He would oversee the reels completed that day, and make changes where needed. Zemeckis would wrap photography and board a private plane to Burbank, where Gale and engineers would greet him on the dubbing stage with dinner. While Zemeckis was shooting most of the train sequences in Sonora, Gale was in Los Angeles supervising the final dub of Part II. The most grueling part was editing Part II while filming Part III, and Zemeckis bore the brunt of the process over a three-week period.
The films were shot over the course of 11 months, save for a three-week hiatus between filming of Parts II and III. The shooting of the Back to the Future sequels, which were shot back-to-back throughout 1989, reunited much of the crew of the original. Whereas the original film played to a more materialistic idea of success, Zemeckis considered Part III more of a "human journey" with spiritual overtones. Some of the train scenes were filmed at Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, a heritage line in Jamestown. Some of the location shooting for the 1885 Hill Valley was done in Jamestown, California, and on a purpose-built set at the Red Hills Ranch near Sonora, California. The western scenes were filmed on location in Monument Valley. Rather than use existing sets, the filmmakers built the 1885 Hill Valley from scratch. Zemeckis and writer/producer Bob Gale were intrigued by the idea, but held it off until Part III. Fox replied that he wanted to visit the Old West and meet cowboys. Fox what time period he would like to see. During filming for the original, director Zemeckis asked Michael J. The origins of the western theme for Back to the Future Part III lie in the production of the original film. One of the DeLorean vehicles used in the film James Tolkan as Marshal James Strickland.Lea Thompson as Maggie McFly and Lorraine Baines-McFly.Wilson as Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen and Biff Tannen Part III earned $244.5 million worldwide, making it the sixth-highest-grossing film of 1990. Part III was released in the United States on May 25, 1990, six months after the previous installment. Marty travels to 1885 to rescue Doc.īack to the Future Part III was filmed in California and Arizona, and was produced on a $40 million budget back-to-back with Part II. Emmett "Doc" Brown, trapped in 1885, was killed by Biff Tannen's great-grandfather Buford. The film continues immediately following Back to the Future Part II (1989) while stranded in 1955 during his time travel adventures, Marty McFly (Fox) discovers that his friend Dr. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F.
The film was directed by Robert Zemeckis, and stars Michael J. Back to the Future Part III is a 1990 American science fiction Western comedy film and the third and final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy.