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The Cinematic Hero's Journey of Michael J. Fox
Ordinary World - Back to the Future (1985)
Call to Adventure - Teen Wolf (1985)
Refusal of the Call - Secret of My Success (1987)
Meeting the Mentor - Light of Day (1987)
Crossing the Threshold - Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
Tests, Allies & Enemies - Casualties of War (1989)
The Approach to the Inmost Cave -
Back to the Future II (1989)
The Ordeal - The Hard Way (1991)
The Reward - Doc Hollywood (1991)
The Road Back - The American President (1995)
Resurrection - The Frighteners (1996)
Return with Elixir - Back to the Future III (1990)
​2025 marks the 40 year anniversary of Michael J. Fox's most iconic role of Marty McFly in Back to the Future. On Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, we looked at clips from twelve films starring Michael J. Fox to give us a unique picture of who he is, the themes he's brought to light and discussed how he's had such an amazing impact on so many people's lives. You can watch the presentation in the video above.
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A Cinema Therapy course featuring Back to The Future
began in January 2025.
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Michael J. Fox is a phenomenal actor with a wide variety of credits spanning four decades. He's also the most well-known person with Parkinson's disease (PD) on the planet. The Michael J. Fox Foundation has funded over two billion dollars in research since it was founded in 2000.
"If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything," Marty McFly.
The movies and the journey
The Hero's Journey was created by Joseph Campbell. In brief, Campbell studied stories from around the world, going back as far back to the cave dwellers paintings of their hunts. He coined the term "monomyth"in his famous book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, to describe the way we're all telling, essentially, the same story regardless of language, culture or time period. Christopher Vogler's 12-stage adaptation of Campbell's work in The Writer's Journey has been used to help filmmakers connect with audiences.
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