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The idea for Back To The Future came about after writer/producer Bob Gale discovered his father's old yearbook in the basement of his father's house. Realizing that his father looked like a bit of a nerd, he wondered if they would have been friends had they been at school together, and the idea for the movie was born.2. The first script was rejected over 40 times before being picked up by Universal. Columbia Pictures originally rejected the movie because, according to Gale, they thought it was a cute idea but "not sexual enough" and wouldn't make any money because it was a time travel movie (a number of other time travel movies had flopped recently, including 1980’s Somewhere In Time starring Christopher Reeve). They suggested Zemeckis and Gale take their script to Disney. Disney also rejected the script because they felt it was "a movie about incest", referring to the scenes where Marty's future mom tries to seduce him. Eventually it found a home at Universal. The film went on to become the highest grossing film of 1985, raking in $341 million worldwide in its initial run after spending a record three months at the top of the box office.3. In the opening sequence of the film, the camera pans across a room filled with a couple of dozen ticking clocks, all-but-two running twenty minutes slow due to Doc Brown's early experiments with time travel. One of those clocks has the figure of a man hanging from the minute hand, just as Doc Brown would do at the end of the movie, when he hangs precariously from the City Hall Clock Tower:The clock used in the scene is a real clock, manufactured by Axis. It features a hanging figure of Harold Lloyd from the 1923 silent film Safety Last!4. During production, the Head of Universal Studios, Sid Sheinberg, sent a serious memo to the film's producers Bob Zemekis and Bob Gale, stating he thought the film’s name "leaves much to desired" and "appears to make the picture a genre picture". He offered a suggestion of his own: Space Man From Pluto. Executive Producer Steven Spielberg responded, thanking the executive for his joke and saying the entire crew got a kick out of it. Sheinberg backed off, and the film retained its clever title:A couple of Sheinberg’s suggested edits did, however, make it into the final film. Following his input, the original character "Professor Brown" was changed to "Doc Brown" and his chimp “Shemp” changed to a dog, named “Einstein”.5. Bob Gale chose the iconic DeLorean as the time travel vehicle (early drafts of the script had a refrigerator as the time travel machine). During production, Ford found out that Universal were making a time travel movie using a car as the time machine, and offered Universal $75,000 as a product placement fee to change the vehicle to a Ford Mustang instead. Gale and Zemeckis knew they had something special with the DeLorean, and declined the offer. Whilst an '84 Mustang was undoubtedly a great car, it didn't carry quite the same mystique as the ultra rare, gull wing DeLorean. The gull wings helped make it seem more believable that the car could be confused for a UFO when it crashes into the barn on Old Man Peabody’s farm. As Doc Brown points out “the way I see it, if you’re gonna build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style“Above: 1984 Ford MustangAbove: Back To The Future Time MachineDid you know you can still buy a brand new, factory produced DeLorean, more than 30 years after it went out of production? When the original DMC company went out of business, a substantial inventory of car parts was sold to another company. The parts were to be used in the ongoing production of DeLoreans and includes enough parts to make about 500 entirely new cars. The parts are mostly kept as spare parts for the maintenance of DeLoreans sold to consumers around the world, but you can still pay to have an entirely new car constructed from this massive parts inventory.6. We all know that when Doc Brown’s DeLorean hits 88 miles per hour, it’s flux capacitor generates a time portal that sends the vehicle backward or forward time. However, in 1985 DeLoreans were fitted with a speedometer that only went to 85 MPH, in accordance with the 1979 NHTSA regulation limiting speedometers to 85 MPHHence, the digital speedometer that is actually shown in the film:But why 88 miles per hour? According to writer Bob Gale:Two reasons. First of all we wanted it to be a speed that somebody wouldn't accidentally drive at. The other thing is, is it's easy to remember. Everybody remembers 88 miles an hour. Maybe you'd remember 89 miles an hour. I don't know, 88 just had the right ring to it.7. The President of the USA in 1985 was former Hollywood actor Ronald Reagan, leading to the gag in Back To The Future when Marty tells the 1955 version of the Doc that the President in 1985 is Ronald Reagan. "The actor?", Doc queries in disbelief… "Who’s the vice president? Jerry Lewis? I suppose Jane Wyman’s [Reagans’ first wife] is first lady!”. The mentions of Reagan in the film had to be approved before its release. When shown his scene from the film, President Reagan apparently laughed so hard that the projectionist had to rewind it so Reagan could to see it again. Reagan approved the use of his name. Later, in his 1986 State of the Union address, Reagan quoted the final line from the first film — “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.”8. In the scene at the family dinner table, Marty confronts his father about the wrecked car ruining his weekend plans. Although they are having dinner, George tucks into an overflowing bowl of Peanut Brittle, while Marty’s mother tells everyone that Jailbird Joey didn’t make parole.The reason for the peanut brittle stems from an earlier deleted scene in which the father of a little girl on a local softball team bullies George into buying the brittle as a fundraiser - an entire case at $5 per box, despite Marty telling him to say no. This scene was supposed to add to the idea that, in the original 1985 timeline, George McFly was a complete loser who gave in to bullies.9. Do you remember that scene where one of the judging panel at Marty's school rejects his band for the high school dance because they are "just too darn loud"? Did you know that the person speaking those words was Huey Lewis, from Huey Lewis And The News, who wrote and performed songs for the movie's original soundtrack, including "The Power of Love" and "Back In Time"? He only performed the cameo on the agreement that he would be disguised, would appear uncredited and not be used in promotional material:10. According to actor Tom Wilson who plays Biff Tannen, the line "So why don't you make like a tree and get out of here" was improvised by him on set, together with the insult "Butthead".11. The school that was used as the location for Hill Valley High School was Whittier High in in Whittier, California. Its alumni include Richard Nixon, who would go on to become 37th President of the United States and John Lasseter, writer, director, producer, founder of Pixar Animation Studios.12. The Hill Valley Clock Tower plays a pivotal role in the Back To The Future movie.....but did you know this was not the first time we have seen this clock tower in a film?Known as Courthouse Square, the facade was originally built on the Universal backlot in Burbank, California as a courthouse for the 1948 film, An Act of Murder, starring Frederic March.That particular film has largely been forgotten, but that is not true for another famous appearance of the same courthouse set in 1962’s To Kill A Mockingbird, starring Gregory PeckYou might also recognize the same set in Inherit The Wind (1960), Bye Bye Birdie (1963), Gremlins (1984), Bruce Almighty (2003) as well as the first ever episode of The Twilight Zone and an episode of Buffy The Vampire Slayer.The set has been destroyed or partially destroyed a number of times due to fire, including one fire that was, coincidentally, started by a lightning strike.13. The building used for exterior scenes of Doc Brown’s house is the Gamble House, in Pasadena, California. Constructed in 1908–09 as a home for David B. Gamble of the Procter & Gamble company, it is now a National Historic Landmark, California Historical Landmark, and museum.14. Sachi Parker. Who is that girl?The girl in the background who says “Who is that guy?” immediately after George McFly knocks out Biff Tannen is Sachi Parker, daughter of actress Shirley McLaine15. Do you remember the closing graphic from Back To The Future?You might be remembering wrong. That graphic did not appear in the original theatrical release. In fact, the entire ending sequence “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads!” was never intended to be a lead-in to a sequel. The idea of making a sequel was only conceived after the film became the smash hit of 1985. The “TO BE CONTINUED” was only added to the film’s VHS tape home video release in 1986.

There are many! To begin with there’s Unsuk Chin, who wrote some really neat etudes for piano. Stephan Wolpe, whose Battle Piece is quite well known, and rather difficult. He also wrote a Toccata in 3 parts which I greatly admire. (Wolpe died in 1972, though. Would you consider that contemporary?) Oskar Morawetz (1917–2007) wrote a fine Fantasy in D minor and a great Ballade. Alun Hoddinott (1929–2008) wrote quite a few piano sonati. George Crumb (b. 1929) whose sets of Makrokosmos are justly famous. James Primosch (b. 1956) Sonata-Fantasia for piano and synthesizer. One of my favorites. Jacques Charpentier (b. 1933) whose 72 études karnatiques are quite interesting. Donald Martino (1931–2005) best known for his Pianissimo and Fantasies and Impromptus. Pierre Boulez (1925–2016) mostly known for his orchestral works, also wrote 3 piano sonati, which are quite difficult both to play and to listen to. Frederic Rzewski (b. 1938) - highly recommended are his Piano Sonata and Variations on a Chilean Folk Song “The People United Will Never Be Defeated!”, the last of which has been recorded numerous times. Marc-André Hamelin (b. 1961), one of the best-known pianists in the world today, wrote some fiendishly difficult etudes, which he recorded. The Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928–2016) wrote some very nice piano sonati. Elliot Carter (1908 - 2012), and who was still composing when he died at the age of 103. One should not miss his great Piano Sonata, which has been often recorded. David del Tredici (b. 1937) wrote several works based on the Alice in Wonderland stories, some of which are for solo piano. Leon Kirchner (1919–2009) wrote best for solo piano, in my opinion. My favorites are his Piano Sonata No. 1 and the Five Pieces (based on poems of Emily Dickenson. George Tsontakis (b. 1951) - check out his marvelous Ghost Variations! John Corigliano (b. 1938) whose Fantasia on an Ostinato and Etude Fantasy are well worth the time to hear. The Fantasia on an Ostinato is based on the theme from the slow movement of Beethoven’s 7th Symphony.That’s just a start. I realize some of these guys are dead, so maybe that eliminates them from the competition. But give them a break! It takes a while to become famous!

I don’t think I could narrow the classical composers I admire to only one, or even ten. And my opinions change from time to time; who I consider favorites now might not be in ten or fifteen years.That said, however, I could name several composers who are high on my list:Johann Sebastian BachJohannes BrahmsCamille Saint-SaensAlexander ScriabinFrederic ChopinRobert SchumannGeorg Friedrich HandelGustav MahlerKarol SzymanowskiHans Werner HenzeAllan PetterssonRichard StraussLudwig van BeethovenChristopher RouseRalph Vaughan-WilliamsThose are only a few. Sometimes I consider a composer a favorite because of certain types of music. For instance, I love the piano works of Scriabin and Szymanowski, but don’t care as much for their orchestral music. I don’t like much of Bach’s vocal music—for that I prefer Handel. I find the piano and orchestral music of Brahms more enjoyable than most of his chamber music. So it’s really hard to pick favorites when there is so much to consider.