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Plot:
Sitting in a flying DeLorean, the audience gets rocked when traveling through several times. full summary | add synopsis
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Really clever ride, well done. more (21 total)

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)
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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)
 

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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:4 min
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1.44 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The ride film, along with the lobby monitor and pre-show footage, were included as special features on the 2009 DVD release of Back to the Future (1985). more
Goofs:
Factual errors: During one of the preflight videos Doc Brown mentions to the test subjects that Biff Tannen graduated Hill Valley High class of 1955. However, since Back to the Future clearly stated that he was still in school in November of 1955 the soonest he would have graduated was class of 1956. more
Quotes:
Biff Tannen: What are you lookin' at, butthead? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Simpsons Ride (2008) more

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1 out of 2 people found the following review useful.
Really clever ride, well done., 9 March 2007
9/10
Author: Tommy Nelson from Long Beach, California

Stars: Christopher Lloyd.

Biff has stolen Doc Brown's car and we have to ram him in another prototype version of the Delorean. We go through time and see a lot of interesting sites. The safety video for the ride shows Biff fooling the security guards and imprisoning Doc Brown. Doc gives the safety spiel and we go in to the room with the ride. You enter a copy of the Delorean with screens on it to see Biff along the ride. It's really fun and kind of a trademark of Universal Studios Hollywood now. The ride itself lasts around 4 minutes long.

Great ride!

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