# @cowmissing on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=dBA-oUAHgoM
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- **Posted:** 2025-11-13T05:46:34.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Cow Missing (@CowMissing) — https://gondola.cc/CowMissing

## Caption

This segment from The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy (1990) focuses on the heart and soul of the entire series, the DeLorean Time Machine. Produced by Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment, this featurette dives into the making of one of cinema’s most recognizable vehicles and the extraordinary craftsmanship that brought it to life.

Filmed on Universal’s Courthouse Square backlot, this behind-the-scenes look showcases the DeLorean in action as Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox) and Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) travel through time. Designed by Andrew Probert and Ron Cobb, and built under the supervision of Kevin Pike and the team at Filmtrix, the car began as a stock 1981 DMC-12 before being heavily modified with custom-built time circuits, a rear-mounted “flux capacitor” housing, and intricate prop detailing by Universal’s effects department.

The segment highlights the combination of practical effects and visual trickery that made the DeLorean appear to vanish in a burst of light and flame trails—an illusion achieved through optical compositing, high-speed photography, and pyrotechnics created by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM). Every version of the DeLorean was built for a specific purpose: “hero” cars for close-ups, lightweight stunt cars for chase scenes, and partial mock-ups used on soundstages and in the Courthouse Square time travel shots.

The DeLorean Time Machine is a modified 1981 DeLorean DMC-12 that Dr. Emmett Brown transforms into a functioning time-travel vehicle. Using a flux capacitor powered originally by plutonium and later upgraded to a fusion reactor (Mr. Fusion), the car reaches 88 miles per hour, breaking the time barrier. Equipped with time circuits, glowing tubes, vents, and its famous gull-wing doors, the DeLorean became one of the most recognizable movie vehicles of all time. Featured throughout the Back to the Future trilogy, it appears in multiple variations, including the original car, the hover-converted 2015 version, and the Old West train-powered version. The DeLorean remains a pop-culture icon, symbolizing adventure, innovation, and the limitless possibilities of time travel.

Hosted by Kirk Cameron, the 1990 NBC television special celebrates Universal Studios’ unique blend of engineering and imagination. Filmed across the same backlot streets that doubled as Hill Valley, it captures the enduring power of the DeLorean an artifact that continues to define the magic of the Back to the Future trilogy and Universal’s cinematic legacy.

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