He has embraced that character and loves it as much as we do, so that was one of the most fun days on set during the production of the movie."
The other thing that was nice to hear was, we were told that he loves that character, and that's refreshing to me because oftentimes you see actors who are identified with iconic characters and all they wanna do is distance themselves. He was just an affable, kind, pleasant guy, who really loved being there. Doc Brown's here,'" the writer-director says in a behind-the-scenes featurette (see below) about the small tribute to Part III. "When Christopher Lloyd was on the set, everybody came out. There was this buzz of excitement because 'Oh my god, Doc's here.
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I'd expect nothing less from a major Back to the Future acolyte who has parodied the series multiple times throughout Family Guy's 18-season run and owns a perfect replica of the DeLorean driven by Michael J. MacFarlane effectively brought a franchise - one everyone thought was finished for good - back to the big screen in a fun, new way. Even Lloyd, who was around 76 years old at the time of A Million Ways' production, proved that he hadn't lost any of his manic magic. Enough of the accurate details (like Doc's cumbersome ice maker and flowing mane of white hair) are there to spark delight in the audience. It wasn't Back to the Future Part IV, but it didn't need to be. Marveling at how close he came to being discovered as an anachronism, Doc lets out a "Great Scott!"Ī few bars of Alan Silvestri's twinkling Back to the Future theme carry us over into the next scene, and that's that. Doc's character is never mentioned again - and never mind that A Million Ways takes place in 1882 (not 1885, as in Part III) in the town of Old Stump (not Hill Valley). The sequence runs for less than a minute (yes, I timed it) of the film's 116-minute runtime and has no bearing on the overall plot. It's pure fanboy indulgence on the director's part, but damn, is it absolutely perfect a wish-fulfillment kind of moment you never knew you wanted to see until you see it - like John Hurt reprising the Alien role of Kane in Mel Brooks' Spaceballs. Alerted to Albert's presence, a flustered Doc covers up the car with a tarp and insists that he's simply working on a "weather experiment." Confused, but seemingly satisfied, Albert accepts the story and leaves. Brown, tinkering with his famed time-traveling DeLorean. He heads over to poke his head inside the building, and who should he see but Christopher Lloyd's Doctor Emmett L. No, I want to fast-forward to the tail end of the film's second act when Albert, on his way home from a date, spots a strange blue light flickering from the town's livery.
Co-written by MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, and Wellesley Wild, A Million Ways is an R-rated, Blazing Saddles-type parody of the western genre, centering on Albert Stark (played by MacFarlane), a put-upon sheep farmer with a Deadpool-like knack for calling attention to the horrific lethality of the frontier in the latter half of the 19th century.īut that's not the point of this piece. The movie, which fittingly celebrates its own release anniversary this coming weekend, marked the second live-action directorial effort of Seth MacFarlane. Rather than discussing Part III itself, I want to talk about its far-reaching influence on a much smaller film (one that's fast slipping into obscurity) called A Million Ways to Die in the West.
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Despite all of this, the movie does give its characters some redeeming qualities, and themes of friendship, real love, and believing in yourself run through the film.Back to the Future Part III celebrates its 30th anniversary this week, but I don't want to talk about the western-inspired conclusion to Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale's iconic sci-fi trilogy. And as the title suggests, violence in the Wild West is the overarching theme of the story, so there are deaths due to gun and knife violence, random animal attacks, natural disasters, and more. Characters drink, smoke, and do drugs (with some consequences shown for the latter). Although there's only one nude scene (a man's behind), there are tons of references to sex - including prostitution, oral sex, and virginity - throughout the movie. There's near-constant profanity, including crass terms for sex, genitalia, and sexual positions (as well as "f-k," "s-t," and all the other usual suspects). Parents need to know that A Million Ways to Die in the West is a raunchy comedy from star-director-producer Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, Ted) that's guaranteed to appeal to teens, despite (or, frankly, because of) the extremely crude content.
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