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Hill Valley, California, is a fictional town that serves as the setting of the ''Back to the Future'' trilogy and its animated spin-off series. In the trilogy, Hill Valley is seen in four different time periods (1885, 1955, 1985 and 2015) as well as in a dystopian alternate 1985. The films contain many sight gags, verbal innuendos and detailed set design elements, from which a detailed and consistent history of the area can be derived. The name "Hill Valley" is itself a joke, being an oxymoron. However, an early script for ''Back to the Future Part II'' mentioned that Hill Valley was named after its founder, William "Bill" Hill. ==Production== For ''Back to the Future'', the producers considered filming the town square scenes in the real city of Petaluma, California, but soon realized it would be prohibitively expensive and impractical to alter a real place to suit the different eras. Instead they filmed it on the Universal Studios backlot, where they had more control.〔Robert Zemickis and Bob Gale, ''Q&A'', Back to the Future (), recorded at the University of Southern California〕 The main location, known as Courthouse Square, already existed and had been previously used for many films and television shows. One notable example is the very first episode of the sci-fi series ''The Twilight Zone'', called "Where Is Everybody?" in 1959. The Hill Valley courthouse can also be found in the movies ''Bruce Almighty'', ''Gremlins'', ''Bye Bye Birdie'', ''Sneakers'', The Offspring's music video "Why Don't You Get a Job?", an episode of ''Major Dad'' entitled "Who's That Blonde" and even in an episode of ''Buffy The Vampire Slayer''. The clock tower itself, however, was a removable addition to the existing Courthouse building, one of many ways in which the structure has been redressed over the years to suit the needs of a production. Prior to ''Back to the Future'', the backlot location was called Mockingbird Square, a reference to the 1962 film ''To Kill a Mockingbird'', but is now known as Courthouse Square. Many of the cars that appear in the 2015 scenes are either modified for the film or concept cars. Examples include Ford Probe, Saab EV-1, Citroën DS 21, Pontiac Banshee Concept, Pontiac Fiero and Volkswagen Beetle. Cars reused from other science fiction films include the "Star Car" from ''The Last Starfighter'' (1984) and a "Spinner" from ''Blade Runner'' (1982). Griff's car is a modified BMW convertible. For ''Back to the Future Part III'', Hill Valley 1885 was filmed in Sonora, California. The producers were able to use the land rent-free as long as they left the buildings there. They agreed to leave everything except the Clock Tower. Interestingly, on August 10, 1996, a lightning bolt struck the town and it burned down. An arson fire on the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot on November 6, 1990 had previously destroyed much of Courthouse Square, the setting in which all the other time periods were filmed. However, the Courthouse itself survived the devastation. Another backlot fire on September 6, 1997 again damaged Courthouse Square. In both cases, the backlot facades were then rebuilt. The Sonora location was not rebuilt. In addition, a February 14, 1999 fire at Whittier High School, California, where some (mostly exterior) scenes were filmed, destroyed the men's gym there. On June 1, 2008, yet another fire destroyed part of the rebuilt Courthouse Square backlot and damaged the clock tower. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hill Valley (Back to the Future)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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