Back to the Future Fan Merchandise
In 1985, director Robert Zemeckis sent us into the future, based on a screenplay by Bob Gale. Or, to be more precise, into the past first. The sci-fi film about a rock-music-playing teenager who travels back to the 1950s to ensure his parents fall in love with each other became an absolute cult classic, even making it back into theaters for its 30th anniversary.
Michael J. Fox, who played Marty McFly, became a sought-after Hollywood star, even though he wasn't originally supposed to be in the movie. The role initially went to Eric Stoltz, with whom the first scenes were actually filmed. Zemeckis, however, was unhappy with the casting, so he hired Fox and reshot the scenes that had already been filmed with him. On YouTube or on the DVD and Blu-ray versions, you can see some of the unused scenes where Eric Stoltz plays Marty instead of Michael J. Fox.
Even 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 great success of Back to the Future led to a demand for a second part. This was intended to pick up on the premise intended as a joke and have Marty meet his future self and his son.
With over 300 million dollars in box office earnings on a budget of about 40 million dollars, the 1989 sequel was also a huge success, and the cliffhanger made it clear that the story would be concluded with a third part. One year later, Back to the Future Part III launched as the crowning finale of the trilogy 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," penned the screenplay.
In all parts, Dr. Emmett Brown was played by Christopher Lloyd, and Michael J. Fox even took on multiple roles. While he "only" played Marty in the first film, in the second he additionally embodied his daughter and son, and in the third film his ancestor Seamus McFly. Thomas F. Wilson stepped into the role of Biff Tannen in every era of the trilogy (sometimes 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. However, two of the stars were only seen in the first part. Crispin Glover, who played Marty's father, did not want to participate in Back to the Future II, so his role was seen there only in a short shot played by Jeffrey Weissman and was eventually written out completely. The role of Marty's girlfriend is present in every film. However, Jennifer was still played by Claudia Wells in the first part, while she was replaced by Elisabeth Shue in the sequels after Wells was no longer available for private reasons (her mother's cancer diagnosis).
Thanks to the great success of the three films, there was even a Back to the Future television series in 1991 and 1992, which managed to reach two seasons with 26 episodes and is set after the events of part 3. In addition, dozens of computer and video games based on the franchise have been released over the years, and in 2020 it was even adapted into a musical. In 1990, the Japanese company Data East marketed a Back to the Future pinball machine, and in the Universal Studios theme park, there was the attraction Back to the Future: The Ride.
If you are a fan of movies & series looking for Back to the Future merch, then our online shop is the right place for you. With us, you can get, for example, the film poster as a print or the DeLorean as a framed art print. We have fan merchandise such as Back to the Future caps, T-shirts, and other clothing, but also puzzles, figures, notebooks, and lamps related to the time-travel trilogy.
Click your way through our range at 88 mph. For true film & TV nerds, we have mugs featuring the reference to the 1.21 gigawatts the flux capacitor needs to execute the time jump. Whether you are looking for bags, decor, or accessories for your favorite film or searching for cool gifts for film freaks and series junkies, you will find what you are looking for here in the yvolve shop. In addition to merch for geeks like the Outatime metal sign or the hoverboard door mat, we also have practical drinking glasses or color-changing mugs in a Back to the Future design.
Did you know that the time machine was originally supposed to be a refrigerator, but the idea was discarded for youth protection reasons? The story in and around Back to the Future is full of interesting facts and provides an additional appeal beyond the actual film experience. In the films, the town clock tower is destroyed by a lightning strike—the same lightning that Marty and the Doc use to generate the 1.21 gigawatts. As if the universe had a sense of humor, the set of the third part was also destroyed and burned down by a lightning strike in the real world.
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 instead of the DeLorean, the time machine was supposed to be in a Ford Mustang. In an X-Files episode, 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 that version, he had arrived from Pluto with a chimpanzee in his Ford Mustang.
Ultimately, however, we can be glad that we live in our universe, where 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 likely never appear. Nevertheless, Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd stepped back into their old roles for a brief moment in 2015 when they appeared on Jimmy Kimmel's show for the 30th anniversary and pulled up in a DeLorean. The clip has since been clicked many millions of times on YouTube, and although Lloyd was already quite old and Fox was severely affected by Parkinson's, as a viewer you felt pleasantly transported back to the old days and could revel in nostalgia.
