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CNN
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
‘Back to the Future' stars reunite in plea for return of long-lost prop
The original cast of 'Back to the Future' has reunited – not for a reboot, but to help locate a piece of movie history that went missing about 40 years ago. A hunt is underway for the cherry red Gibson ES-345 guitar, which was played by Michael J. Fox in the 1985 movie as part of the pivotal 'Enchantment Under the Sea' school dance scene. Filmmakers tried to locate the instrument during production of the 1989 sequel, but they were unsuccessful. In a video released by guitar company Gibson on Tuesday, Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and Harry Waters Jr., made a plea to fans and collectors to help them track down the instrument. 'It's somewhere lost in the space-time continuum,' said Fox. 'We need that guitar.' Lloyd, channeling his character Doc Brown, added: 'The guitar has been lost to the future.' 'Back to the Future' won an Academy Award and launched a hugely successful franchise. The movie follows Fox as Marty McFly, a teenager who accidentally travels 30 years into the past to when his parents were in high school. With the help of eccentric inventor Doc Brown, he is forced to repair the timeline – and ensure his own future – before returning home. The guitar search is part of a broader project marking the movie's 40th anniversary. Gibson has launched a tip line and is producing a documentary, 'Lost to the Future,' exploring both the hunt for the guitar and the legacy of the film itself. 'Guitar has always been a big part of my life,' Fox said in a Gibson press release. 'I just love the guitar, and I love the movie,' he added. 'Since we don't have a functioning time machine, this effort is probably our best chance to solve a decades-long mystery,' added Bob Gale, the movie's co-creator, in the release.
CTV News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Where's Marty McFly's guitar? Search is on for ‘Back to the Future' prop 4 decades later
Michael J. Fox arrives at A Country Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson's in Nashville, Tenn., on April 26, 2023. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File) NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Marty McFly grabbed a guitar in 'Back to the Future' and rocked out with the band at a 1950s high school dance, helping him narrowly avoid blinking out of existence before time-travelling back to the 1980s. The guitar, in real life, wasn't as lucky. Filmmakers went looking for the instrument while making the movie's 1989 sequel, but even now it's nowhere to be found. Four decades after the blockbuster film debuted, the guitar's creator has launched a search for the iconic Cherry Red Gibson ES-345. Gibson, which is based in Nashville, is asking the public for help tracking it down as the movie turns 40 and as the company produces a new documentary about the search and the film, 'Lost to the Future.' In a video by Gibson, with the movie's theme song playing in the background, 'Back to the Future' stars such as Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and Harry Waters Jr. make a cinematic plea. There's also a surprise appearance by Huey Lewis, whose band Huey Lewis and the News performed the soundtrack's headliner song, 'The Power of Love.' Lloyd, in the cadence of Doc Brown, says in the video that the guitar has been 'lost to the future.' 'It's somewhere lost in the space-time continuum,' says Fox, who played McFly. 'Or it's in some Teamster's garage.' In the film, McFly steps in for an injured band member at the 1955 school dance with the theme 'Enchantment under the Sea,' playing the guitar as students slow dance to 'Earth Angel.' He then leads Marvin Barry and the Starlighters in a rendition of 'Johnny B. Goode,' calling it an oldie where he comes was from even though the 1958 song doesn't exist yet for his audience. Fox said he wanted McFly to riff through his favorite guitarists' signature styles — Jimi Hendrix behind the head, Pete Townshend's windmill and the Eddie Van Halen hammer. After digging and dancing to 'Johnny B. Goode,' the students at the dance fall into an awkward silence as McFly's riffs turn increasingly wild. 'I guess you guys aren't ready for that yet,' McFly says. 'But your kids are gonna love it.' Jonathan Mattise, The Associated Press
Scottish Sun
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Woke madness as Back To The Future musical hit with weird trigger warning about Doc Brown's DeLorean
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) BACK to the Future: The Musical has been hit with woke warnings — including one about the DeLorean hypercar's fire trail. Bosses warn the time-travel motor's flaming tracks could startle or alarm audiences. 1 Back to the Future: The Musical has been hit with woke warnings — including one about the DeLorean hypercar's fire trail It is one of 16 snowflake alerts on the stage version of Michael J Fox's 1985 hit film. Bosses at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End warn the DeLorean 'leaves behind fire tracks that are alight' as it travels back to 1955. It also cautions 'there is a pyrotechnic spark' as it exits the stage. In another scene featuring the car, audiences are told inventor Doc Brown is 'sprayed loudly and powerfully' by CO2 jets. Elsewhere, for the cast's performance of Chuck Berry song Johnny B. Goode, bosses warn 'disco lights' are hoisted above the stage. There is also guidance about a 'special effect scene' at the end as the car lets out a 'loud rumbling sound effect.' The theatre's website adds: 'Back to the Future contains loud sounds, strobe lights, haze, fire and pyrotechnics at certain points during the performance.' Senior Tory MP Sir Alec Shelbrooke said: 'I am stunned by how ludicrous this trigger warning is.' We previously reported stage versions of the Full Monty and Roald Dahl's Matilda had been slapped with similar warnings. LW Theatres, which owns the Adelphi, was asked to comment.
The Irish Sun
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Woke madness as Back To The Future musical hit with weird trigger warning about Doc Brown's DeLorean
BACK to the Future: The Musical has been hit with woke warnings — including one about the DeLorean hypercar's fire trail. Bosses warn the time-travel motor's flaming tracks could startle or alarm audiences. Advertisement 1 Back to the Future: The Musical has been hit with woke warnings — including one about the DeLorean hypercar's fire trail It is one of 16 snowflake alerts on the stage version of Bosses at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End warn the DeLorean 'leaves behind fire tracks that are alight' as it travels back to 1955. It also cautions 'there is a pyrotechnic spark' as it exits the stage. In another scene featuring the car, audiences are told inventor Doc Brown is 'sprayed loudly and powerfully' by CO2 jets. Advertisement READ MORE ON WOKE BRITAIN Elsewhere, for the cast's performance of Goode, bosses warn 'disco lights' are hoisted above the stage. There is also guidance about a 'special effect scene' at the end as the car lets out a 'loud rumbling sound effect.' The theatre's website adds: 'Back to the Future contains loud sounds, strobe lights, haze, fire and pyrotechnics at certain points during the performance.' Advertisement Most read in The Sun Latest Senior Tory MP Sir Alec Shelbrooke said: 'I am stunned by how ludicrous this trigger warning is.' We previously reported stage versions of the Full Monty and LW Theatres, which owns the Adelphi, was asked to comment. Chiefs slapp trigger warning on one of Michael Palin's much-loved travel documentaries
The Sun
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Woke madness as Back To The Future musical hit with weird trigger warning about Doc Brown's DeLorean
BACK to the Future: The Musical has been hit with woke warnings — including one about the DeLorean hypercar's fire trail. Bosses warn the time-travel motor's flaming tracks could startle or alarm audiences. It is one of 16 snowflake alerts on the stage version of Michael J Fox's 1985 hit film. Bosses at the Adelphi Theatre in London's West End warn the DeLorean 'leaves behind fire tracks that are alight' as it travels back to 1955. It also cautions 'there is a pyrotechnic spark' as it exits the stage. In another scene featuring the car, audiences are told inventor Doc Brown is 'sprayed loudly and powerfully' by CO2 jets. Elsewhere, for the cast's performance of Chuck Berry song Johnny B. Goode, bosses warn 'disco lights' are hoisted above the stage. There is also guidance about a 'special effect scene' at the end as the car lets out a 'loud rumbling sound effect.' The theatre's website adds: 'Back to the Future contains loud sounds, strobe lights, haze, fire and pyrotechnics at certain points during the performance.' Senior Tory MP Sir Alec Shelbrooke said: 'I am stunned by how ludicrous this trigger warning is.' We previously reported stage versions of the Full Monty and Roald Dahl's Matilda had been slapped with similar warnings. LW Theatres, which owns the Adelphi, was asked to comment.
