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Premiere of "Back to the Future" (2nd day), in a Los Angeles newspaper...
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Premiere of "Back to the Future" (2nd day), in a Los Angeles newspaper...

Item # 727504 ·
LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 4, 1985

* Best "Back to the Future" film advertisement
* Grand Opening Day movie premiere review
* Michael J. Fox - Marty McFly - comedy

A nice issue on the 2nd day premiere of the motion picture hit "Back to the Future" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the leading newspaper from the home of the entertainment industry - the Hollywood area's prime publication. This iconic film made it's opening day premiere the previous day.
Page 2 of section VI has a 10 1/2 x 6 1/2 inch advertisement for the film on it's 2nd day showing.
And starting on the front page of this section is a editorial on Michael J. Fox with related photo. (see images)
A quite rare issue as it would not have been saved since it contains no historically significant content. Present are the complete sections 1 and VI totaling 46 pages. Great condition.

Background: Published on July 4, 1985, just one day after Back to the Future debuted in theaters, Nancy Mills’ feature profile of Michael J. Fox in the Los Angeles Times captured a historic, paradigm-shifting moment in pop culture history. Rather than a standard celebrity interview, the piece documented the exact inflection point where Fox transformed from a successful television sitcom actor on Family Ties into an iconic global movie star. Its deeper significance lies in exposing the grueling reality behind Hollywood magic: Mills detailed the brutal "double shift" Fox endured as a last-minute replacement for Eric Stoltz—filming his sitcom by day, shooting the movie by night on just a few hours of sleep, and nearly collapsing from exhaustion. By framing Fox at his most vulnerable and hardworking just as audiences were flooding theaters for a movie that would spend eleven consecutive weeks at number one, the publication served as a real-time timestamp of a career-defining breakthrough, cementing Fox’s relatable charm and extraordinary work ethic into the cultural zeitgeist of the 1980s.
Category: 1880-1889
Price
$68
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.