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‘Back To The Future’ stars join Gibson in search for missing guitar

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Where is Marty McFly’s missing guitar? 

If you’re a fan of the Back To The Future films, you’ll know exactly what that question’s about.  

In the first Back to the Future film, Marty McFly, played by Michael J. Fox, grabbed a cherry red ES-345 Gibson guitar and rocked out at a 1950s high school dance. He played ‘Johnny B Goode’ to a bemused crowd of teens in one of the film’s most memorable scenes.

The Gibson has been lost in the years since the time travel comedy was released in 1985 and now, four decades later, the guitar brand has teamed up with the stars of the film to begin a search for the iconic instrument.

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In a video by Gibson, with the movie’s theme song playing in the background, Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and Harry Waters Jr. make a cinematic plea.

Lloyd, who played the beloved Doc Brown, says in the video that the guitar has been “lost to the future.”

“It’s somewhere lost in the space-time continuum,” says Fox. “Or it’s in some Teamster’s garage.”

“No one’s seen that guitar since 1985, and we need to find it” Waters adds. “Ask your friends, ask your relatives, ask your bandmates”.

There’s also a surprise appearance by Huey Lewis, whose band Huey Lewis and the News performed the soundtrack’s headliner song, ‘The Power of Love’.

They all urge those with information on the guitar’s whereabouts to submit tips via phone or to visit their website.

The Back To The Future trilogy was released between 1985 and 1990.

It spawned a video game, stage musical, as well as a cartoon series. It is also credited with being the main inspiration for the popular animation show Rick And Morty.

However, the creative team have sworn that there will never be a fourth movie – with writer Bob Gale, speaking in the press room at The Saturn Awards earlier this year, saying: “People always say, ‘When are you going to do Back to the Future 4?’” 

He shared his answer to the question: “We say, ‘Fuck you’!” 

Quite right.

Great Scott! Let’s get finding that guitar.

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