Great Scott! Storyboards of Marty And Doc's First DeLorean Test From 'Back to the Future'!

One of the most pivotal scenes in Back to the Future (1985) was the first test of the DeLorean using Doc Brown's (Christopher Lloyd) pet dog Einstein. Andrew Probert () did storyboards for the film and posted the scene on his site.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis, the scene has some great visuals, from the license plate spinning in the street to Marty McFly's (Michael J. Fox) hair being blown back by the re-entry. Plus, there's a nice description of what the script calls the "Time-Slice."

I love Doc Brown's hair in these images. I don't know if it was before or after he was cast, but it's great. Probert describes the storyboards this way.
This is the sequence where Doc Brown runs his final test on the DeLorian [sic] Time Machine.






Amazingly cool stuff. Here's the original scene for a comparison.

Feast on these and other cool storyboards and concept art at Andrew Probert's site http://probertdesigns.com/.

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