The large TVs look antiquated, of course, though you could argue that it fits because it's an 80s-themed restaurant. The most ambitious idea—flying cars—is probably not going to happen anytime soon (at least not for everyone), but we do have self-driving cars to tide us over. They are equipped with a device that identifies her via fingerprint, and tells them where she lives. You just need to go really fast. She witnesses Marty being goaded by his co-worker, Douglas Needles, into a shady business deal, resulting in Marty's firing. Ad spokesman Unlike Marty’s 2015, Actual 2015 doesn’t have a legit hoverboard to call its own. Do we have face-worn gadgets that let us talk on the phone? Only about 34 minutes of the nearly two-hour movie actually take place in 2015, but the filmmakers' vision of the future is now a part of pop culture. You not only have a world record to your fantastic name, but you have paid tremendous homage to the Just like Biff and company in Movie 2015, Wiz Khalifa was arrested during a hoverboard situation in Actual 2015. With Michael J. You underestimate it. After several fruitless attempts, Marty finally gets the almanac, leaving Biff to crash into a manure truck. (And even if they win, they can’t face Miami in the championship. Knock her out. You can't be right. Robert Zemeckis and company evidently didn’t care much about making accurate predictions, but in many cases they did a remarkably good job spotting what was to come. While the DeLorean is still in the air, Jennifer gets too chatty, so Doc puts her to sleep using a "sleep-inducing alpha rhythm generator." Here's how they did.October 21, 2015. The film was produced on a $40-million budget and was filmed Marty switches places with Marty Jr. and refuses Griff's offer, but Griff goads Marty into a fight, and a subsequent hoverboard chase ensues. As Marty gets into his Marty McFly, Jr. get-up, the laces on his Nike sneakers automatically lace up, while the rubbery arms on his jacket adjust to his size with the push of a button. The 1985 they return to has changed dramatically: Biff has become one of the wealthiest and most corrupt men in the US. Skyw… From urban planning to hoverboards to Elisabeth Shue.Marty and Doc read a USA Today article on Marty Jr.’s arrest.The Mets score en route to taking a 3-0 lead in their series with the Cubs.Elizabeth Shue and husband, Davis Guggenheim, at the premiere of "He Named Me Malala" on September 24, 2015. Many of us watch TV while simultaneously checking Twitter or Facebook on our phones or tablets, or working on our (Internet-connected) laptops. Doc discovers it and warns Marty about attempting to profit from time travel. The rain stops, clouds part and Doc wonders aloud why the postal service can't be as accurate as meteorologists. And the Hill Valley skyway jam points to another thing the movie got right about modern metro area highway congestion: road pricing—the only real solution to bad traffic—still hasn’t been widely implemented.In Movie 2015, Marty sees a commercial for Wilson Hover Conversion Systems, a company that converts regular cars into flying cars. The film was released to theaters in North America on Wednesday, November 22, 1989, the day before In 2018, Bob Gale, who co-wrote the movie with Robert Zemeckis said the movie received a mixed reception because of the dark aspect of the story: They [the audiences] were absolutely surprised by it. The only ones I've actually enjoyed were the ones done by However, the film did correctly predict a number of technological and sociological changes that occurred by 2015, including: the rise of Other aspects of the depiction of the future had not come to pass by 2015, but efforts were made to replicate the technology advances.