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As "Back To The Future" fans know, today — October 21, 2015 — is a very important one on the calendar. It's the date that Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) jump to in "Back To The Future Part II," and while I'm still waiting for my hoverboard, the arrival of the real date has become an occasion to celebrate the series.

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Universal will be rolling out the red carpet tonight for a special screening of "Back To The Future" tonight, and there will be showings of the entire trilogy in theaters around the country. However, Robert Zemeckis feels lucky to have been able to make the movie when he did, because he doesn't think the picture would fly in day's current environment.

“Sadly, I don’t think anyone would make that film today. I don’t think the audience would understand it or have the interest in seeing that movie,” he told Yahoo. “I think that...