Pohatchee Drive-In Theatre

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The Pohatchee Drive-In was a drive-in theater located about 20 miles outside of Hill Valley in 1955. The terrain was mostly desert and mesa. It was chosen by Emmett Brown as the location to send Marty McFly back to 1885 as there were no trees in either time at that location and that it was far enough away from Hill Valley that there would be a small risk of the Delorean being seen. A bear cave, however, existed in both times not far from the theater.

It was named for the Pohatchee tribe of Indians that inhabited the area in the 19th century.

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[edit] Behind the scenes

• The drive-in was constructed in Monument Valley, Utah, and deconstructed after filming.
• One of the posters seen on the building is for Revenge of the Creature, which starred Clint Eastwood in his first movie as a lab technician where he said "I've lost my white mouse". The other poster is for Tarantula, which also had Eastwood in an uncredited role as a jet squadron leader.
• As a reference to being the concluding sequel in the Back to the Future trilogy, all three movies advertised on the marquee were films produced by Universal in the 1950s, all three were sequels, and all were the last of a series. These were Francis in the Navy, Ma and Pa Kettle in Waikiki, and Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy. Eastwood also had a small part in the first film.

[edit] Appearances

• Back to the Future Part III
• Back to the Future Part III novelization