Wait a minute, Doc. Are you telling me you built a time machine...out of a DeLorean?

Back to the Future

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Time travel

Speaker

Marty McFly

Actor

Michael J. Fox

Source

Back to the Future

Medium

Film

Genre

Science fiction (film) Science fiction

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Question

Language

English

Time

1985 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Back to the Future. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, Amblin Entertainment, 1985.

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Medium
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Language
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Time
1951 1950s 20th century
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