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Back to the Future: what made it a historic hit?

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Atlanta, Ga, USA - September 3, 2016: The famous Delorean car and characters from the Back to the Future movies wave as they walk past a huge crowd of spectators along the Dragon Con parade route on Peachtree Street on September 3, 2016 in Atlanta, GA. (BluIz60/Getty Images)
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Time to head back to 1985 for retro movies. With a time-travelling DeLorean, unforgettable characters, and a story that still holds up four decades later, Back to the Future became one of the most popular films of all time. Film enthusiast and reviewer, Shane MacDonald joins us to look back at what made this movie such a classic.

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