Duration: 4 minutes 11 seconds
The ride film was reported to have cost $40 million to produce and involved two years of work.
The Back to the Future: The Ride ("BTTFTR") film uses 15-perforation per frame, 70mm film. The 15/70 frame is 10 times larger than the standard 35mm frame used in regular movie theatres and 3 times larger than the standard 70mm process used on some epic films. The format is known as IMAX. The way it's projected is known as OMNIMAX.
More information: http://www.imax.com
Rather
than being projected from the rear of an auditorium, the film is
projected from the centre of the audience area, through a fisheye
lens onto
a huge 84 foot diameter domed screen. In a normal Omnimax movie
theatre, the audience seating
would
be steeply
raked so that everyone had a view of the whole dome. In BTTFTR,
the seating consists of 12 Delorean cars on hydraulic motion bases.
In order to accommodate the expected crowds, from the outset the
attraction was designed with two identical show buildings (each containing
an Omnimax screen with 12 Deloreans) linked by a central foyer /
queue area.
Special Effects
It's amazing to discover that as it was made in 1989, NONE of the film
contains any computer graphic imagery. The effects in the film
were produced using traditional optical techniques and a multitude
of highly detailed models.
It was one of the first Omnimax films to feature stop-motion animation
(Dinosaur).
It's alleged that one model of the iconic Clock Tower still had
a coffee cup sitting beside it which can be seen in the final film
- keep an eye out for it!
Credits (from www.imdb.com)
Cast:
David de Vos (Institute scientist)
Freddie (Einstein the dog)
Michael Klastorin (Security guard)
Christopher Lloyd (Dr. Emmett Brown)
Thomas F. Wilson (Biff Tannen)
Written
by: Peyton Reed
Directed
by: Douglas Trumbull
