Hollywood One of the last remaining major movie trilogies never released on DVD the Back to the Future series will debut on Dec. 17.
The trilogy will be released in Europe in September, albeit with fewer extra features. Universal Studios Home Video had hoped to release the long-delayed title at the same time in the U.S. , but the extras were not completed in time; some are still being produced.
Unlike other three-picture DVD sets that have been priced as high as $75 like The Godfather collection, the Back to the Future trilogy, which generated $418 million at U.S. theaters from 1985-1990, will carry a minimum advertised price of $39.95. A new set will also be available on VHS, where the titles have been on moratorium since 1994.
Star Michael J. Fox, director Robert Zemeckis, screenwriter/producer Bob Gale, and producer Neil Canton recently recorded new interviews and audio commentaries. A Q&A session with Zemeckis at USC Film School last month will also be included among the ten hours of extras spread across the three dual-layered discs, along with newly discovered deleted scenes and outtakes, three separate featurettes on the making of each film, and a PSA for the Michael J. Fox Parkinson's Disease Foundation.
Other extras include a feature called Universal Animated Anecdotes, in which consumers can watch the feature film and simultaneously learn over 150 facts, and a Huey Lewis music video.