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Bob Gale

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Bob often makes obscure references to his hometown in his scripts.
He and Robert Zemeckis were known as "The Bobs" to Steven Spielberg and John Milius (and others) since they were always working and writing things together in and out of film school. Their writing structure as collaborators entailed both of them to be in the same room discussing things out loud and then one of them writing it down in longhand (as opposed to writing separately and then pooling it together afterward like some collaborators). Of all their scripts, Carros usados (1980) took the longest to write, from beginning to end, since they had to throw out an entire first draft.
Currently writing the Marvel comic book Daredevil.
One of his favorite movies is Dr. Insólito (1964).
Frequently works with director Robert Zemeckis on projects such as A Field of Honor (1973), the Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974) episode "Chopper", Fiebre de juventud (1978), 1941 (1979), Carros usados (1980), Volver al futuro (1985), the Historias asombrosas (1985) episode "Go to the Head of the Class", Volver al futuro parte II (1989), Volver al futuro III (1990), Amazing Stories: Book II (1992), Trespass (1992), and Cuentos de ultratumba: Burdel de sangre (1996).

[ on 'Back to the Future'] I don't know that part one was necessarily hugely cutting-edge. It was a very good melding of mechanical effects, where you can't tell where one ends and the other begins. So we're proud of that. This was way before we had computers or anything digital to do this stuff.. It holds up really well, and is probably the best time-machine film ever made.
[explaining the most commonly complained 'plot hole' in the original 'Back to the Future' film] Bear in mind that George and Lorraine only knew Marty/Calvin for six days when they were 17, and they did not even see him every one of those six days. So, many years later, they still might remember that interesting kid who got them together on their first date. But I would ask anyone to think back on their own high school days and ask themselves how well they remember a kid who might have been at their school for even a semester. Or someone you went out with just one time. If you had no photo reference, after 25 years, you'd probably have just a hazy recollection. So Lorraine and George might think it funny that they once actually met someone named Calvin Klein, and even if they thought their son at age 16 or 17 had some resemblance to him, it wouldn't be a big deal. I'd bet most of us could look thru our high school yearbooks and find photos of our teen-aged classmates that bear some resemblance to our children.