Back to the Future merchandise
In 1985, director Robert Zemeckis sent us into the future based on a screenplay by Bob Gale. Or, to be more specific, into the past. The sci-fi film about a rock music-playing teenager who travels to the 1950s to make his parents fall in love became an absolute cult film that even made it back to the cinemas for its 30th anniversary.
Michael J. Fox, who played Marty McFly, became a sought-after Hollywood star, even though he was not originally supposed to be in the film. His role initially went to Eric Stoltz, with whom the first scenes were also shot. Zemeckis was unhappy with the casting, so he hired Fox and re-shot the scenes that had already been shot with him. Some of the unused scenes can be seen on YouTube or on the DVD and Blu-ray versions, in which Eric Stoltz plays Marty instead of Michael J. Fox.
The end of the film, when Dr. Emmett Brown asks Marty to come with him to the future - to the year 2015 - was originally meant as a joke. It only became serious when the huge success of Back to the Future led to the desire for a second part. This was supposed to pick up the premise that was intended as a joke and have Marty meet his future self and his son.
With box office revenues of over 300 million dollars on a budget of around 40 million dollars, the 1989 sequel was also a huge success and the open ending made it clear that the story would be concluded with a third part. A year later, Back to the Future III, the crowning conclusion of the trilogy, was released and sent us to Emmett Brown's favorite era, the Wild West. As with the first part, Robert Zemeckis directed the sequels and Bob Gale, who wrote the cult classic "1941: Where to Hollywood?", wrote the screenplay.
In all parts, Dr. Emmett Brown was played by Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox even took on several roles. While he "only" played Marty in the first film, in the second he also played his daughter and son and in the third film his ancestor Seamus McFly. Thomas F. Wilson took on the role of Biff Tannen in every era of the trilogy (as a teenager in the 50s, as an adult in the 80s and as a gunslinger in the 19th century) and Lea Thompson played Marty's mother. Two of the stars were only seen in the first part, however. Crispin Glover, who played Marty's father, did not want to take part in Back To The Future II, so his role was only seen in a short shot, played by Jeffrey Weissman, and was eventually written out completely. The role of Marty's girlfriend is present in each of the films. However, Jennifer was played by Claudia Wells in the first part, while in the sequels she was replaced by Elisabeth Shue after Wells was no longer available for personal reasons (her mother's cancer).
Thanks to the great success of the three films, there was even a Back To The Future television series in 1991 and 1992, which had two seasons in 26 episodes and was set after the events of Part 3. In addition, dozens of computer and video games have been released based on the franchise over the years, and in 2020 it was even adapted as a musical. In 1990, the Japanese company Data East marketed a Back to the Future pinball machine, and the Universal Studios theme park featured the attraction Back To The Future : The Ride.
If you are a fan of films and series looking for Back to the Future merchandise, then our online shop is the right place for you. For example, you can get the film poster as a poster or the Delorean as a framed art print. We have fan articles such as Back To The Future caps, T-shirts and other clothing, but also puzzles, figures, notebooks and lamps for the time travel trilogy.
Click through our range at 140km/h (or 88mph in the original). For real film & TV nerds, we have mugs with a reference to the 1.21 gigawatts that the flux capacitor needs to make the time jump. Whether you're looking for bags, decorations or accessories for your favorite film or cool gifts for film freaks and series junkies, you'll find what you're looking for here in the yvolve shop. In addition to merchandise for geeks such as the Outatime metal sign or the hoverboard doormat, you can also get practical drinking glasses or color-changing mugs in the Back to the Future design.
Did you know that the time machine was originally supposed to be a refrigerator, but the idea was scrapped for reasons of protecting minors? The story in and around Back to the Future is full of interesting facts and adds an extra dimension to the actual film enjoyment. In the films, the town hall clock is destroyed by a lightning strike. The same lightning that Marty and the Doc use to find the 1.21 gigawatts. As if the universe had a sense of humor, the set of the third part was also destroyed by lightning in the real world and burned.
According to the first drafts of the script , Back to the Future was actually supposed to be called Space Man From Pluto, Einstein was supposed to be a chimpanzee and the time machine was supposed to be in a Ford Mustang instead of a DeLorean. In one episode of The X-Files there is even a story about a parallel universe in which Eric Stoltz took on the role of Marty. It would have been funny if in this version he had come from Pluto with a chimpanzee in his Ford Mustang.
Ultimately, however, we can be happy that we live in our universe, in which the Back To The Future trilogy consists of three excellent films that we have no complaints about and for which we can offer you the best merchandise. Even though fans have always hoped for a fourth part, one will probably never be released. Nevertheless, Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd slipped into their old roles again for a brief moment in 2015 when they appeared on Jimmy Kimmel's show to mark the 30th anniversary and drove up in a DeLorean. The clip has now been viewed millions of times on YouTube, and although Lloyd is already very old and Fox is badly affected by Parkinson's, the viewer felt comfortably transported back to the old days and could wallow in nostalgia.
