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We just added our photo archive of the tunnel. Click above for a yahoo! map, from which you can get driving directions. The East side is the side the tunnel was entered by Biff, and also the side which he hits the Manure on. Interestingly the east side was also the entrance to "Toontown" in the movie who framed Roger Rabbit, which was also directed by Robert Zemeckis just before BTTFII. The real life tunnel does not have lights along the side and is closed after dark anyways. For as long as I've been visiting the lights connected to the cieling (also not the same as those seen in the film) have been long neglected and burnt out. The tunnel still sports the BTTF paint-job, but has more or less fallen into disrepair due to constant vandalism.

The real life tunnel is also NOWHERE near as long as the film leads you to believe. According to Bob Gale and Niel Canton, they built a large, forced-perspective backing that they could put on either end of the tunnel to extend it's on-screen length. Also, they obviously used other, more simple tricks, such as wide angle lenses, and putting the lights at the far end of the tunnel progressively closer together, giving it the appearance of greater distance without actually having to lengthen it (which they did anyway.)

It's still a great site to visit. Make sure you "hoverboard" through it on a Skateboard. It's part of our tradition of "Skateboarding in the footsteps of Marty McFly!" Just watch out - there can be a lot of traffic coming through the tunnel!

Tip: The 1960's Batman TV batcave is located in Griffith park, as well as the Griffith Park observatory, the BTTF Starting Line, and many other film locations!
Screenshot. This shot shows the tunnel with the forced-perspective backing. Making it appear much longer. Notice the spot on the right side, this is the side Biff's car crashes into in an attempt to crush Marty when first entering the tunnel.

...and, the matching photo! Well, sort of. This is a photo from 2004. You can clearly see the same odd-looking retaining wall to the right of the tunnel entrance.

The lights are closer together towards the end of the tunnel, making it appear longer. The Tunnel looks bowed out because of the effect of a wide-angle lens on the camera, which also adds a certain amount of length to the shot.

This is the tunnel as it was in 2001. (Don't worry, it hasn't changed at all in the last 4 years). I add this old photo because it's the best shot I have of the interior. It is really darn dark in that thing, and nearly impossible to get a decent shot of. You can obviously tell this tunnel is short. at least much shorter than it appears on film.

The real life tunnel is literally only twice the length of what you see in this screenshot from BTTF2.
MORE PHOTOS: An archive of our photos of the tunnel. Have some you wanna show off? E-mail them to us (500pixels wide) and we'll put em on display for you, with full credit!

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