Back to the Future... The Ride (1991)

User Rating:

7.5/10   

Writers:

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Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi | Short

Plot:

Sitting in a flying DeLorean, the audience gets rocked when traveling through several times.

Plot Keywords:

Time Travel | Sequel | Special Venue | Ride Film | IMAX

Cast

Albert Einstein	...	Himself (archive footage)
William Guest	...	Institute Scientist
George Harrison	...	Himself (archive footage)
John Lennon	...	Himself (archive footage)
Paul McCartney	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ringo Starr	...	Himself (archive footage)
David de Vos	...	Institute Scientist (uncredited)
Stephanie de Vos	...	Audience scanning device (voice) (uncredited)
Freddie	...	Einstein (uncredited)
Michael Klastorin	...	Security guard (uncredited)
Christopher Lloyd	...	Dr. Emmett Brown (uncredited)
Darlene Vogel	...	Heather - IFT Spokesperson (uncredited)
Thomas F. Wilson	...	Biff Tannen (uncredited)

Directed by
Douglas Trumbull		(uncredited)

Writing credits
Bob Gale		(characters) uncredited
Peyton Reed		uncredited
Robert Zemeckis		characters (uncredited)

Produced by
Sherry McKenna	....	producer

Original Music by
Alan Silvestri

Production Management
William Guest	....	ride system manager
Christian Kubsch	....	production manager: Universal Studios (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David de Vos	....	director: pre-show (uncredited)

Art Department
Ralph McQuarrie	....	conceptual artist (uncredited)
Ronn Schmidt	....	camera constructor (uncredited)

Sound Department
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist
Ron Meredith	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Michael Sørensen	....	boom supervisor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Marco Markovich	....	IMAX lab technician (uncredited)
Michael O'Brien	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Johnathan R. Banta	....	digital artist: Sassoon Film Design (2000 clean-up)
Gabriel Bartalos	....	creature sculptor
Mike Chambers	....	visual effects production manager: Apogee
Ron Cole	....	creature painter
David R. Hardberger	....	motion control camera operator
David V. Mei	....	model maker
Paul Mejias	....	creature sculptor
Bill Messina	....	creature sculptor
Paul Reilly	....	creature sculptor
Jun Watanabe	....	digital artist (2000 digital master for Universal Studio Japan)
Daijiro Ban	....	creature sculptor (uncredited)
Richard Coppola	....	motion control programming (uncredited)
Nell Corkin	....	lead model maker (uncredited)
Bob Hurrie	....	visual effects production supervisor (uncredited)
Tom Martinek	....	model maker: Apogee (uncredited)
Dennis McHugh	....	visual effects gaffer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Asbury	....	key grip
Elliot Berlovitz	....	grip
Mark Cato	....	grip
C.W. Fallin	....	cinematographer: special unit
Lee Hoffman	....	on-set video assist
Steve Jezewski	....	grip
Craig Ligget	....	best boy grip
Kevin McGlinchey	....	grip
Harry J. Alpert	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Greg Booth	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
John Gaeta	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Ralph Perri	....	grip (uncredited)
Douglas W. Shannon	....	electrician (uncredited)
Allen Stillman	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Animation Department
Laine Liska	....	stop-motion animator (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Peyton Reed	....	editor: preshow
Kate Crossley	....	assistant editor (uncredited)
Josh Margolies	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Michael Stearns	....	soundtrack producer (uncredited)

Other crew
Bradley Lowry	....	electronics
Michael Arias	....	ride programmer (uncredited)
George Bernota	....	machinist (uncredited)
David C. Cobb	....	production coordinator (uncredited)
Tom Culnan	....	project supervisor (uncredited)
Lewis Gluck	....	mechanical effects rigger (uncredited)
Lisa Goldberg	....	craft service (uncredited)
Edward Hansen	....	co-designer (uncredited)
Edward Hansen	....	lead mechanical rigger (uncredited)
Hiroshi 'Kan' Ikeuchi	....	machinist (uncredited)
Steven Kosakura	....	stage electronics (uncredited)
Steven Kosakura	....	stage engineering (uncredited)
Les Mayfield	....	pre-show director (uncredited)
Seth Nathanson	....	electronics engineer (uncredited)
P. Christopher Reyna	....	technical director (uncredited)
Susan Sitnek	....	photographic effects supervisor (uncredited)
Steven Spielberg	....	creative consultant (uncredited)
Kenneth David Walker	....	mechanical supervisor (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Berkshire Ridefilm
• Universal Pictures
• ZM Productions

Distributors

• Universal Studios (1991) (USA) (theatrical)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Back to the Future DVD)

Special Effects

• Imagica
• Ink Biscuits Studios Inc.

Runtime:

USA:4 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Company:

Berkshire Ridefilm

Trivia:

Replaced by The Simpsons Ride (2008) at Universal Studios.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: At the end of the preflight video, on wide screen televisions the boom mic is visible toward the top left of the screen, next to Doc Brown.

Quotes:

Biff Tannen: [after tripping a scientist] Have a nice trip, see you next WINTER!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Tom Hanks/Red Hot Chili Peppers (#31.17)" (2006)

Awesome and Fast-Paced!!

Step into the DeLorean, set the clock back to 1955, and hang on for you life!

"Back to the Future...the Ride" at Universal Studios, is based n the movie series "Back to the Future." Biff Tannen has stolen the time machine, and the audience along with Doc Brown, must recover it. In this fast paced adventure, audiences sit in a DeLorean and hang on for their life as they fly. Can you stop Biff???

I first rode "Back to the Future...The Ride" in March 1997 in Orlando, and was amazed by the action. I like "Back to the Future," so I was excited about riding this. The bad part: I was crammed between my mother and father, and 5 years ago, at age 14, I weighed 117 pounds at 5'4". This may not seem bad, but I was smashing into my dad the whole time, and my parents said because of my side and tendency to slide around they did not ride with me again. When I returned in April '99, I weighed about 8 pounds more and rode only with my brother I held on tight and only slid around a few times.

This is an amazing ride that will keep the audience excite all the way to the end. When in Orlando, please ride "Back to the Future." You will really enjoy it.