Fox's character, Marty McFly, escaped back to the future in a DeLorean-turned-time machine, but needed a well-placed lightning strike at a clock tower to go back to the future. Salt Lake City's ...

The creative team behind Back to the Future had to reuse the lightning shot in all the films. Save the clock tower has special significance in Back to the Future for more than one reason.

On this date in "Back to the Future" history, Nov. 12, 1955, lightning struck the clock tower in Hill Valley, Calif. providing enough power (1.21 gigawatts, in case you forgot) to send Marty McFly ...

But they don’t have a backup of the Back to the Future courthouse, the clock tower once climbed by Doc Brown in the middle of a lightning storm as part of a desperate bid to send Marty McFly ...

As surprising as it may seem, one piece of obscure scientific lore from Back to the Future is actually entirely true to life. Every time travel movie has to decide early on how seriously the ...

Character actress Elsa Raven, who memorably urged Marty McFly to help "save the clock tower" in "Back to the Future," has died ... Thirty years ago, lightning struck that clock tower and the ...

So, yeah, you basically get to "live" inside Back to the Future for a night ... the pièce de résistance is the recreation of the Clock Tower lightning strike. Now, FAIR WARNING, you will ...

Update: Nov 5th, 2023 09:41 EST The Back to the Future franchise has ... a plan to harness the power of a lightning strike that is due to hit the clock tower to generate the energy needed to ...

It has been dubbed “Back to the Future Day” by fans. A damaged historic clock tower plays a pivotal role in the popular film. The event will conclude with a screening of “Back to the Future ...