A Treasured Time Machine
Set in 1985, the movie begins with Marty and his girlfriend, Jennifer, in front of Marty’s home. All of a sudden, Doc Brown appears and franticly warns Marty that something has gone wrong and they urgently need to travel to the future to fix it.
The three hop into a trash-powered car, called the DeLorean, and blast off. “Where we’re going we don’t need roads,” Doc tells Marty as they burst into the sky.
When they arrive in 2015, they find themselves in a futuristic town with hoverboards, 3D movie advertisements, hand-held computers, and people wearing strange clothing with self-lacing shoes.
People across the country are celebrating Back to the Future Day with movie screenings and more. In New York City, a special fleet of DeLoreans will give taxi rides. Technology company Arx Pax will release a new hover board, a technology made famous by the movie. And the town of Reston, Virginia, will ceremonially change its name to Hill Valley, Marty’s fictional hometown, from October 21-25.
A TIME For Kids article.