | Portugal:M/6 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-10/7 | Iceland:L | Italy:T | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Sweden:11 | UK:PG | USA:PG | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

161 N. Magnolia Avenue, Monrovia, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Burton Gilliam who played the Colt salesman also parodied the Western movie genre as Lyle in 'Mel Brook''s Blazing Saddles (1974).

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: As Biff is closing the car door for Marty, when he finally returns home, camera and crew can be seen in the small window of the car door next to the mirror.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Marty McFly: Doc! Doc! Doc!
Doc: [not paying attention] What?
Marty McFly: Doc!
Doc: What?
Marty McFly: Doc!
Doc: [finally seeing him] Aaaah!
Marty McFly: Okay, relax, Doc, it's me! It's me! It's Marty!
Doc: No, it can't be! I just sent you back to the future!
Marty McFly: Oh, I know you did send me back to the future. But I'm back! I'm back from the future.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Drew Struzan: An Appreciation of an Artist (2008) (V)

Soundtrack:

Battle Cry of Freedom

Part 3-I'm afraid there's not enough room in this De Lauren for the two of us

Well, I just finished the Back to the Future trilogy and all I have to say is that I was pleasantly surprised and relieved that I finally had the opportunity to see these films. Without a doubt, the first was my favorite, the second was my second favorite, and the third worked, but it didn't work as well as the other two movies. Part three worked the same formulas from the first and second, but some of the situations just seemed a tad too unrealistic.

Marty and The Doc are now in the Wild Wild West way back in 1885, and as you know the tools are not quite advanced as they are in 1985, so they have to figure out the best they can on how to get back to the future. But Doc falls in love with a woman he saves from going over a cliff, Clara, and Marty has been challenged by Mad Dog, or Biff in a different generation, to a duel. This is a major problem since Marty found a tombstone in the future with a possibility of having either his or Doc's name on it.

Well, I'm really glad that I had the opportunity to see these Back to the Future films, because they were good movies. I have to say that I was wrong, I tried to stay away from these films, I'll admit, because it just seemed so hokey and not my type of movie, but I think that's a major problem we all need to work on and not be so judgmental before we typecast a movie that we think we won't like because we might end up with little treasures.

7/10