‘Future’ day passes; still no hoverboard
The celebration of the socalled “Back to the Future” Day on Wednesday marked the date Oct. 21, 2015 that the characters famously traveled from 1985 to 2015 in the sci-fi film trilogy’s second installment in 1989.
“Back to the Future Part II” envisioned a colorful 2015 with flying cars, hoverboards and self-tying shoelaces.
While those doodads are hardly prevalent today, the film did accurately tease the rise of such technology as flat-screen televisions, biometric scanning and hands-free gaming. It also predicted the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series.
“Back to the Future” Day was celebrated Wednesday with an appearance by the original cast at a Lincoln Center screening in New York, as well as several fan-centric events and more than 1,700 theaters hosting screenings across the country. (Michael J. Fox appeared as a guest on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”)
“Back to the Future” filmmaker Robert Zemeckis’ trilogy has left a lasting impression on pop culture in the 30 years since the original film debuted, spawning a theme park attraction, video game and animated series.
The Washington West Film Festival featured a marathon screening of the trilogy Wednesday and a Sunday screening of the original film, with appearances by stars Christopher Lloyd and Claudia Wells ,as well as screenwriter-producer Bob Gale.