Editing Back to the Future Part III (section)

{{short description|1990 film by Robert Zemeckis}}
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{{Infobox film
| name                 = Back to the Future Part III
| image                = Back to the Future Part III.jpg
| caption              = Theatrical release poster by [[Drew Struzan]]
| director             = [[Robert Zemeckis]]
| screenplay           = [[Bob Gale]]
| story                = {{Plainlist|
* Robert Zemeckis
* Bob Gale
}}
| based_on             = {{Based on|[[List of Back to the Future characters|Characters]]|Robert Zemeckis|Bob Gale}}
| producer             = {{Plainlist|
* Bob Gale
* [[Neil Canton]]
}}
| starring             = {{Plainlist|<!--Per poster billing-->
* [[Michael J. Fox]]
* [[Christopher Lloyd]]
* [[Mary Steenburgen]]
* [[Thomas F. Wilson]]
* [[Lea Thompson]]
}}
| cinematography       = [[Dean Cundey]]
| editing              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Arthur Schmidt (film editor)|Arthur Schmidt]]
* [[Harry Keramidas]]
}}
| music                = [[Alan Silvestri]]
| production_companies = [[Amblin Entertainment]]
| distributor          = [[Universal Pictures]]
| released             = {{Film date|1990|05|25}}
| runtime              = 118 minutes<!-- Theatrical runtime: 118:43 --><ref>{{cite web | url=http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/back-future-part-iii-1970-0 | title=Back to the Future Part III (PG) | work=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=June 4, 1990 | access-date=June 21, 2015 | archive-date=June 22, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622111955/http://bbfc.co.uk/releases/back-future-part-iii-1970-0 | url-status=dead}}</ref>
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| budget               = $40&nbsp;million<ref name=BOM />
| gross                = $245.1 million<ref name="BOM">{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0099088/|title=Back to the Future III (1990)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=December 31, 2016|archive-date=February 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218051132/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0099088/|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}

'''''Back to the Future Part III''''' is a 1990 American [[Science fiction Western|science fiction Western film]] and the third<!-- Please do not add "and final", that should be obvious for the third installment of a trilogy--> installment of the [[Back to the Future (franchise)|''Back to the Future'' trilogy]]. The film was directed by [[Robert Zemeckis]], and stars [[Michael J. Fox]], [[Christopher Lloyd]], [[Mary Steenburgen]], [[Thomas F. Wilson]], and [[Lea Thompson]]. 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 [[Emmett Brown|Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown]] (Lloyd), trapped in 1885, was killed by [[Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen]] (Wilson), [[Biff Tannen|Biff]]'s great-grandfather. Marty travels to 1885 to rescue Doc and return once again to 1985, but matters are complicated when Doc falls in love with [[List of Back to the Future characters|Clara Clayton]] (Steenburgen).

''Back to the Future Part III'' was filmed in [[California]] and [[Arizona]], and was produced on a $40 million budget [[Back-to-back film production|back-to-back]] with ''[[Back to the Future Part II|Part II]]''. ''Part III'' was released in the United States on May 25, 1990, six months after the previous installment, and grossed $245 million worldwide during its initial run, making it the [[1990 in film#Highest-grossing films|sixth-highest-grossing film of 1990]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/1990/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1|title=1990 Worldwide Box Office|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|publisher=[[IMDb]]|access-date=March 7, 2020|archive-date=May 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515202657/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/1990/?ref_=bo_cso_table_1|url-status=live}}</ref> The film received a positive response from critics, who noted it as an improvement over ''Part II''.